Nicole Kidman Recalls Learning of Mother’s Death Moments Before ‘Babygirl’ Venice Win: ‘I Was Completely Devastated’

> “I was about to go out on stage, and I found out that my mother had passed,” Kidman recounted on Saturday afternoon. “I went right back to my room in Venice, was getting into bed, and I was completely devastated.” Struggling to process her situation, Kidman recalled thinking, “‘I’m not sure how I’m going to move forward or function now.’ She was so much a part of my existence.” > “I remember getting into a boat in the canal, literally at night, trying to find my way to the airport, and then turning around going, ‘I can’t even do this,’” she said. “Then I went back to bed. And I was alone. My husband wasn’t there, my children weren’t there. I was there to win an award, which should’ve been a beautiful thing. That there is the contrast of life.”

*I WAS DEVASTATED.* .. for 30 seconds straight.. then my meds wear off and I moved on. - Kid Nicman probably