In a rare and emotional revelation, Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman has shared intimate details about her eleven-year marriage to Tom Cruise, explaining why the high-profile couple never had biological children together during their union.
The 'Big Little Lies' star, now happily married to country singer Keith Urban, described her first marriage as "a very different life" that ultimately prevented her from experiencing motherhood naturally during that period.
The Scientology Factor
During her marriage to Cruise, from 1990 to 2001, Kidman was deeply involved in the Church of Scientology, which the actor still fervently follows. While she hasn't explicitly blamed the religion, sources close to the actress suggest the church's controversial views on psychiatry and medical treatments may have influenced their family planning decisions.
"It was a very different life to what I have now," Kidman reflected during a recent interview, carefully choosing her words about that chapter of her life.
Building a Family Through Adoption
Despite not having biological children together, the former couple did expand their family through adoption. They welcomed daughter Isabella Jane in 1992 and son Connor Antony in 1995, both of whom remain close to their famous father and have largely stayed out of the Hollywood spotlight.
Following her divorce from Cruise, Kidman found love again with Keith Urban, whom she married in 2006. The couple shares two biological daughters: Sunday Rose, 15, and Faith Margaret, 13.
A New Chapter of Happiness
"I'm now in a place where I'm so blissfully happy," Kidman beamed when discussing her current family life with Urban. "I've got four beautiful children - two that I adopted and two that I birthed. My life now is exactly what I dreamed it would be."
The actress has previously described meeting Urban as "love at first sight" and credits their strong communication and mutual respect for making their marriage work, despite the pressures of Hollywood.
While Kidman maintains a dignified silence about the specifics of her divorce from Cruise, her current happiness speaks volumes about finding the family life she always wanted after leaving what she described as a "very sheltered" existence during her first marriage.
