{"id":247662,"date":"2026-06-22T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/nicole-kidman-posts-surprise-fathers-day-tribute-to-her-keith-urban-after-divorce\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:00:13","slug":"nicole-kidman-posts-surprise-fathers-day-tribute-to-her-keith-urban-after-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/nicole-kidman-posts-surprise-fathers-day-tribute-to-her-keith-urban-after-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole&apos; Kidman posts surprise Father&apos;s Day tribute to her Keith Urban after divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-06-22\" datetime=\"1782086413\" pubdate=\"\">22 June 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Nicole Kidman has paid tribute to former husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/keith-urban\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,keith-urban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Urban<\/a> on Father\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Nicole Kidman has paid tribute to former husband Keith Urban on Father\u2019s Day<\/p>\n<p>Sharing rare family photographs of the country music star with their daughters and honouring the fathers who have shaped her life, the Oscar-winning actor, 59, marked the occasion on Instagram on Sunday (22.06.26) with a series of black-and-white photographs, including one showing Keith carrying daughters Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, on his back when they were younger. <\/p>\n<p>The post comes months after Nicole and Keith finalised their divorce in January, following the end of their 19-year marriage. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the separation, Nicole\u2019s message publicly acknowledged Keith\u2019s role as a father to their children. <\/p>\n<p>The actress is also continuing a busy professional period, having recently drawn attention for her television adaptation of Scarpetta and a string of acclaimed screen performances that have followed her Oscar-winning turn in The Hours, as well as celebrated roles in Big Little Lies, Moulin Rouge! and The Undoing.<\/p>\n<p>\nNicole wrote: \u201cHappy Father\u2019s Day to all the fathers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nHer message accompanied family photographs and also included a tribute to her late father, Dr Antony Kidman, who died in 2014 aged 75.<\/p>\n<p>\nOne image showed Antony holding Nicole as a young child.<\/p>\n<p>\nNicole has frequently spoken about the profound impact both of her parents had on her life. <\/p>\n<p>\nHer mother, Janelle Kidman, died in September 2024 aged 84, a loss the actress has discussed publicly in recent interviews.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking to GQ in November 2024, Nicole reflected on grieving the deaths of both parents.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: \u201cLife is, whew. It\u2019s definitely a journey. And it hits you as you get older.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIf you\u2019re in it and not numbing yourself to it. And I\u2019m in it. Fully in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nNicole and Keith married in 2006 and announced their separation in September 2025. <\/p>\n<p>\nThroughout their relationship they were regarded as one of entertainment\u2019s most prominent couples, balancing careers in film and music while raising their family largely away from the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>\nKeith remains one of country music\u2019s biggest stars, known for hits including Blue Ain\u2019t Your Color and Somebody Like You, while also gaining a wider television audience through his years as a judge on American Idol.<\/p>\n<p>\nNicole is also mother to Bella Cruise and Connor Cruise from her previous marriage to Tom Cruise.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe actress has often described parenthood as one of the defining aspects of her life.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking to Harper\u2019s Bazaar in October 2025, Nicole said: \u201cMy children (give me the) purpose of being their protector and their guide, promising them that I&#8217;m here and that, no matter what, there\u2019s always a safe place to grow up in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nShe added: \u201cLife, connection (and) people\u201d keep her feeling \u201cvibrant and energised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/nicole-kidman-posts-surprise-fathers-day-tribute-keith-urban-after-divorce-1446303.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 June 2026 Nicole Kidman has paid tribute to former husband Keith Urban on Father\u2019s Day. Nicole Kidman has paid tribute to former husband Keith Urban on Father\u2019s Day Sharing rare family photographs of the country music star with their daughters and honouring the fathers who have shaped her life, the Oscar-winning actor, 59, marked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6169,6170,15767,15766,6167,1054,1058,15765,721],"class_list":{"0":"post-247662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-bella-cruise","9":"tag-connor-cruise","10":"tag-dr-antony-kidman","11":"tag-faith-margaret-kidman-urban","12":"tag-janelle-kidman","13":"tag-keith-urban","14":"tag-nicole-kidman","15":"tag-sunday-rose-kidman-urban","16":"tag-tom-cruise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}