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Urban-Daughters Ties Strain Post-Kidman Divorce

Published 6 May 2026

Keith Urban's relationship with his teenage daughters has reportedly grown strained following his divorce from Nicole Kidman, highlighted by their eldest daughter Sunday Rose's recent public comments praising her mother without mentioning her father and a brief Instagram unfollow.

The couple, both 58, separated in September 2025 after nearly 20 years of marriage and finalized their divorce in January 2026. Court documents outlined a custody arrangement granting Kidman primary residential custody of Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 15, for 306 days per year, while Urban receives 59 days, equivalent to every other weekend from 10 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday. The family resides primarily in a Nashville mansion purchased in 2008.

Insiders have described limited communication between Urban and his daughters since the split. One source told media outlets that Urban previously received one- or two-word text replies from the girls, but now gets none. "For now, he's just letting it happen and hoping that they can talk it out down the road," the source said. "It hurts, but hopefully at some point they can have the conversations and move forward."

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