Keith Urban Stunned by Photos of Nicole Kidman and Simon Baker Looking Cozy: ‘It Did a Number on Him’

Newly single Nicole Kidman and her Scarpetta costar Simon Baker are sparking romance rumors, but friends worry the naïve divorcée is being totally played by the handsome playboy, sources tell Star!

The two were spotted holding hands and flirting at the series’ premiere in New York, where Nicole, 58, told a reporter their chemistry “just vibrates,” Woman’s Day reported. In a seeming confession, Simon, 56, added, “I don’t kiss and tell!”

But insiders think Nicole may be misreading the situation with her fellow Aussie.

“He knows how to turn the charm on, but he’s also going through his own issues and is not in the most stable place right now,” the insider says.

By all accounts, Simon is still playing the field, the insider adds.

“That’s not Nicole’s style at all. She’s very much a one-man woman. Right now she’s still very vulnerable, so her friends can’t help but worry she’s going to end up getting hurt.”

The relationship has also been said to have “shocked and confused” Simon’s ex-wife, actress Rebecca Rigg, Nicole’s very close friend of more than 40 years, New Idea reported, via Daily Mail.

Simon and Rebecca were together for seven years before tying the knot in 1998. The couple, who share three adult children, split in 2020.

Since then, the Mentalist star has been linked to a number of women, most recently to fashion photographer Bridgette Clark, who’s 25 years his junior.

“Nicole hasn’t been in the dating scene for 20 years so she is unaware of the way men operate these days,” says the insider. “It’s become almost the norm for people to have multiple ‘situationships’ and not think anything of it.”

According to the mole, “It may not be Simon’s intention to send mixed signals, but he does not seem to be in the right headspace for anything serious, and Nicole’s not going to be happy if she’s just one of many.”

Meanwhile, the news is said to have been a stab in the heart to Nicole’s ex-husband Keith Urban. “Seeing Nicole and Simon holding hands was the equivalent of seeing his best mate with his missus, and it did a number on him,” a source dishes.