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has finally spoken out about a viral image of her, over 20 years after it was taken. The image, which was turned into a popular meme during the 2010s, walking outside looking ecstatic with her arms in the air triumphantly and was often described as the moment she finalised her divorce from . As all good memes do, the image circulated online heavily, particularly on platforms like Twitter (X) back in its hey-day, taking on a life of its own as its depiction of a woman breaking free from the shackles of a man.
But was it really a reaction to divorcing Tom Cruise? Sorry to break the collective hearts of the internet, but apparently not. In fact, Kidman went onto say the image was "not me". But before we get too confused, there's a pretty simple explanation behind it all.
Debunking it had anything to do with her divorce from Cruise after 11 years of marriage, in a recent interview with Kidman discussed the origins of the meme. “That was not me; that was from a film — that wasn’t real life. I know that image!” she said, though didn't disclose which film the image was from.
live every day like you're 2001 nicole kidman leaving her lawyer's office after divorcing tom cruise — mik (@wholemik) While the meme story was that Kidman had just left her lawyer's office after her divorce from Cruise was finalised, she finds the fictional story quite hilarious. this is nicole kidman leaving her lawyer's office after signing the papers to divorce tom cruise exactly 18 years ago, an iconic moment in history — gillian (@kirbymazrachi) "That's not true," Nicole laughed, before going on to reference another one of her famous memes — where she's clapping awkwardly with her fingers not meeting and only her palms touching. "I had a massive heavy borrowed ring on and it was really painful, and I was scared of wrecking the jewellery.
Ha! There’s always something behind the actual images that go out there, right?” she told . In honour of Nicole Kidman’s birthday, let us never forget that she invented clapping — Liv Marks (@OliviaLilyMarks) The publication continued to talk to Nicole about some of her other viral meme moments, including an ad that pleaded with people to "get back to the movies" filmed during the pandemic, which people on Twitter started to meme due to the earnest nature behind it all. Nicole Kidman’s “new” AMC ad feels like alt takes from the original shoot with some ADR.
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) “Yeah, yeah,” Nicole said to GQ when it was mentioned. “‘Heartbreak feels good in a place like this.’ But I’ll do anything for cinema, so you can meme me as much as you want.
” God bless Nicole Kidman..
