Keith City is uninterested in followers analyzing his passionate performances amid his divorce from Nicole Kidman.
“I’ve been protecting like this for a very long time. Cease studying s*** into it,” the nation singer, 57, stated earlier than performing an acoustic rendition of his 2002 hit “You’ll Consider Me” through the last evening of his Excessive and Alive Tour in Nashville on Friday, October 17.
City went on to alter the music’s unique lyrics from, “You’ll consider me,” to shouting, “However I betcha take into consideration me!” per video footage shared by a fan through TikTok. He then inserted the phrase “all of your bulls*** causes” into the lyric, “Take your house and take your causes.”
The acoustic model of “You’ll Consider Me,” together with its lyric modifications, was a part of the setlist at many reveals on City’s tour, which started in Might. Nevertheless, followers began to scrutinize the Academy of Nation Music Awards winner’s performances of the music after Us Weekly confirmed his separation from Kidman, 58, on September 29. (Us additionally confirmed that the Babygirl actress filed for divorce the next day.)
“Keith City crashing out on stage was not on my 2025 Bingo card,” one fan commented on a TikTok video of the musician performing the music at Jiffy Lube Stay in Bristow, Virginia, on October 4.
“He’s hurting 😭,” one other person added.
In the meantime, different longtime followers argued that City has been performing the music this manner since lengthy earlier than he met Kidman in 2005.
“For reference: he has actually sang this additional verse for 15 years!” one particular person commented.
“It’s actually clear within the feedback who has been to his reveals and who’re attempting to attract conclusions from one video. He has at all times carried out with this ardour!” one other fan wrote.
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City has additionally prompted controversy by altering lyrics to his 2016 music “The Fighter” throughout his September 25 live performance in Chicago. Whereas performing the Kidman-inspired music with utility participant Maggie Baugh, City sang, “Once they’re tryna get to you, Maggie, I’ll be your guitar participant.” (The unique lyrics are, “Once they’re tryna get to you, child, I’ll be your fighter.”)
Baugh, 25, took to Instagram after the present to share footage of the second, including, “Did he simply say that 👀.” The publish resurfaced amid City’s divorce from Kidman and led to fan hypothesis that Baugh performed a task in the long run of their marriage.
Whereas Maggie has but to instantly tackle the rumors, her father, Chuck Baugh, denied them by sharing a TikTok video claiming that his daughter could “allegedly [be] the particular person accountable for Keith’s divorce from Nicole Kidman.”
“NO. Simply no,” he wrote through Fb on October 1.
City quickly eliminated “The Fighter” from his setlist after the controversy. Nevertheless, he carried out the music with utility participant Natalie Stovall in Nashville on Friday. In the meantime, Maggie has not carried out with City since Chicago.
City and Kidman tied the knot in 2006 and share daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Religion Margaret, 14. The Huge Little Lies star cited “irreconcilable variations” as the explanation for her break up from The Highway host in her divorce submitting, in line with court docket docs obtained by Us. Kidman additionally submitted a marital dissolution settlement, which included a parenting plan, a baby help plan and a “parenting seminar order.”
