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Keith Urban: I Feared Rehab Would 'Destroy Us'

But it only brought him closer to Nicole Kidman, he tells Oprah

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 30, 2010 10:42 AM CST

(Newser) – Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman had been married just four months when he checked into rehab for drug and alcohol addiction—and the country star thought it would ruin them. Yesterday he told Oprah Winfrey his thoughts at the time were, “Surely let's give it a few years so we've got some solidity, because this kind of thing could tear us apart. This could just destroy us,” Us reports. Even so, it ended up being Kidman herself who staged his intervention. It was his third rehab stint in eight years, but it stuck—because of “love,” he says. For more from the interview, click here.

Actress Nicole Kidman and musician Keith Urban attend the 44th Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.
Actress Nicole Kidman and musician Keith Urban attend the 44th Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Keith Urban reacts with his wife Nicole Kidman as he wins the Male Video of the Year award at the 2010 CMT Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Wednesday, June 9, 2010.
Keith Urban reacts with his wife Nicole Kidman as he wins the "Male Video of the Year" award at the 2010 CMT Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Wednesday, June 9, 2010.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Nicole Kidman, right, and Keith Urban arrive at the 37th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Nicole Kidman, right, and Keith Urban arrive at the 37th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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MommaMeme
Dec 1, 2010 10:53 AM CST
Your headline is totally misleading! Shame on you! About time someone has a TRUE marriage and your scandal sheet headline of "Is Nicole Kidman's marriage in trouble?" on another page is pathetic! Leave these two alone for crying out loud. At least they are going through it all together unlike most other couples, Hollyweird and not. Wanting someone to click on your story is one thing, Leave the deception to 'The Star'!
woonsocket
Nov 30, 2010 7:54 PM CST
Good for the both of them. They're both committed to the fact that addiction is something to be managed for the rest of one's life. Urban's a very lucky man.

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