Nicole Kidman Shares Her Mother’s Profound Last Words With Her

Nicole Kidman opens up about her mother’s profound final words to her before her death.

The baby girl a star mourning the death of her mother, Janelle Ann Kidmanin September, and remembers her last words during an interview on CBC Sunday Morning on Sunday, December 15.

“The last words my mum said, which I didn’t know were the last words… I was going to get on a plane and go back to see her. And she was like, ‘Maybe wait a minute because I think you need to take care of yourself right now, Nicky,'” Kidman, 57, he said. “So, I’m doing that more. And I say that to other people in the world, and especially women. I think we tend not to take care of ourselves. “

The Oscar winner went on to reveal that when her grandmother died, her last words were, “Be happy.”

“And my mom said, ‘Take care of yourself,'” Kidman recalled.

Kidman said her mother’s last words were something she will honor as a mother of four herself. (Kidman shares daughter Isabella, 31, and son Connor, 29, with ex-husband Tom Cruise and teenage girls Sunday Rose, 16, and Faith Margaret, 13, with husband Urban Keith.)

“Obviously, I’m an older mom, so I want to be around for a long time for my girls,” Kidman said. “They’re amazing women, and I’m lucky to have them. So taking care of myself means I can take care of them.”

Kidman learned of her mother’s death in early September shortly after arriving at the Venice International Film Festival.

“Today, I arrived in Venice to find out shortly after, that my beautiful, brave mother Janelle Ann Kidman had just passed,” Kidman shared in a statement read on her behalf by baby girl a director Halina Reijn during the September 7 awards ceremony, where Kidman won best actress. “I’m in shock and I have to go to my family, but this award is for her, she shaped me, she guided me and she made me.”

The statement continued, “I am extremely grateful that I get to tell all of you her name through Halina, the collision of life and art is heartbreaking, and my heart is broken.”

Days later, Kidman and her sister, Antonia, share a message together via Instagram thanking friends and fans for supporting them during their loss.

“My sister and I along with our family want to thank you for the outpouring of love and kindness we have felt this week,” the sisters wrote. “Every message we have received from those who loved and admired our Mother has meant more to us than we will ever be able to express. Thank you from our entire family for respecting our privacy as we look after each other ❤️.”

In October, Kidman admitted that she missed her mother a lot.

“It’s been hard,” Nicole, 57, say The Hollywood Reporter in the Lioness season 2 premiered in Los Angeles. “It’s a hard road. I’m hanging in there.”

The actress said it was bittersweet to celebrate the success of her career without her mother around to share it.

“I wish my mom was here,” Nicole told the store. “That would be the one thing I would say. Everything is great with work, but I wish my mother was here.”