‘Out of touch': Aussies defend Nicole Kidman over fancy act
The 57-year-old Oscar winner shared with The New York Times her five favourite places in Sydney that comfort her.
In fairness to Kidman, she offered many accessible options, including the Art Gallery of NSW, the Royal Botanic Gardens, the iconic pie shop Harry's Café, and the Harbour pools.
The acclaimed actor also listed the day spa Venustus located in Sydney's affluent suburb of Paddington.
It is described as a 'global destination' and offers body massages starting from $300 and is pretty bloody fancy.
The salon's six-hand body massage costs $1000 but is described as 'cutting-edge,' and three specialised therapists will work on you at once.
Kidman, who owns a multimillion-dollar apartment in Milsons Point, is married to country star Keith Urban and, according to Forbes, made $42 million in 2024, is unsurprisingly able to afford the finer things in life.
Kidman praised the salon, saying that the establishment knows how to 'take care of people,' and recommended it.
'Their treatments are amazing, especially after a long flight. A massage at Venustus will have you ready to go to take on the city,' she said.
Even though four out of five of her options were affordable, the expensive one certainly got people talking.
Australians quickly defended the recommendation, arguing celebrities don't live like average people.
'Well of course she's out of touch! She's a rich celebrity that probably doesn't pay for half the services and goods she gets anyway,' one said.
'All famous people are out of touch. They don't live in the real world,' someone else said.
'You would have to be pretty naive to suggest this woman is in any way relatable to an average person,' one noted.
'Get over yourselves all those who are whinging about this. Why wouldn't you go to Venustus for the 6 hand massage?' One asked.
'Just entitled people complaining because they're too poor to follow a rich movie star's recommendation,' one raged.
'Who cares, she can afford, they didn't ask her favourite poor places to go to,' someone else argued.
'No surprise that outrageously overpaid people would choose outrageously overpriced goods or services. Everyone should live within their means,' another said.
Kidman has always been a proud Aussie. In 2021, in an interview with Ray Martin, she revealed why she loved it so much.
'It's the trees, it's the humour. I mean there's so much about Australia that's so unique,' she said.
'It's also this distance from the rest of the world which, when you're a teenager you go, 'I want to see Europe, I want to see America, I want to get out there, I want to see it.
'Well now I'm saying, 'I've seen it, I want to go home'. There's just everything here that you need.'
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