An Interviewer Asked Keith Urban A “Personal” Question About Nicole Kidman, and It’s So Awkward

In the past 24 hours, you may have seen some chatter about an awkward moment between Keith Urban and some radio hosts.

For context, on Tuesday, Keith appeared on an Australian radio show called Hayley & Max in the Morning, where the hosts, Max Burford and Hayley Pearson, invited him to play a game where they ask their guests a “very tricky” and “deeply personal” question. As I’m sure you know, Keith is married to fellow Aussie icon, Nicole Kidman, and so, Max took it upon himself to ask a question about his wife’s career in Hollywood.

“When I was coming up with something to ask you, Keith Urban, if you’re happy to play this game, the first thing I thought of, with your beautiful wife Nicole Kidman being on so many great movies, TV shows all the time, I watched a movie with her and Zac Efron recently, A Family Affair,” he began.

In case you’re not familiar, A Family Affair came out last year and starred Nicole as a widowed writer who starts dating her daughter’s young, famous boss, played by Zac. Being the supportive husband that he is, Keith politely praised the movie before the host’s question took a more intimate turn.

Max continued: “What does Keith Urban think when he sees his beautiful wife with beautiful younger men like Zac Efron having these beautiful love scenes on TV and radio?”

But before Keith answered, an awkward pause indicated that the line had gone dead, and he was no longer on the call. “He’s disconnected from Zoom,” a voice can be heard saying in the clip. “I think his team hung up on us because they didn’t want us to ask that question,” they added.

Before long, outlets like Rolling Stone, TMZ, and Variety published stories about the awkward on-air moment. And now, with the narrative circulating that it was Keith who pulled the plug on the interview, a source has spoken out to try to set the record straight.

“Keith did not hang up, period,” an insider told People, clarifying that he is “very easygoing” and did not personally take issue with the question about Nicole. “He doesn’t host his Zoom interviews. This is a complete nothingburger.”

Notably, Nicole has previously said that Keith is totally unbothered by her doing sex scenes in her films and shows. “My husband is an artist, so he understands all of it, and he also does not get involved,” she told E! News in 2021. “He sees the show at the very end when it’s a show, all edited together, and he’s fresh eyes. He doesn’t read any script, he really doesn’t know what’s going on on the set, he’s got his own career that he’s completely absorbed in.”