CAROLINE BULLOCK: Once shy arm candy, Nicole Kidman's a brassy diva dishing about her Big Os. Is THIS why she's not holding back anymore?
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Her face seems ever more frozen, but Nicole Kidman's inhibitions are melting. At the age of 57, the actress who made her name in 1989 jail drama Bangkok Hilton, is suddenly taking no prisoners. From diva disses on the red carpet to some ego fueled La La Land introspection, it's all adding up to some increasingly bizarre behavior.
![[At last week's LA premiere of the erotic thriller 'Babygirl,' in which Kidman's takes a knee-trembling turn as a cougar CEO, the former red head made a passive aggressive swipe at a publication apparently deemed unworthy of her platitudes. (Pictured: Scene from 'BabyGirl')]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/13/93518571-14228307-image-a-20_1735306898560.jpg)
Take this musing on hubby Keith Urban and her apparent emotional sensitivity during a CBS News Sunday Morning interview earlier this month: 'Keith always says to me that I'm like a raw egg and he has to be my shell.'. On recent form, I'd say she's more hard boiled.
![[Who can forget that attention grabbing jostle with actress and producer Salma Hayek at Balenciaga's Spring 2025 show during Paris Fashion Week in September? (Pictured: Kidman and Hayek on September 30, 2024)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/13/90816685-14228307-But_despite_the_furor_over_Kidman_s_alleged_cold_shoulder_the_ac-a-21_1735307017282.jpg)
At last week's LA premiere of the erotic thriller Babygirl, in which Kidman's takes a knee-trembling turn as a cougar CEO, the former red head made a passive aggressive swipe at a publication apparently deemed unworthy of her platitudes. Her face seems ever more frozen, but Nicole Kidman 's inhibitions are melting. At the age of 57, the actress who made her name in 1989 jail drama 'Bangkok Hilton,' is suddenly taking no prisoners. (Pictured: Nicole Kidman in Sydney on December 22, 2024).
![[Kidman appeared to bat away the Frida star's attempt to pose together for photos.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/13/90833525-14228307-_They_were_talking_about_something_concerning_advice_and_a_think-a-22_1735307020852.jpg)
At last week's LA premiere of the erotic thriller 'Babygirl,' in which Kidman's takes a knee-trembling turn as a cougar CEO, the former red head made a passive aggressive swipe at a publication apparently deemed unworthy of her platitudes. (Pictured: Scene from 'BabyGirl').
![[Hayek is married to the CEO of Balenciaga's parent company while Kidman is a lowly brand ambassador for the fashion house. (Pictured: Francois-Henri Pinault and his wife Salma Hayek at Balenciaga RTW Spring 2025 as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 30, 2024)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/13/90815661-14228307-_They_were_talking_about_something_concerning_advice_and_a_think-a-23_1735307023885.jpg)
'Pop Crave?' she queried, faced with a reporter from the popular showbiz site. A smirk and shoulder shrug to some minion off camera followed just in case there was any doubt that this gossipy puff was beneath her, even if it was feeding her publicity machine.
![[Marshalled around the red carpet by her pint-sized ex, the actress was just shy smiles, and chaste waves save for the on-cue displays of insipid PDA nuzzling that seemed to follow Cruise's whispered instructions. (Pictured: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise at the premiere of 'Eyes Wide Shut' in Westwood, California in July 1999.)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/13/93503141-14228307-image-a-16_1735306649782.jpg)
