The actress says she still cannot believe how young she had been when he tied the knot with Tom Cruise in 1990. The two met while filming Days of Thunder and they got married when she was just 23 years old, just a year after. The former couple split in 2001 after adopting two children Isabella and Connor.
Nicole who has been married since 2005 to country singer Keith Urban since 2006 and they have two daughters Sunday Rose, eight, and Faith, five said though she was young and had her two kids when she was barely 27 says she has no regrets as that was all she ever wanted as at that time.
The 49 year old mother of four said:
“I was so young when I got married,” she told Red magazine. “I look back now and I’m like, ‘What?’ You look at Taylor Swift, I mean how old is she? She’s 26. I had two kids by the time I was 27 and I’d been married for four years. But that’s what I wanted.”
The couple celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in June (16) and Nicole admits the milestone was a big deal because the start of their marriage was tough.
“It was really up and down for the first three months,” she revealed. “We’ve been through a lot for ten years. And we’re stronger than ever. I say that while touching wood, and no way in a boastful way. I just say it with wonder. Absolute wonder.”
She explains that entering a second marriage when she was older and had “been through things” made her more determined to make it last. The couple has a phrase which they always think of when coming to a decision.
“We always consider the ‘us’. We say, ‘Is this going to be good for us?’ It’s the simplest phrase, but it works,” she said.