Nicole Kidman says marriage to Tom Cruise offered 'protection' against sexual harassment

In a powerful essay, Nicole Kidman opens up about being married to Tom Cruise for over a decade and how that gave her immunity when it came to sexual abuse in the industry
PUBLISHED OCT 16, 2018

Nicole Kidman will have a busy year-end as she stars in two award-hopefuls 'Boy Erased' and 'Destroyer.' Talking about her own power in Hollywood Kidman joined New York Magazine’s The Cut to share an essay where she says her marriage to Tom Cruise shielded her from the rampant sexual harassment that plagued Hollywood, due to his star-power. 

"I got married very young, but it definitely wasn’t power for me – it was protection," Kidman writes in the New York Magazine's latest issue on women and power. 

AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS NICOLE KIDMAN AND ACTOR HUSBAND TOM CRUISE OUT IN SYDNEY.
AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS NICOLE KIDMAN AND ACTOR HUSBAND TOM CRUISE OUT IN SYDNEY.
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