An anonymous source now claims Keith Urban feels "relieved" that ex-wife Nicole Kidman has moved on with private equity investor Michael Reinstein, directly contradicting an earlier report that the country singer was "absolutely devastated" by the pairing.
The whiplash between the two claims landed days apart. Earlier this week, an unnamed insider told reporters that Urban could barely handle seeing photos of Kidman, 59, spending time with Reinstein in Portofino, Italy. That source said Urban "had secretly hoped he and the 'Big Little Lies' star might eventually reconcile." Then a different insider offered a sharply different account to Page Six: Urban is at peace, carries no jealousy, and actually wanted the marriage to end.
Both versions rely entirely on unnamed sources. Neither Urban nor Kidman has spoken publicly about the situation. Urban's representative did not respond to Page Six's request for comment. The result is a familiar celebrity-media pattern, dueling anonymous claims, zero on-the-record confirmation, and a public left to sort fact from spin.
The Daily Mail published the newer account, in which an insider offered this explanation:
"Keith was the one who wanted out of the marriage, and he felt guilty about hurting Nicole."
That source added that Urban is "relieved that she's moved on" and that there is "no jealousy" over Reinstein. If accurate, the framing flips the earlier narrative on its head. The first report painted Urban as a man blindsided by his ex-wife's new relationship. The second paints him as someone whose conscience has been eased by it.
Kidman filed for divorce from the Grammy-winning country star in September 2025, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple had been married 19 years and share two daughters, Sunday Rose, now 18, and Faith Margaret, 15. The divorce was finalized in January. Earlier reporting on Urban's post-divorce emotional state leaned heavily on the "devastated" version of events.
Neither account names its source. Neither provides documentary evidence. And neither has been confirmed or denied by anyone willing to attach a name to the claim.
Romance rumors between Kidman and Reinstein ignited after the two were spotted poolside together in Portofino, Italy. Reinstein, a private equity investor, was later seen picking Kidman up from a Los Angeles airport and driving away in his Ferrari. Neither Kidman nor Reinstein has publicly confirmed a relationship.
Urban, 58, has faced his own round of post-divorce speculation. Country singer Karley Scott Collins and Urban's guitarist Maggie Baugh both denied rumors linking them romantically to him. No confirmed relationship has emerged on his side.
The Oscar-winning actress has kept a relatively low public profile on personal matters since the split. Kidman has spoken publicly about prioritizing time with her daughters, flying home the moment filming wraps.
Whatever the private reality, the public record shows two people navigating the end of a nearly two-decade marriage under relentless tabloid scrutiny. The dueling insider accounts only underscore how little is actually known.
High-profile divorces generate enormous media attention, and the Kidman-Urban split is no exception. The pattern is well established: unnamed sources offer competing versions of events, each one carefully shaped to cast one party in a favorable light. Readers have no way to evaluate which insider, if either, is telling the truth.
Kidman's first public acknowledgment of Urban since the divorce came in a Father's Day post, a gesture that suggested at least a civil co-parenting relationship. That single public data point tells more than a dozen anonymous quotes.
Celebrity splits often follow a media arc familiar to anyone who watched the years-long coverage of other high-profile breakups. Angelina Jolie recently described herself as "broken" nearly a decade after her split from Brad Pitt, a reminder that the human cost of these situations outlasts the news cycle.
Urban has said nothing on the record. Kidman has said nothing on the record. Reinstein has said nothing on the record. Every substantive claim in this story traces back to people who won't say who they are.
In a media environment that runs on anonymous sourcing and emotional headlines, the only honest position is the one no insider seems willing to take: we don't actually know how Keith Urban feels, and until he says so himself, everything else is speculation dressed up as news.
