Nicole Kidman, 57, celebrated Mother’s Day 2025 with a sweet Instagram post featuring her two daughters with Keith Urban—Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret. The photo, showing the singer and actress smiling beside her girls, received thousands of likes and loving comments.
But beneath the surface, controversy brewed.
Fans quickly noticed that both of her adopted children with Tom Cruise—Bella , now 31, and Connor , 29—were completely absent from the tribute.
“Where are Bella and Connor?” one commenter wrote.
“She only celebrates the kids she wants to,” another added bitterly.
“They’re still her children. She should acknowledge them.”
The backlash came fast and hard.
Some accused her of erasing her past, while others defended her, saying her relationship with Bella and Connor had grown distant over the years—especially after she and Tom left Scientology, which the two chose to remain part of.
One fan pointed out:
“She raised them like her own. They were her kids for 14 years. Doesn’t that matter?”
Others countered:
“They chose their path. And she chose hers—with Keith.”
“You can’t force love where it doesn’t exist anymore.”
Still, the criticism didn’t stop.
Kidman has been open in the past about how painful it was when her older children distanced themselves from her and Urban after her divorce from Cruise in 2008.
In an interview, she once said:
“It broke my heart. I never stopped being their mother. But they made their choice—and I had to respect it.”
And yet, many felt that as a public figure, she owed the world more than silence.
Her team later explained that the post was meant to highlight her current family life—not erase the past—but the damage had already been done.
Social media continued to debate:
“If you don’t want to be reminded of your ex-husband, don’t post at all.”
“She’s allowed to celebrate who she wants.”
“All mothers deserve love—even those with broken bonds.”
For now, Kidman hasn’t responded publicly.
But behind closed doors, sources say the topic still brings up old wounds.
Because sometimes, love doesn’t end with death.
Sometimes, it ends with distance.
And no amount of social media can fix what time and choices have pulled apart.