Nicole Kidman to Keith Urban - Marry Me, or Sit Home and Watch Survivor Tonight While I Party With Diplomats and World Leaders
Nicole Kidman's engagement to country music star Keith Urban was all over the international news today. While Urban's spokesman officially confirmed the engagement to Reuters on Tuesday, People magazine says that Kidman broke the news to them during an interview a day earlier, on Monday. According to People, Kidman was in NewYork City last weekend to host the 30th Anniversary UNIFEM gala. In response to what was most likely a reporter's nosy question about her date, Kidman told People, "He's actually my fiancé. I wouldn't be bringing my boyfriend."
Got that, unmarried women? Your boyfriend may accompany you to dimly-lit bars, apartment parties (unless socialites or party photographers are present), parks, island vacations, department stores and even weddings. But when it comes to a "serious" event like a gala to benefit an international NGO, either go solo or propose. Wearing a boyfriend on your arm to such a high-profile soiree is even tackier than sporting a Banana Republic handbag.
It sounds like Nicole is borrowing a page from the Brangelina or TomKat relationship guide. The thinking there: in order to be taken seriously as a humanitarian, an actor, or a mother, you must be married. Otherwise, you're just a woman with with a cause, a talent, or a kid -- and a partner.