Keith Urban praised Nicole Kidman for sticking by him during a tumultuous time in their marriage just one year before the pair called it quits.

Urban, 57, gave a heartfelt speech honoring his wife at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala in April 2024, recalling how he caused problems in the relationship amid his addiction struggles after they tied the knot.

“We got married in June 2006 and barely four months into our marriage, my addictions … that I’d done really nothing about, blew our marriage to smithereens,” Urban revealed onstage in Los Angeles last year, per People. “Four months into a marriage, I’m in rehab for three months. I had no idea what was going to happen to us … and if you want to see what love in action really looks like, give that a whirl.”

He added, “Nic pushed th

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