Keith Urban Is “Worried” And “Frustrated” Over Wife Nicole Kidman’s Refusal To Slow Down

Keith Urban is reportedly concerned over his wife Nicole Kidman’s refusal to keep her promise of slowing down this year.

Only last month, Nicole Kidman told The Hollywood Reporter that she’d be slowing down in 2025. The actor had a packed 2024, where she also had to deal with the passing of her mother.

She said that this year is “actually not as crazy. I was much more out there last year. This year I have Holland, I have Nine Perfect Strangers, and then I’m off for the rest of year. So, oh well!”

With these projects wrapped, you’d think she would now be enjoying her time off with her kids. Well, that’s not the case. She’s been seen on the set of Margo’s Got Money Troubles, a TV series set to release next year that she’s both starring in and producing.

Either we’re already in 2026, or she’s gone back on her promise to Keith Urban.

A friend of the couple spoke to New Idea, where they spilled the country singer’s concerns over his wife over-exerting herself.

“It’s extraordinary. Not even a month later, and already she’s back on set,” they said.

Keith Urban Worried For His Wife

“Keith isn’t angry, but he’s worried and understandably very frustrated. He knows how much Nic loves her job, but she keeps moving the goalposts. Instead of putting herself first-something he and the kids need her to do-she’s putting work first every time,” shared the friend.

“Nicole’s still not had a chance to recover from the shock of losing her mum in September – and with Keith on tour, he isn’t around to make sure she’s at least eating and sleeping right.”

“Nicole’s pace isn’t just about acting. She’s involved in fashion campaigns, charities, and she’s always there to help out her mates,” the friend continued. “She thrives on work – it’s her escape – but Keith’s deep fear is how long she can keep up this pace and at what cost.”

The friend concluded, saying, “He sees how it’s draining her, especially after such a tough 12 months. He just wants her to prioritise her health and their family before she pushes herself too far.”

Keith Urban Doesn’t Get Involved With Wife Nicole Kidman’s Onscreen Sex Scenes

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman very much have their own separate careers. He’s a successful country star, regularly touring around the country and recording music, and she’s an Oscar-winning actress who spends her days away from home on film and TV sets. But if there’s one thing they do keep separate, it’s aspects of her career. Particularly the sex scenes she films with her on-screen love interests as well as all the other details of her time on set.

“My husband is an artist, so he understands all of it, and he also does not get involved,” she said while appearing on E! News’.

Apparently, Urban doesn’t even read her scripts or pay attention to what happens during filming. This ensures that he’s just as in the dark as all of the fans and is able to watch all of her projects without any spoilers when they are released with “fresh eyes” as she puts it. But it also means he has no idea what’s going to happen between her and her male co-stars on screen. In recent projects on HBO, this has included Hugh Grant in The Undoing and Alexander Skarsgård in Big Little Lies. Since the couple has been together since meeting in 2005, that list of onscreen love interests is obviously incredibly long…but according to Kidman, keeping him in the dark works for them.

“He’s got his own career that he’s completely absorbed in,” Kidman explained. “He doesn’t know much about what I’m really doing.”

Kidman admitted that she knew that the country star was the one when he showed up at her doorstep with flowers on her 38th birthday. Which is totally understandable…quite the romantic gesture.

“That is when I went, ‘This is the man I hope I get to marry,’” she said.

The couple has been happily married since 2006 and even welcomed two children together — Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret. They split their time between Nashville and their native Australia.