“A Keith Urban superfan has claimed the Grammy-winning musician hinted at his divorce from Nicole Kidman weeks before it was public knowledge. And before Kidman had even filed. Urban, 58, has been at the centre of public scrutiny, along with Kidman, also 58, for the last few months, ever since the pair announced their split”, — write: metro.co.uk
A Keith Urban superfan has claimed the Grammy-winning musician hinted at his divorce from Nicole Kidman weeks before it was public knowledge. And before Kidman had even filed. Urban, 58, has been at the centre of public scrutiny, along with Kidman, also 58, for the last few months, ever since the pair announced their split after 20 years together. (Picture: Getty Images)
Dale Whiteside, who had attended the Saskatoon, Canada, stop for Urban’s High And Alive World Tour on September 15, told TMZ that he met the star backstage, where they discussed their physical likeness, amongst other things. (Picture: Getty Images)
Whiteside reportedly told Urban that he regularly gets mistaken for the musician due to his blonde, distinctive hairstyle and similar facial features. The fan revealed that he most recently got ‘recognised’ at a music festival when a couple approached him, thinking he was Urban. However, Whiteside said they soon realised he was only a lookalike for one obvious reason — he wasn’t wearing a wedding ring and Urban was. (Picture: Billboard via Getty Images)
Whiteside claims he told Urban that the ring — plus the fact he doesn’t have any tattoos — are the only ways people can tell the pair apart. According to the fan, this was when Urban dropped the surprising hint that his marriage may have been coming to an end. (Picture: Getty Images)
Whiteside claimed that Urban said: ‘Next time, it’ll probably be just the tattoos’ that’ll help people differentiate them from each other. The fan reportedly had no idea what the singer meant by the comment until news of the divorce became public. The media disclosed that papers — where Kidman cited irreconcilable differences — were served 15 days later, on September 30, in Nashville, Tennessee, where the former couple own a mansion. (Picture: Getty Images)
However, when the news broke of Urban and Kidman’s divorce, it was also revealed that they had been living apart since the summer. Therefore, at the time of Urban and Whiteside’s meeting, the A-list couple had likely already split. The divorce papers had just not been served yet. (Picture: Getty Images)
Following the public divorce announcement, a source told People magazine that Kidman didn’t actually want the split and was ‘fighting to save the marriage.’ The former couple share two daughters: Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14, who will now have to adhere to new living arrangements due to the custody agreement. (Picture: Getty Images)
In court documents obtained by the Daily Mail and signed by Kidman and Urban, they agreed that Sunday and Faith will spend 306 days of the year in their mother’s custody. The girls will spend the other 59 days with their father, which has been scheduled as 10am on Saturdays until 6pm on Sundays every other weekend. (Picture: Getty Images)
Urban and Kidman tied the knot in June 2006 in Sydney, Australia, one month after announcing their engagement. They first met in January 2005 at the G’Day USA gala in Los Angeles, an event that celebrates Australians in Hollywood. The Grammy and Oscar-winning former couple were together for 20 years, and married for 19. Metro has contacted Keith Urban’s reps for comment. (Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage)