New York: Australian actor and producer Nicole Kidman expressed that she had married Tom Cruise for the love and tying the knot with the actor unintentionally guarded her from being sexually harassed in Hollywood.
The Ex-wife of Mission Impossible actor, who was married to Cruise for 11 years, said that in 2001 after their divorce, she had to start looking after herself.
“Being married to Tom Cruise at 22 is something I’m always reluctant to talk about, because I’m married now to the man who is my great love (Keith Urban), and it almost feels disrespectful. That said, I got married very young, but it definitely wasn’t power for me it was protection. I married for love, but being married to an extremely powerful man kept me from being sexually harassed. I would work, but I was still very much cocooned. So when I came out of it at 32, 33, it’s almost like I had to grow up.” –Nicole Kidman
She shared her #MeToo movement story but claimed not to name and shame her harassers.
“Of course I’ve had #MeToo moments since I was little! But do I want to expose them in an article? No. Do they come out in my work? Absolutely. I’m open and raw. I want to have my well of experience and emotion tapped into, used and I’m not just talking about sexual harassment. I’m talking about loss, death, the full array of life. But it has to be by the right people so it’s not abused again.” –Nicole Kidman