Keith Urban seems to have it all. However, when an encounter with the paparazzi turns into a tragedy, he surprisingly loses everything. Keith Urban was born in New Zealand in October 1967 and his family moved to Australia when he was young. His parents eventually settled in Brisbane where they ran a small shop and lived in a house behind the shop. Urban's wife, Nicole Kidman, told Glamor that Urban had a charmed childhood. "He grew up on a farm, in a barn. They had no bedroom. Four of them lived in the barn. [...] They talked about the community coming to help their family because they had nothing. Poverty was a problem, but Urban also had to deal with his father's drug addiction, which led to violence. "My father was an alcoholic, and I grew up in an alcoholic family," Urban told Rolling Stone. [...] I remember him mastering physical training. [...] I don't remember him saying he loved me when I was little. When Urban becomes a father himself, he comes face to face with his father. But his father doesn't remember that. “I don't think he denied it and he doesn't remember. 'Did he hit you? "I have never done this before!" When Urban was just 9 years old, the family faced further hardships when their house burned down. As he accepted the 2016 Country Radio Artist Humanitarian Award, he said his family's love of country music helped him get through the award. "I was fine, but I lost everything. It wasn't much, but it was all I had. [...] Our country music club didn't hesitate to launch a fundraising campaign for us." "I saw the kind hearts of this community in action, helping others, and it had a huge impact on me." the experience shaped Urban and helped him pursue philanthropy after becoming a successful country star Whenever he's asked to explain or define what country music is, he's generous. "No matter where you come from, what I think is it's about community." Like his father, Urban also had a problem with drug addiction. As Urban explained in a 2016 interview with Rolling Stone, this became an issue when he moved to Nashville in the early 1990s. His drug use changed when his roommate asked him if he wanted to use cocaine. "One day he gave me this big pipe. I didn't have it before but it looked good so I bought it. "It didn't go well right away, but it was a start," he said. Urban faced disappointment from the start.
His career in the country music capital of the world led him to abuse drugs and alcohol. "I drank more. I started taking more medicine. The 90s were terrible. "I'm so depressed that I find comfort in healthy things." How bad was it? According to Urban's former songwriting partner Vernon Rust, cocaine use reached truly shocking proportions. Rust's book "Fake News" reveals that Urban once took $320,000 worth of cocaine, writing "I lived in a studio." I drank a lot of coke and couldn't sleep for days." In the late 1990s, Urban couldn't ignore how much drugs and alcohol were controlling his life, he told Rolling Stone. "I felt good when I wasn't on stage. I felt like I didn't have much to offer. I was just a stranger.” He turned to cocaine and ecstasy to recapture the feelings he felt when he wasn't performing on stage. But in the end, the things that made him feel better made him feel worse. Realizing he needed to change, he made the difficult decision to seek help, and in 1998 he entered rehab and regained consciousness. In an interview with The Times, Urban said he has no problem enjoying what other people want, but joked that he can't do so for legal reasons. “I just realized I'm allergic to it. Someone asked, "Are you allergic?" - What happens when you drink alcohol? I said, "I'll break the chain." Urban met his future wife, Nicole Kidman, at a gala held in Los Angeles in 2005 in honor of the talented Australian. Kidman and Urban married in Sydney, Australia in June 2006 after dating for a year. Although the marriage seemed long-lasting and happy, Urban admitted that he had trouble connecting with others. He explained in an interview with Variety that this was due to his upbringing, particularly his somewhat distant relationship with his father. "I changed this song because growing up I sometimes wanted to apologize or say 'I love you' to someone before they were out of my life," Urban said of his "Say Something" single. Dead man, I had no chance.”
She believed that her relationship with Kidman allowed her to better express her feelings to those close to her. "I had to marry Nick to learn all that and learn how to communicate and speak well." "Of course I want to marry Nick!" He also expressed his gratitude that his daughters have an emotionally open family life and do not face such difficulties. "