Nicole Kidman has been mostly noncommittal about discussing her marriage to Hollywood A-lister Tom Cruise. However, the actress opened up once about how being married to a powerful personality such as Cruise protected her from unwanted attention and sexual abuse in Hollywood.

Nineteen years after the couple parted ways, the actual cause of their breakup is not yet clear.  Kidman revealed how being married to Cruise made her safe against sexual abuse that many women in the industry speak up about and have to go through.

The Eyes Wide Shut actress mentioned she was very young when she got married to the Mission Impossible star. Kidman was in conversation with New York Magazine’s The Cut when she opened up.

Kidman mentioned while she got married to the actor for love, it did help her to survive being married to a powerful man in Hollywood like Cruise. She did not have to face unpleasant situations including sexual abuse while working in the industry.

The actress admitted she was extremely “cocooned” while being married to the Top Gun actor.  So, when she came out of the marriage at the age of 32-33, it seemed like she “had to grow up.”

While the Academy Award-winning actress confessed to having faced sexual harassment, she refused to say more about the subject while being interviewed.  She admitted of also having had to go through #MeToo moments because she was very young.

Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise adopted two children while being married. The pair first met on the sets of Days of Thunder and exchanged their vows in the same year.  Kidman was 22 and Cruise was 28 at the time of their marriage.

However, the couple parted ways in 2001 when Cruise cited irreconcilable differences for filing the divorce petition. Two years later, the superbly-talented actress won an Oscar for her performance in the film The Hours in the category of best actress.

The actress has touched upon the topic of gendered abuse also when she was working in HBO’s Big Little Lies in 2017.  The actress played the role of an affluent woman called Celeste Wright who was going through domestic abuse.

Kidman recalls how she had to lie down on the floor in the show’s last episode. Her character was shown in underwear and as if just been cruelly thrown down.

The actress said so in a roundtable discussion in 2017 with the Hollywood Reporter.  She had to just remain on the floor as if she could not get up and did not want to get up.

Nicole Kidman got married to country crooner Keith Urban in 2006  after her divorce from Tom Cruise in 2001.  The couple shares two beautiful daughters and is spending a lot of time together amid the COVID-19 pandemic