UNFILTERED FURY: Piers Morgan unleashes on Keith Urban’s lightning-fast rebound post-Nicole Kidman divorce – “What a dog!” the firebrand blasts. 🔥

The country crooner, 57, barely inks the papers before Nashville whispers erupt about a sultry new flame – his 25-year-old guitarist, no less. Insiders say Nicole’s left reeling from the betrayal, while Morgan roasts the “saintly savior” image as pure facade… but what onstage slip-up lit the fuse?

This scorched-earth takedown exposes Hollywood’s dirtiest rebound. Who’s really the villain here? Tap to read the explosive truth. 💥

Piers Morgan, the British broadcaster whose unapologetic rants have torched everything from royal scandals to celebrity meltdowns, didn’t hold back when the Keith Urban-Nicole Kidman divorce exploded into tabloid fodder. Just days after Kidman’s September 30 filing in Nashville – ending their 19-year marriage amid whispers of infidelity and irreconcilable differences – Morgan lit up his Uncensored YouTube show with a blistering monologue, slamming Urban as “what a dog” for allegedly moving on with a much younger woman before the ink dried. “Keith Urban, the so-called knight in shining armor who swooped in to save Nicole from Tom Cruise’s clutches, turns out to be just another Nashville hound chasing tail,” Morgan thundered, his trademark smirk twisting into disdain as clips of the rant racked up 5 million views overnight. The outburst, delivered October 3 from his London studio, has polarized fans: some cheering Morgan’s no-holds-barred truth-telling, others decrying it as misogynistic piling-on against Kidman, the Oscar-winning actress now navigating her second high-profile split at 58.

The divorce, first confirmed by People magazine on September 29, caught the public off guard – or did it? Kidman and Urban, the Aussie power couple who’d built a fairy-tale facade of red-carpet romance and family bliss, had been drifting since early summer. Court docs from Davidson County Circuit Court cite “irreconcilable differences,” with the couple listing their separation date as the filing itself – a telltale sign of premeditation. Kidman, seeking primary custody of daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14 (the latter born via surrogate in 2010), inked a marital dissolution agreement on September 6, while Urban signed off August 29. The parenting plan mandates 306 days a year with Mom, 59 with Dad, plus shared holidays and a no-trash-talking clause: “They will encourage each child to continue to love the other parent and be comfortable in both families.” Financials? A clean break, per insiders, divvying their $200 million empire – Nashville mansions, private jets, tour revenues – without alimony drama.

But the real scorcher? Rumors Urban, 57, wasted no time rebounding. Nashville grapevines buzz with talk of a “younger woman in the business,” a mystery flame who’s allegedly been warming his tour bus for months. TMZ dropped the bomb October 1, quoting a source: “All the signs point to the fact Keith is with another woman. Let’s just say, Nicole doesn’t dispute that, but she’s still shocked over it.” By October 5, the whispers zeroed in: Maggie Baugh, Urban’s 25-year-old guitarist, a rising Nashville session ace with a twangy bio and a vow in her 2022 interview to “never date a tour mate.” Fans erupted when Baugh posted a stage clip from Urban’s High and Alive World Tour stop in Tulsa, where he swapped lyrics in “Kiss After Kiss” – once dedicated to Kidman – crooning Maggie’s name instead. “Heal my soul,” she captioned her own pensive single drop that day, a #MentalHealth anthem that now reads like a coded mea culpa. Angry concertgoers pelted the stage with boos during her solos, one viral X clip capturing a beer can whizzing past as she strummed.

Kidman, ever the poised pro, played it cool publicly – debuting “breakup bangs” at Paris Fashion Week October 1, flanked by Margot Robbie and Kendall Jenner, her Chanel front-row glow masking the gut punch. “Life goes on,” a source told Cosmopolitan, painting her as “surprisingly level-headed and calm” amid the betrayal. Privately? “Devastated,” per People: She “believed she could save the marriage until recently” but felt “very betrayed,” blindsided by Urban’s “questionable choices” during his globetrotting summer jaunts across the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Their last joint sighting? June’s FIFA Club World Cup in Nashville, all laughs and linked arms – a stark contrast to resurfaced awkwardness, like Urban’s July radio dodge of marriage praise: “Mhm, yeah,” when host Ryan Seacrest gushed about their time-making magic.

Enter Morgan, the 60-year-old provocateur whose own romantic ledger – a “horrendous” 2008 divorce from first wife Marion Shalloe after an email affair scandal, followed by a decade-plus bliss with journalist Celia Walden – gives his hot takes extra bite. On Piers Morgan Uncensored, now a YouTube juggernaut post-TalkTV (with Channel 5 highlights since September), he framed Urban’s pivot as poetic justice laced with sleaze. “Nicole Kidman, Hollywood’s ice queen, gets dumped not once but twice – first by Scientology’s poster boy Tom Cruise, then by this cowboy Casanova who couldn’t keep it in his Wranglers,” Morgan sneered, replaying Baugh’s clip with dramatic zooms. “What a dog! He rescues her from Cruise’s cult clutches in 2006, they build this perfect family with IVF miracles and Grammy gold, and poof – 19 years later, he’s strumming strings with a girl half his age who once swore off tour flings. Hypocrisy? Or just country charm?”

Morgan’s monologue, peppered with his signature sarcasm – “Keith, mate, if you’re reading this, next time dedicate a song to honesty, not heartbreak” – tapped into a backlash wave. X exploded with #KeithTheDog trending at 3 million posts, memes morphing Urban’s guitar into devil horns, and fans split: Kidman stans hailing Morgan as “truth serum,” while Urban diehards branded him a “bitter Brit meddling in Music City.” One viral thread dissected Urban’s October 10 Daily Mail clip, where he vented tour life’s “miserable” loneliness: “Where do we start? The road’s a beast – empty hotels, endless highways.” Morgan retweeted it with a single emoji: 🐕. Critics like Grazia‘s October 2 op-ed slammed the pile-on as “misogynistic rage-bait,” arguing headlines blaming Kidman’s “steamy romps” with co-stars like Zac Efron for Urban’s “insecurity” flip the script on her agency.

Rewind to 2006: Urban, fresh from rehab for addictions (which Kidman championed, per his 2024 AFI tribute: “She chose love”), met the freshly single Kidman at a G’Day USA gala. Their Sydney wedding – 230 guests, Hugh Jackman emceeing – spawned hits like “Kiss After Kiss,” a Kidman ode that now haunts. They built an empire: Her Big Little Lies Emmys, his four Grammys; Dollywood-level philanthropy (her Imagination Library, his touring empire grossing $50 million yearly); a Nashville compound blending Aussie grit with Hollywood gloss. Daughters Sunday and Faith were their anchors – breakfast rituals Kidman gushed about in 2024: “Even with our chaos, we make it work.” But cracks? Urban’s 2023 confession: “I blew our marriage to smithereens early on” with vices; her 2025 Vogue nod to “taking risks” amid “mistakes.” Insiders whisper the drift started post-COVID: Her Babygirl press tours clashing with his High and Alive dates, empty-nest blues as Sunday eyed college.

Urban’s camp stays zipped – no comment on Baugh rumors, though her “vow” (a 2022 Taste of Country quip: “Tour mates? Hard pass – too messy”) now fuels the fire. Baugh, a Texas-raised prodigy with American Idol creds and a self-titled EP, joined Urban’s band in 2024, her fiery solos earning raves until the split. “It’s all everyone’s talking about,” a PR insider told Daily Mail, pegging her as the “mystery” flame. Kidman? Back at work, her Expats HBO follow-up filming in Sydney, daughters in tow for support – Bella and Connor, her Cruise adoptees, posting rare unity pics October 8.

Morgan’s dog days aren’t new – his 2009 Daily Mail divorce deep-dive called splits “deeply unpleasant,” a scar from his own email-fueled implosion. Yet, his Urban evisceration echoes his royal roasts: unfiltered, unrepentant. “Celebrity marriages are like fireworks – dazzling, then dust,” he wrapped the segment, teasing a Kidman interview. As Nashville nights hum with tour anthems turned breakup ballads, and Paris runways showcase Kidman’s defiant strut, one truth lingers: In love’s arena, dogs bite back, but queens endure. Morgan’s bark? Just the opening salvo in a saga far from over.