This time around it was Keith Urban and he just released the following statement:

“Today’s incident was the result of one person’s desire to do his job and my desire to maintain my privacy,” Nicole Kidman’s husband said through his U.S. publicist. “Some have already attempted to inflate the facts, but the reality is this: While out riding to an AA meeting, a time when my privacy is especially important to me, I felt myself being pursued. I sped up, and, in an effort to elude an oncoming car which was making an illegal u-turn, saw no choice but to drop my bike. In actual fact, my pursuer came to my assistance, without taking photos, and helped me from the road. I returned home, got my car and continued on my way.”

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The 39-year-old singer, who is a former crack cocaine addict with a reputation as a womaniser, checked into the Betty Ford Centre last October for a three-month rehabilitation programme

He says that several years before his June 2006 marriage to Nicole, he underwent treatment for cocaine abuse, but he never properly dealt with the root causes of his troubles.

And after he finished making his latest album, he discovered he had “this big monkey on my back”.

In an exclusive interview last week, he said:

“When I was making the record, I was able to stay focused on that, and so I was in a relatively good place. When the record was finished, though, it all hit the fan.

“My wife was away. She hadn’t really been away before, and it came as a shock to me to be alone and not prepared for it: alone with this (addiction) that I had, this big monkey on my back.

“I think everybody was a little unsure what to do, other than my wife, who really took the reins. The way my wife did it and the place in which I was ready to surrender came together in such an alignment that it allows me to sit here today and be where I am.

“Not going in would have cost me my career at the very least, and my marriage would have been gone, anyway. That real cleansing and surrendering everything is what was really needed for me.

“I realised:’This is the crossroads of my life. If I want a life, this is the time to take charge’.”

“It sounds strange, but I’m glad it happened. There’s no doubt that what it’s done for our marriage has been truly divine. It has brought my wife and me to a place that may never have happened for us.

“It was just time to take care of my life.”

Urban’s astonishing admission follows weeks of speculation about his marriage.

The actress is known to have misgivings about her husband’s hellraising reputation.

During their stormy engagement, he assured her he was ready to settle down.
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Organisers were unaware Kidman and Urban had made the same choice as thousands of ordinary Sydneysiders, to enjoy a fun day out at the show in beautiful weather.

The celebrity couple queued to enter the showbag pavilion, stocking up with at least six bags once inside.

They also took in a performance by motocross bikers performing synchronised stunts within a 16m sphere called Globe of Death in the show arena.

“Very happy, thank you,” Kidman said as they left the show.

Also at the show today, the New Zealand ladies’ woodchop relay team battled to the last axe-blow to defeat Australia in a nail-biting finish by 0.56 seconds.

And a chocolate-pointed Siamese named Naengnoi Standing Ovation was named Supreme Champion Cat in Show. [Source]

Nicole Kidman, some family Easter pics in Sydney

Keith Urban, who recently completed his treatment for alcohol abuse, will be the musical guest when Forest Whitaker hosts NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 10.

Whitaker, 45, is nominated for a best-actor Oscar for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland.” He has starred in such films as “The Crying Game” and “Good Morning, Vietnam,” and on TV’s “The Shield.”

He also directed the movies “Waiting to Exhale” and “Hope Floats.”