Nicole Kidman Talks Keith Urban Divorce For First Time

Nicole Kidman is beginning to do the rounds of press for her upcoming Prime Video drama Scarpetta, and, naturally, that means questions about her high-profile split last fall from husband of 19 years, country singer Keith Urban.

Private by nature and adept at dealing with the press gauntlet after more than four decades in the movie business, Kidman kept things light when asked by Variety how she’s doing after an admittedly tough year.

“I am [good], because I’m always going to be moving toward what’s good. What I’m grateful for is my family and keeping them as is and moving forward,” she told the magazine. “That’s that. Everything else I don’t discuss out of respect. I’m staying in a place of, ‘We are a family,’ and that’s what we’ll continue to be. My beautiful girls, my darlings, who are suddenly women.”

Urban and Kidman finalized their divorce on Jan. 6 after 19 years of marriage. According to documents obtained by Billboard at the time, the dissolution of their marriage was granted by the Fourth Circuit Court of Davidson, Tenn., where the pair once shared a Nashville residence. Neither party was ordered to pay spousal report or receive alimony, and both were responsible for their own legal fees and expenses.

The couple, both 58, announced their separation last September, with Kidman filing for divorce later that month. A parenting plan delegates primary custody to Kidman for 306 days a year, with Urban slated to spend every other weekend with the kids. Urban and Kidman began dating in 2005 and married in Sydney, Australia in June of the following year. They welcomed their first daughter, Sunday Rose, now 17, in 2008, followed by another daughter, Faith Margaret, now 14, in 2010. Kidman is also mom to daughter Isabella Cruise, 32, and Connor Cruise, 30, with ex-husband Tom Cruise.

The Australian native said she plans to remain in Nashville following the split, saying “we have our life here. I’m part of the city and community for 20 years. It’s my home,” noting that on the morning of the interview she went for a long walk with her next-door neighbor, Big Little Lies co-star Reese Witherspoon.