Fans are questioning Nicole Kidman’s claim that a well-known meme of the actress seemingly celebrating her divorce from Tom Cruise was taken out of context.
Kidman, 57, recently addressed the famous photo while speaking to British GQ, telling the magazine she was not celebrating her 2001 split from Cruise, 62, but rather filming a scene for an unnamed movie.
“That was from a film, that wasn’t real life,” she insisted. “I know that image!”
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The picture was believed to have been taken in 2001 while the Oscar winner was leaving her lawyer’s office after settling her divorce from her “Eyes Wide Shut” co-star. In it, she strutted down a sunny sidewalk with her eyes closed and her arms raised in relief.
However, Kidman said the widely believed scenario was “not true.”
While the “Babygirl” star denied it had anything to do with Cruise, she notably did not specify which movie she was referring to, leading social media sleuths to do some digging of their own.
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However, most fans did not find any evidence of Kidman wearing a similar outfit — a sheer patterned top and green capris — in any of her films.
“ok I just did a deep dive on this and not only does she not specify which movie it was, none of her legions of fans even have a hypothesis as to which movie it could have been. so I feel comfortable concluding that she’s lying and it really is a post-divorce paparazzi shot,” one X user wrote Monday in a post that has garnered more than 1 million views.
“I can’t remember a movie where she went totally barefaced AND wigless?” another replied, to which a third added, “Also what movie would call for her to be dressed in those sneakers with that outfit??”
“I looked it up too and gave up cause none of the movies she’s in during 2001 even match this vibe 😭,” a fourth chimed in.
However, others defended Kidman, arguing that it could have been from a “scene that was cut.”
“It’s gotta be a lie, but I do enjoy the idea (as the only possible alternative I can think of) that the photos are from unused footage from when she was supposed to do In the Cut lol,” one user wrote, referencing the star’s 2003 psychological thriller.
“Y’all are weird there are plenty of movies that people try to get made that never see the light of day,” someone else posted.
Kidman’s reps did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.