Keith Urban recalls the moment his wife, Nicole Kidman, launched an intervention for his addiction problems, in an edited excerpt from Jeff Apter’s book Keith Urban, published in The Daily Telegraph today. Friday.
The country music superstar, 54, enrolled herself at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, in October 2006, after getting drunk while on tour.
Keith told Rolling Stone in 2016 that he would understand if Nicole, 54, chose to leave him, with the pair having only married that same year.
“I’m very, very lucky”: Keith Urban, 54, recalls the moment his wife Nicole Kidman, 54, staged an invention after bending before he entered rehab in 2006, in an extract edited book passage by Jeff Apter published by The Daily Telegraph on Friday. Photo together in February
Keith told the publication: “I was very, very lucky to have Nic call to intervene, adding that he had ’caused the breakdown of my new marriage’.
The Voice Australia coach also reflected on Oprah Winfrey’s intervention, admitting to the celebrity presenter that he was ‘off track’ and ‘need help and new direction’ in life.
Nicole, who was in Rome for work at the time he suffered from alcoholism, flew back to the United States and met with her friends to conduct an intervention.
Rehabilitation: The country superstar enrolled at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, in October 2006. Keith told Rolling Stone in 2016 that he would understand if Nicole chose to leave him, with the couple who were married that year.
Keith told Oprah: “The love in that room in that moment was great. ‘To see love work that way… I’ve never experienced anything like it before.’
Keith has gone public about his past struggling with alcoholism, and confessed that he wishes he had become sober earlier in his life during his current appearance. The South By Southwest festival and convention in Texas returns in 2018.
“I wish I had woken up years earlier, but it’s true,” he said.
Support system: “I was very, very lucky to have Nic call to intervene on me,” Keith told Rolling Stone, adding that he had ’caused the downfall of my new marriage’. January 2016 picture
‘I knew I wasn’t reaching my full potential, and that’s where it started for me. I was enslaved… I’m living a very, very small life. ‘
Keith also admitted that he was ‘infatuated with relationships’ before meeting Nicole and getting married, and that the lyrics about his love were far from his reality.
‘I will write these songs about love and relationships; I remember I wrote Somebody Like You back then and played it for my girlfriend and she just looked at me and said, ‘You’re a hypocrite,’ and I couldn’t argue with that. ‘
Keith and Nicole met in 2005 and married a year later. They share daughters Sunday Rose, 13, and Faith Margaret, 11.
For alcohol addiction support in Australia, visit Alcoholics Anonymous or Alcohol and drug information service.
New direction: Keith also reflected on the intervention with Oprah Winfrey, admitting to the famous talk show host that he had ‘deviated’ and ‘needed help and a new direction’ in life mine. “The love in that room in that moment was just right,” he said. Pictured in January 2019
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