Nicole Kidman Makes Rare Comment About Tom Cruise Marriage: ‘Seemed Completely Natural’

Nicole Kidman is looking back at her whirlwind marriage to ex-husband Tom Cruise.

“Yeah, I got married so young,” Kidman, 59, admitted to British Vogue in a profile published Thursday, August 13. “Suddenly, I was 22, 23 years old and I had this huge movie star husband, but it just seemed completely natural.”

Kidman met Cruise, 64, on the set of 1990’s Days of Thunder, getting married later that year. The two actors, who share two children, ultimately divorced in 2001.

“We just fell madly in love and it was that simple. I remember people saying to me, ‘OK, well this is really going to affect your career,’” Kidman recalled to British Vogue. “I’m like, ‘I don’t care. I’m in love. I want to be married.’ Then, I was his ‘wife’ and they were like, ‘See, we told you.’ I’m like, ‘So what? I wasn’t meant to marry the man I love? Of course I’ll throw my career away. I don’t care.’”

In the years after divorcing Cruise, Kidman enjoyed a thriving Hollywood career and, in her personal life, moved on with country singer Keith Urban. The Practical Magic 2 star and Urban, 58, were married for 19 years before they separated in 2025. Kidman and Urban, who share two daughters, finalized their divorce in January.

Without going into details of the split, Kidman hinted to the British outlet that she was still processing her new normal.