Keith City undoubtedly had a tough yr, however he went out on a excessive notice on New Yr’s Eve.
The nation singer, 58, carried out upbeat renditions of his music “Straight Line” and New Radicals’ “You Get What You Give” throughout New Yr’s Eve Stay: Nashville’s Huge Bash on Wednesday, December 31. City sported a black shirt and darkish denims whereas he crooned lyrics from “Straight Line” reminiscent of, “I ain’t buyin’ this life’s gotta be such a mom / ‘Trigger we kinda obtained all of it once we obtained one another / You and me was like a year-round summer season / Let’s return / Oh, hit the fuel.”
The stay New Yr’s Eve particular — which aired on CBS and Paramount+ — was hosted by comic Bert Kreischer and nation music star Hardy and featured further performances by Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman, Brooks and Dunn, Dwight Yoakam and extra.
City’s New Yr’s Eve outing comes three months after his break up from estranged spouse Nicole Kidman made headlines in September. In the future after the information broke, she filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable variations” as the rationale for his or her separation. The pair have been married for practically 20 years and share daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Religion, 15.
“That they had been quietly separated for some time now however wanted time to determine in the event that they have been going to truly divorce,” a supply completely advised Us Weekly in October. “She had religion they may work it out.”
In accordance with the insider, City was the one who pulled the plug on his marriage to Kidman, 58.
“This wasn’t Nicole’s determination, and he or she is devastated,” the supply continued. “Her belief was misplaced, and it was too far gone. Nicole had been making an attempt to get them to work on their marriage and didn’t need this to get out to the general public. She didn’t inform many mates what was actually occurring with them and was holding this in for months.”
Whereas City and Kidman as soon as seemed to be the perfect A-list couple, they have been really spending “a variety of time aside on account of work commitments” and residing “separate lives” behind the scenes.
“Nicole and Keith weren’t on the identical web page,” the insider advised Us. “Rumors round city have been circling that they have been residing aside, have been centered on their very own initiatives and that Keith had moved on. They’re transferring in two completely different instructions, and their worlds should not overlapping as a lot as they as soon as did. The gap between them had grown extra apparent just lately.”
Later in October, a supply revealed that Kidman was in a “good headspace” amid her divorce from City, however “the toughest half” of the scenario was “navigating the dynamic with their daughters.”
“The very last thing Nicole wished was a damaged household,” the insider advised Us, including that Kidman “raised her daughters to be robust and is main by instance for them.”
As a brand new single mother, Kidman deliberate to “deal with creating new traditions together with her daughters and maintaining their dwelling life as regular and loving as potential.”
City, for his half, “has moved on and has been open with Nicole about the place he stands,” a supply advised Us in October, noting that their divorce was a “very long time coming.”
Per the insider, “The 2 had grown aside quietly over time, and by the tip, the choice to separate was extra about acceptance than shock.”
