Keith Urban is reportedly not comfortable with the possibility that his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, might move on with fellow Australian actor Simon Baker.
Recently news broke that Baker and the Australian actress, who are playing a married couple in the new Amazon Prime series scarpettawere seen holding hands at the show’s New York premiere earlier this month on March 3.
On the program, Nicole, 58, admitted that their chemistry “just vibrates,” while Simon, 56, cheekily added, “I don’t kiss or tell.”
Nicole’s ex-husband Keith, 58, is now said to be devastated by her rumored romance, seeing how quickly she is moving on from their split last year.
“Seeing Nicole and Simon hold hands was the equivalent of seeing his best mate with his girlfriend, and it made a huge impact on him,” an insider told The Sun this week. women’s day magazine.
“He knew it was natural for her to lean on Simon – he was also there for Naomi Watts after her split from Liv (Schreiber).”
Sources also claim that Keith hoped that Nicole and Simon were only flirting for the cameras and that an actual romance between them would be his “worst nightmare”.
She added, “Keith is hoping they’re just faking it for the headlines. But still he feels like it’s a betrayal because both Nicole and Simon know how much even a hint of romance between them would hurt him.”
“He already suspected that they were getting closer during filming. It has become his worst nightmare.”
Baby girl The actress has been close to Simon for decades and is also a good friend of Simon’s ex-wife Rebecca Rigg, from whom he separated in 2020.
However, the insider also notes that Nicole is “very scared” of doing anything that could damage her friendship with Baker as well as his ex-wife Rebecca.
Despite this, Urban “hates that they’re giving interviews about how close they are,” the insider said. “She is completely shocked that she would pretend to be in a new relationship so soon after the divorce. This is not what they agreed to for the sake of the girls.”
“Never mind how seeing him holding another man’s hand on the red carpet will affect him. He knows better than anyone how much Nicole depended on him in those moments – now she’s relying on Simon, and it’s hard for him to see that.”
In January, it was reported that Nicole’s A-lister friends were encouraging her to re-enter the dating pool to move on from her divorce and it was her close friend Naomi Watts who suggested the mother-of-two date Baker.
Kidman filed for divorce from Keith on September 30, citing irreconcilable differences after their marriage ended in early summer 2025.
