Keith Urban hinted at divorce with Nicole Kidman weeks before split announcement Kimberley BraddishThe NightlySun, 23 November 2025 9:47AMCommentsComments
A Keith Urban fan claims the musician hinted about his divorce from Nicole Kidman weeks before news broke.
Kidman filed for divorce from Urban on September 30, but one of the musician’s biggest fans, Dale Whiteside, said Urban hinted at the split during a Saskatoon, Canada, stop for his High And Alive World Tour on September 15.
Whiteside, who strongly resembles Urban, told TMZ that he had an in-person meeting with Urban, during which they discussed how much they looked alike.
Whiteside revealed he told Urban that a couple had mistaken him for the singer at a music festival. However, they realised the mistake when they saw Whiteside wasn’t wearing a wedding ring.
The fan claimed he told Urban that the two ways they could be told apart were the wedding ring and the country music star’s many tattoos.
Then, after taking a photo together, Whiteside claimed Urban told him, “Next time, it’ll probably be just the tattoos.”
Whiteside said he didn’t know what Urban meant until two weeks later when Kidman, 58, and Urban’s split news emerged.
Nicole revealed her recent split from Keith Urban, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
She shares two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, 14, with the country singer.
At the time, those close to the Oscar-winning star said she was blindsided by Urban’s decision to end their 19-year marriage.
“Nicole’s hurt and feels betrayed,” an insider told People.
“She wanted to save their marriage and believed that she could, but it seems he’s already moved on.”
It has been speculated that Urban’s guitarist, Maggie Baugh, might be the mystery woman after the musician changed lyrics to his love song Fighter, which was believed to have been inspired by Kidman.
The Oscar-winning actress and the 58-year-old singer had been living apart “since the beginning of summer,” multiple sources claimed to TMZ at the time.
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