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Nicole Kidman is setting the record straight about a photo that went viral with her arms raised in celebration in 2001. Speaking to GQ as part of their cover story for Men of the Year on Monday, the 57-year-old actress said the iconic photo-meme wasn’t about her divorce from Tom Cruise.
Nicole Kidman reveals the truth about viral photo from her 2001 Tom Cruise divorce ceremony
The photo, in which Kidman can be seen wearing a transparent patterned top, green capris and sneakers, was long believed to be taken after her divorce from Cruise was finalized. When asked if there was any truth to those rumors, the Babygirl star said, “It’s not true.”
“That wasn’t me; That was from a movie, that wasn’t real life. I know that image!” the Oscar-winner said of the photo, in which she is walking down the street with her arms in the air and her mouth open, as if she is relieved. The iconic photo recently made headlines in September when Jenna Dewan posted it on her Instagram Story following her divorce from her ex-husband, Channing Tatum.
Kidman married Cruise in 1990 and adopted two children: daughter Isabella, 31, and son Connor, 29. However, the couple separated after 11 years of marriage, filing for divorce in 2001. Years later, the bombshell actress started dating Keith Urban in 2005. She married the country singer in 2006 and gave birth to two daughters, Sunday, 16, and Faith, 13, in 2008 and 2010, respectively.
As for the Mission: Impossible actor, after his split from his second wife, Kidman, he was married to Katie Holmes from 2006 to 2012. The pair welcomed daughter Suri Cruise, now 18-year-old Suri Noel, in 2006. Cruise’s first wife was Mimi Rogers. whom she married in 1987, two years after they first met in 1985. However, the Top Gun actor filed for divorce in 1989, which was later finalized in 1990, the same year he married Kidman.
