Nicole Kidman is being accused by people close to Keith Urban of flaunting her 'happy single parent life' in public after their divorce in Australia was finalised in January, with one insider claiming the actress is rubbing her role as primary parent to their daughters 'in his face.'
For context, the former couple's 19–year marriage ended last year, with court papers obtained byPeoplesetting out an unusually lopsided parenting arrangement. Nicole Kidman, 58, was named the 'primary residential parent' of Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith, 15, while Keith Urban, also 58, would see the girls for just 59 days a year.
Neither side was ordered to pay child support. On paper, the agreement stresses mutual respect and a united front for the teenagers. Off paper, those close to Urban paint a more bruising emotional picture.
According to a source who spoke toIn Touch Weekly, Urban has tried to keep his public composure, despite the arrangement effectively removing him from day‑to‑day parenting.
'He's kept his side of the street clean and then some,' the source said, insisting the singer has refused to criticise Nicole Kidman in public or accuse her of turning the girls against him, 'even though ... the cold reality is that they're not currently a part of his life.'
The court documents outline the schedule in stark numbers. Kidman is set to have the girls for 306 days each year, with Urban's time reportedly limited to alternating weekends that add up to less than two months.
The same paperwork, cited byE! News, includes a carefully worded pledge: 'The mother and father will behave with each other and each child so as to provide a loving, stable, consistent and nurturing relationship with the child even though they are divorced. They will not speak badly of each other... They will encourage each child to continue to love the other parent and be comfortable in both families.'
Urban signed off on that framework in August. The insider claims he did so because 'it felt like the right thing to do,' even as friends wondered why he appeared to surrender any fight for a more equal split. 'Never in a million years did he envisage any scenario this brutal,' the same person added.
The emotional undercurrent sharpened in March when Sunday Rose publicly praised Nicole Kidman in an interview withElle Australia, calling her mother 'my biggest inspiration in life.' The teenager has been visibly at Kidman's side on the global circuit, from Paris Fashion Week to the Met Gala and Chanel's annual pre‑Oscar dinner.
The source toldIn Touchthat 'it hurts all the more to see the girls parading around with Nicole and clearly loving life more than they ever did when he was on the scene,' casting these appearances as part of a 'calculated move' by Kidman to underline her central role in the girls' lives.
Source: International Business Times UK
