Nicole Kidman covers the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK (the March issue). While I’m not crazy about the newsstand cover (that red jacket is meh), the subscriber’s cover (at the end of the post) is really beautiful. As for what Kidman is promoting… I barely know at this point. She was getting magazine covers throughout 2015 to promote Queen of the Desert, Secret In Their Eyes and other films, but some of those films didn’t even get released. Queen of the Desert got pushed to March of this year. Secret In Their Eyes is being released in the UK at the end of February. The point is that she’s promoting something, which will be out at some point. The point of Nicole’s Bazaar interview is that she loves to work and she doesn’t believe in being a stay-at-home mom. Some highlights:
Saying no to stay-at-home motherhood: “I don’t want to be the mother who lives vicariously through my daughters, so I’m trying to balance it. There was a period where I didn’t do anything, and my mum said, ‘I really think you need to get back and do something’. I want to be around them, I’m the happiest when I’m around them. It’s that simple. But for me to completely give up doing any of this, what would I do artistically?”
She believes she conceived Sunday Rose after bathing in a sacred watering hole in Australia: But she said her ‘scientific and agnostic mother’ doesn’t share her belief. “She says, ‘How did I have this changeling child that believes all these things?’ But I spent my life trying to get pregnant and I went into the waters up in Kununurra, and suddenly I got pregnant, and so did all the other women who bathed in it on the film.”
What she calls daughters Faith & Sunday: “The Kittens” because of their “purring, affectionate natures…They snuggle and they’re very warm.”
Before we ever dreamed of Beyonce’s collapsing, pillowy bump, a lot of people thought Nicole faked her pregnancy with Sunday. It was a similar sort of situation with Beyonce – there were a lot of bump-conspiracies, and Nicole “lost the baby weight” and got back into her white jeans within a few weeks of giving birth. But if she wants to keep telling the story about the sacred waters, sure. It’s none of my business. Apparently, she also told the magazine that she would love to adopt another child but she thinks “there’s only so much time.”
As for what she says about working and not wanting to be a stay-at-home mom… I get it. And I even sort of agree with her, as only a child-free woman could. I have no dog in this hunt, but it seems like Nicole is just talking about her experience as a mother, not every woman’s experience. And it also seems like she’s seen women who give up their careers and pour their entire lives into their children, and she’s seen that it doesn’t always end well.
Photos courtesy of Harper’s Bazaar UK.
Her hair looks dreadful in that first pic.
Because she straightens it into submission.
What happened to going natural curly again so her curly daughter had someone to look to as an example? Yeah she said that in an interview and I haven’t seen her with her curly hair once sine ’98, at least not publicly.
To each their own but personally I think she looks better with her curls. Her hair straightened looks stiff and dry.
@ A I agree with you completely! Why doesn’t she cherish her beautiful, natural curls that suit her so well? That being said, she did wear her hair curly and in a shorter bob-line for a while back in 2002-2005. She looked great, the best she ever has, in my opinion.
Just re-watched Far and Away two nights ago and all I could think was, Look at Kidman’s great natural hair. Super-curly and a lovely red. She’s a very gifted and skilled actress (although boo on the botox that prevents her from being fully expressive these days) — but she also had a totally distinct look because of that awesome hair.
I just get angry when I see people messing with their natural gifts. Lindsey Lohan was also born with fantastic red hair and also fu**ed it up (and *also* messed with her face). I’m not saying Kidman is like Lohan in general, just in the ruined-her-awesome-red-hair department.
She looks gorgeous in both covers. And back to a more natural look too.
Loved the covers too. Simply gorgeous.
She does look gorgeous, but she doesn’t look like her. I think she’s now channeling Sharon Stone.
I get where she’s coming from too, and I was always glad my mother worked. It does make me suspect that a lot of famous ladies could use some hobbies beyond working, parenting, and fashion, though.
But it’s not always possible to have hobbies when you’re working and bringing up kids.
Get what you are saying, but we’re not talking about a person who has a normal 9-5 job. A hobby doesn’t need to be time consuming. Reading, painting, drawing, knitting, etc are hobbies you can stop and return to later. Hobbies are, to me, meant to be relaxing and help take stress away. I crochet – I’m not obligated to finish anything on any time table (unless I’m making it for a special occasion).
You have to find something that’s for you. I raise two kids, have a demanding job, and I have hobbies. I run and I knit (badly)
How can a person live without a hobby???
My mum was a stay-at-home until maybe my 11th birthday. I was so used to her being always there that it was a shock to find her gone most of the time. However, it made me realise I would never, willingly, stay at home. We’re lucky to be able to choose (for the most part)
I love the red jacket!
Me too!
Just because you work for a company doesn’t mean you won’t live vicariously through your kids. Staying home doesn’t mean you will.
“The New Face of Beauty”LOL. Is that a subtle dig or just serendipity?
I stayed home when my kids were little, only because childcare would had taken everything I made. I know myself and I’m happy when I’m working outside my home. I think there’s nothing wrong with wanting to have a life outside your home. It’s about balance.
When I’m around other parents, the conversation is never anything other then their children. It’s about school, or teachers or sport activities. I wonder to myself, who are these people? If they didn’t have kids what would they talk about?
I stay at home too, because it would basically cost us money for me to work.
I feel bad though, because when talking to others, my social anxiety kicks in and talking about kids is easy and there is always material 😮 people probably assume I have no life 😳 I swear I’m just nervous!! Without my kids though, my artistic steak wouldn’t have transformed into nail art, art in tiny canvases that I don’t need to store and take up way less room, so I thank my kiddos for my new hobby! Hobbies are everything, even if you can only do them by staying up until 1 am.
I stay at home as well, plus work part time from home. NO ONE EVER asks me anything about my life apart from my child. I have family members who don’t know that I have a job, take art classes, do yoga, cook, read, etc. It’s sad, really.
Way to trivialize your whole career, Nicole. You don’t work because you’re called to it? Because it’s the art through which you best express yourself? Because it’s your life’s obsession? Oh–you work to keep your daughters from assuming too much prominence in your life. Inspiring. That should provide the perfect inspiration for your girls as they grow up.
Stepford is calling you home, Nicole.
I’m not sure that’s what she meant.
Yeah, not what she meant at all.
She spoke of expressing herself artistically.
I know what she means, it’s easy for some people to lose their own identity when they become a parent. I felt it happening to me, and also started losing my passion for my career so I made a switch. I knew that once my kids left the nest I would need something engaging and fulfilling to focus on. And I want them to be proud of what I do and model for them that they can do anything they’d like if they work hard enough. But as someone said above, everyone is different…what works for me may not be the answer for someone else.
That said, my therapist recently told me it seemed like I was living vicariously through my kids, when I shared my concerns over some teen drama that my son was going through. It’s so hard watching my kids struggle — when do I step back and let them figure it out and when do I get more involved? Sigh.
I’m not a fan of these photos, she looks more tweaked than ever to me here.
I agree. As a parent,you hate to see your children in pain or being mistreated. I have have teenagers and it’s a crappy time for everyone, lol. For me, I try not to get involved in the drama unless absolutely necessary. Thankfully,that hasn’t happened yet. I look at it as learning lessons. It’s messy and bumpy, but it’s necessary for them to grow as people.
I’ve been through the teenage years with my own and now starting with my grandchildren. It is hard. The way I approach(ed) it is that I asked once if they are/were okay. If they were wanting to talk about it, I was there. My youngest always held things in until they burst out of her (she’s still the same today) and I just waited. I tried very hard not to intrude to the point that I was overbearing. It’s a fine line and you really do need to let your children figure things out because it helps them learn how to handle different situations life throws at them. Better to learn how to handle the drama early.
Everybody looks tweaked on covers because they are all photoshopped and airbrushed to death.
The second cover is gorgeous. But the first? Something is off with her face. Gee, go figure.
Her work philosophy in relation to her daughters actually reminds me of Drew Barrymore but the exact opposite of her philosophy lol. I love Drew and liked her new book( I actually relate to her in many ways) but I couldn’t help but being disappointed in how she parents and went 180 degrees in the opposite direction when she had kids. With her childhood and adolescence I understand but still disappointing.
The second cover is beautiful!
That second cover is so breathtaking, j don’t even care that she’s wearing a Marchesa gown.
Still think she had a pillow baby- she was back in those white jeans within DAYS, not weeks. She overplayed her hand with that whole pregnancy.
She’s tall and has a long torso, and she didn’t seem to gain anything more than baby weight. She could probably get back in her skinny jeans a few hours after birth. Not that unusual.
Completely agree, marjalane. She was in those tight white jeans only eleven days after birthing.
Or, actually, make that “birthing.”
She looks more like her old self, less manipulated. She’s always has been a beauty and excited to watch Queen of the Desert.
I agree with her in the sense when you become a mother you can’t lose yourself and only be a mother you have to continue to cultivate other parts of your identity, it’s not only healthy for yourself but also for your children to see different sides to you and how you are not only defined by motherhood. I think cultural beilefs have lead women to believe that once you are a mother, your life’s work are your children – it should be balanced. Where you nurture, protect and love your children aswell as yourself.
She was open about adopting, having a miscarriage, and having a baby via surrogate. It doesn’t make sense to me that she lied about carrying a baby to term after being truthful about the rest.
Shut up, Nicole. You work because you love attention and you’re an exhibitionist.
Miracle or not, she put on weight for the role she was filming which put her above her lifelong skinny weight, which probably helped with the pregnancy.