The Academy Award-winning actress-turned-film producer Nicole Kidman has recently called out The Northman actor Alexander Skarsgård over a bad onscreen kiss. She shared the anecdote while appearing on Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang’s Las Culturistas podcast on March 11, 2026. The 58-year-old Kidman, who worked with Alexander in David E. Kelly’s psychological drama series Big Little Lies, gave the Swedish actor some advice.
The Eyes Wide Shut actress Nicole Kidman, on the podcast, recalled having a problem kissing Alexander as he had eaten a falafel sandwich during the production of Big Little Lies. Kidman, on the set of the show, told Alexander:
“I’m like, ‘No, no, no, Alex'”
Then she told him:
“‘I’m meant to be into you and kissing you – put away the falafel now becuase the bad breath does not turn me on.'”
As Nicole mentioned, when she asked Alexander to stop eating the falafel sandwich, she then went ahead and shared that good dental hygiene is “very important” to her. She added:
“I’m sure [Alexander] did not eat a falafel ever again. I said, ‘No more falafel. Not before you kiss, not before you make love.'”
The Practical Magic star Nicole Kidman, who is considered to be one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood since the ’90s, discussed how bad breath is a turn-off for her. She said:
“I don’t think so, honey, if you have bad breath. I cannot stand bad breath. This is a deal-breaker for me. You could be the most gorgeous, gorgeous guy, and you came at me with bad breath, I’m like, ‘No.'”
Kidman added:
“If I say, ‘Breathe on me,’ and I have to recoil, yikes, I’m out. You could not offer me enough money.”
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban split after 19 years of marriage
The Babygirl star Nicole Kidman recently opened up about her divorce from musician Keith Urban, with whom she was in a 19-year-long marriage. The news was confirmed by Us Weekly that Kidman and Urban, who tied the knot in 2008 and share two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith, officially split in 2025.
In 2019, during an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Nicole Kidman talked about her former husband Keith and said:
“I have the most extraordinary partner in life. I will always say that about him. I’m one of the very fortunate women in the world to have had a wonderful father, and I have a wonderful husband, and I’m just very — I love to be able to say that because to talk about the good men that have influenced me and affected me.”
In Harper’s Bazaar’s September 2021 issue, Kidman also discussed how much work she put into her marriage with Urban. She said:
“We’re always working through stuff, but it’s very much love-based, so there’s an enormous amount of give and take. I want him to have the best life he can have, and he responds the same way. We really love parenting together.”
During a conversation with Variety on March 11, 2026, Nicole Kidman reflected on the changes in her life following her split from Keith Urban. She said:
“I’m always going to be moving toward what’s good. What I’m grateful for is my family and keeping them as is and moving forward. That’s that. Everything else I don’t discuss out of respect. I’m staying in a place of, ‘We are a family,’ and that’s what we’ll continue to be. My beautiful girls, my darlings, who are suddenly women.”
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Edited by Ritika Pal