Nicole Kidman Praises Husband Keith Urban For Saving Her From Loneliness

Nicole Kidman got candid about her marriage to Keith Urban and how he helped her deal with loneliness especially amid the pandemic.

The "Moulin Rouge" star opened up to Glamour about finding balance in her work and family life. The Australian actress credited her husband, their great relationship, and running outside as among the things that keep her together amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I have a very good relationship. It is a very soothing, comforting place for me to go, and he's a very strong, warm, kind man," Kidman said.

"I'm very fortunate to have that in my life, because it's a really strong place to be able to go and curl up. And, this is a lonely world, right? That's an extraordinary thing to have found, particularly later in my life. But it saved me, as well, which is a beautiful thing to have."

During the interview, the 53-year-old actress admitted that she encountered painful bouts of loneliness in the past. She feels blessed that she has Urban to come home to whenever she feels sad now.

"They say loneliness is the great killer," she continued.

"It causes so much pain and I've been lonely, and it is very, very, very hard. You see it in older people. You see it in young people. You see it now in this world. We can't even hug anymore. Loneliness is an epidemic. So, I am very fortunate to come home to him. My heart goes out to the people who don't have a person to go to now.”

Kidman also recalled the time she preferred the company of children over adults. She admitted to liking adults, but not more than kids. She also shared how her sister and the latter's younger kids moved in with her to help her while she was filming because Urban was in Nashville for the release of his new album at the time.

"It’s just fun because I find their perspective not so heavy," she said of them. "It puts you in a more childlike place where you go, ‘I can move through this and it can be fleeting. It doesn't have to become a massive weight.’”

Earlier this year, there were rumors that Kidman and Urban were divorcing after they skipped the Oscars. There were speculations that she was tired of Los Angeles and wanted to move back to Australia.

The musician addressed their absence at the Oscars saying they were at home and made a game out of it. The family bonded because Kidman would be heading to Europe for her film "The Northman."