Nicole Kidman is splashing out a small fortune each month to live in a stately home in London, but husband Keith Urban’s absence has placed a question mark around the pair’s 19-year marriage.
“They do make a big effort to speak every day when they’re apart, but it’s quite shocking how much time they’ve spent apart since Nic’s mother died last September,” an insider says.
“It’s like they both went their separate ways and now she’s getting comfortable in a dream home in London on the other side of the world.”
While she’s filming the Practical Magic sequel in the UK, the actress, 58, is staying at a Hampstead mansion owned by popstar Boy George. In 1986, a young US musician who was working with the Culture Club singer was found dead from an overdose in the living room.
The house’s dark history didn’t put Nicole off the five-bedroom, five-bathroom home, but it’s looking unlikely that Keith, 57, will be able to join her there any time soon.
The Kiwi-born country star’s High And Alive World Tour will keep him on the road through Canada and the US until mid-October, with insiders saying the long periods apart have become the couple’s new normal.
“No one knows how long they can put up with this situation as they’ve always been diligent about not spending more than two weeks apart,” our source tells.
“Clearly that’s not the case any more.”
