Nicole Kidman Breaks Fans' Hearts -- THAT Iconic Meme Was NOT After Tom Cruise Divorce!

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You’ve all seen it. The photo of Nicole Kidman in her flower print blouse and pastel green skirt, teary-eyed and red-faced in the sun, primal screaming to the heavens?

The pic has been shared for years with the understanding it was taken in 2001 as she left her lawyer’s office — after just getting her divorce from Tom Cruise.

It’s a narrative that seemed reasonable, of course. We knew they split, we knew she was happy to get out of it, we’ve all heard how Scientology can be a prison for mistreated women. Related: Nicole’s Scenes With Hunky Co-Star Were So Hot She Had To Stop — She Didn’t Want To ‘Orgasm Anymore’ And so the iconic image was put on a pedestal as a model of how happy a woman can be getting out of a bad relationship.

It was adored for years. People shared it every now and again with irreverent but also inspiring captions like: Comedy writer Liz Maupin even famously recreated it in 2021 to celebrate her own divorce was finalized.