Secret signs Nicole Kidman has always been Hollywood's biggest diva

She's spent nan past 40 years carving retired a estimation arsenic 1 of nan nicest stars successful Hollywood.

But Nicole Kidman's cautiously curated image came crashing down erstwhile a video of her excruciatingly tense speech pinch Salma Hayek started amassing millions of views.

The clip - which was taken astatine nan Balenciaga show astatine Paris Fashion Week  - originates pinch nan 2 actresses posing for photograph connected nan reddish carpet.

But arsenic Salma appears to make abstraction for Katy Perry to subordinate them, nan Australian prima pushed her chap actress' manus distant and subsequently storms off.

The baffling relationship has an further level of awkwardness for Salma - arsenic nan prima is joined to Balenciaga owner François-Henri Pinault, who announced Nicole arsenic a marque ambassador past December.

However, this isn't nan first clip Nicole has been criticised for her 'flat retired diva' behaviour.

During nan people of her career, nan A-Lister has been slammed for demanding aggregate dressing rooms, complained astir filming scenes extracurricular and moreover stormed retired of an awards show pursuing a humiliating loss.

Here FEMAIL delves into really Nicole Kidman went undetected arsenic a Hollywood diva.

Multiple Dressing Rooms 

In 2017, Nicole Kidman was riding precocious disconnected nan occurrence of Big Little Lies - and was nominated for respective awards for her starring domiciled successful nan HBO drama.

But astatine nan Emmy Awards that year, nan prima allegedly made 'diva' demands and was 'unfriendly' towards staff. 

An insider told Radar Online at nan time: 'Nicole is ever known for being a diva and nan Emmys was nary exception.

'She is not nan friendliest personification to beryllium astir and she was rather rude to unit and accumulation past night.

'Nicole demanded that she get 2 dressing rooms - 1 for her and 1 for her ample squad that she brought pinch her.' 

That evening, Nicole - who played Celeste - won nan Emmy for Lead Actress successful a Limited aliases Anthology Series.

In her acceptance speech, Nicole paid tribute to her hubby Keith Urban and their 2 daughters Sunny and Faith.

She said: 'I besides americium a mother and a wife. I person 2 small girls, Sunny and Faith and my darling Keith who I asked to thief maine prosecute this creator way and they had to sacrifice truthful overmuch for it, truthful this is yours.

'I want my small girls to person this connected their support and to look astatine it and go, "every clip my momma didn’t put maine to bed, it’s because of this." I sewage something.' 

'Flat retired diva' during Australia filming 

In 2008, Nicole famously starred other Hugh Jackman successful Baz Luhrmann's epic  play Australia.

Filming took 5 months and took spot successful various locations astir nan state - including Queensland, Darwin and Sydney. 

Rhonda Burchmore - who attended nan aforesaid acting schoolhouse arsenic Nicole - claims nan prima was a 'flat retired diva' connected nan set.

During her I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here quality successful 2020, Rhonda was asked if Nicole was a 'lovely person' successful existent life aliases not.

The reality prima admitted that her schoolhouse adjacent was 'beautiful' successful nan soma - but says she has heard little than flattering accounts of her master behaviour complete nan years. 

She said: 'She was doing nan movie, Australia. Do you cognize nan movie, Australia?

'Nicole used to kick astir nan rustle flies and nan cows mooing.'

However, head Baz Luhrmann couldn't speak much highly of his prima character - who was pregnant while they were filming - successful an question and reply pinch People successful November 2023. 

The Oscar-winning head elaborate really his begetter died connected nan first time of shooting Moulin Rouge - while Nicole was going done her nationalist divorcement from Tom Cruise astatine nan time.

He said: 'You'll ne'er really rather person an acquisition for illustration that again, because we conscionable don't make movies for illustration that anymore. We don't spell retired into nan mediate of a foreboding godforsaken scenery pinch an indigenous organization and pinch cattlemen building cattle stations and houses successful nan mediate of nowhere. 

'I mean, nan Sahara Desert is easier to activity successful than Northern Australia. There's amended compartment reception.'

'Stormed retired of awards' aft loss 

In a erstwhile play of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Kerry Armstrong besides opened up astir her lacklustre acquisition pinch Nicole.

While speaking pinch different campers successful nan South African jungle, nan actress claimed nan A-Lister was furious erstwhile she mislaid the Australian Film Institute Awards' Best Actress gong to Kerry successful 2001. 

That year, some Australian stars were nominated for their roles successful Lantana and Moulin Rouge.

Kerry explained: 'When we went up against each different for nan AFI Awards, it was Moulin Rouge! verses Lantana, we were truthful waiting for Moulin Rouge! to triumph everything.

'Russell Crowe said, "I'm present to denote Best Actress, it is 4 really awesome ladies. I've sewage a spot of bias going connected truthful I came each nan measurement to denote champion actress." 

That 'bias' Russell was referring to was his long-standing relationship pinch Nicole.

Kerry continued: 'Nicole was up location getting fresh and he said Best Actress and he said my name.

'There was a batch of commotion connected that broadside of nan room and Vince (Colosimo) came up aliases Anthony LaPaglia came up and said she'd (Nicole) near nan room. I went up connected shape and Russell Crowe was visibly unimpressed.'

Jackie Gillies chimed successful to show Kerry she would person been superb connected Nicole's award-winning TV bid Big Little Lies, which nan character agreed with.

Kerry joked nan 2 Australian stars person been successful a feud ever since - but it does not look for illustration nan brace are successful nonstop title today.

Nicole now lives successful Nashville pinch her hubby Keith and 2 daughters, continuing to found herself arsenic 1 of Hollywood's starring ladies.

Meanwhile, Kerry's occurrence has mostly been confined to Australia since returning to her location state successful 1987. She lives pinch her 3 sons successful nan Yarra Valley.

Press told 'not to stand' earlier Nicole left 

While promoting her movie The Human Stain successful 2003, Nicole was criticised for her 'diva' demands again.

According to Today, reporters astatine nan Toronto Film Festival were told they could not inquire nan prima individual questions, usage their dictaphones aliases guidelines up until she had exited.

One insider said astatine nan time: 'It’s a wonderment we were allowed to respire nan aforesaid air.' 

However, Nicole's guidance insisted that nan strict rules were enforced by nan show and did not travel from nan prima herself.

They said: 'Nicole ne'er puts restrictions connected nan press. She’s very accessible.' 

Refusing to front to 'nepo-baby' backlash 

Nicole's awkward relationship pinch Salma isn't nan first clip a Kidman has made nan news for nan incorrect reasons this month.

Last week, Nicole's teenage girl was wide criticised online aft she made her modelling debut astatine Miu Miu's Paris Fashion Week show.

Sunday Rose’s runway ‘stomping’ went viral connected TikTok, pinch commenters critiquing her technique.

One professional wrote: 'So celebrated kids are models automatically?'

Another added: 'Strings were pulled for sure!'

Meanwhile, a 3rd said: 'She's trying truthful difficult to look fierce but conscionable looks for illustration a petulant kid stomping their feet.' 

That said, Nicole has told her girl to not return immoderate announcement of nan criticism.

A root told nan MailOnline: 'Ultimately, Nicole and Keith are truthful proud of her and they are letting her forge her ain path.

'Her proposal to her girl was nan aforesaid proposal she gives herself – do not publication societal media. She will support her successful immoderate way she chooses.' 

Lied astir tallness to get auditions 

What's more, Nicole has besides antecedently revealed she wasn't acrophobic to show a fewer lies to get her large break successful acting successful nan 1980s.

Speaking to nan Radio Times in January,  Nicole recalled being told arsenic a young actress: 'You won't person a career. You're excessively tall.'

As such, nan mother-of-two said she began lying astir her tallness and shaved a mates of inches disconnected her existent stature. 

However, this attack didn't ever activity and Nicole elaborate really producers were measuring kid stars for nan domiciled of Annie astatine nan door.

At 5ft 4in, she was 2 inches excessively gangly - but still 'talked her way' into nan audition room and 'got to singing 4 lines of nan chorus'.

Continuing to support Balenciaga - contempt backlash from fans 

Arguably, Kidman's astir 'diva-ish' move successful caller months has her refusal to trim ties pinch Balenciaga aft nan marque ran a bondage-themed manner run featuring kid models. 

The saga prompted much revelations to look astir Balenciaga's erstwhile campaigns, pinch fans discovering nan Spring/Summer 2023 run featured pages from a US Supreme Court determination connected kid pornography laws.

While galore celebrities publically trim ties pinch Balenciaga successful nan aftermath, Nicole has ignored nan contention and made nary mention of it connected her societal media aliases successful interviews.

The ungraded erupted erstwhile Balenciaga released its 2022 Holiday advertisement run that featured children posing pinch its Plush Toy Bag. The bags look for illustration teddy bears and are dressed successful BDSM gear.

In nan photograph shoot, nan kids besides appeared surrounded by quiet vino and champagne glasses.

The distinctly big themes instantly troubled galore who asked why children had ever been used.

Balenciaga ignored nan ungraded astatine first and seemingly allowed nan photographer who was involved, Gabriele Galimberti, to return nan heat.

He released a connection saying he had nary power complete nan contented of nan sprout and eventually, Balenciaga released its ain connection agreeing pinch him and taking work for nan campaign. It has now been pulled from nan internet.

After nan BDSM bears fiasco, eagle-eyed critics started examining nan remainder of Balenciaga's campaigns closely.

They soon discovered that successful nan inheritance of an image from nan Spring '23 run was a printout of a Supreme Court ruling connected whether aliases not net kid porn tin beryllium legally considered free speech.

On nan backmost of nan bears scandal, galore critics said it pointed to a troubling shape wrong Balenciaga.

Balenciaga was speedy to blasted North Six, a accumulation institution that helped put nan shoot, for nan inclusion of those documents.

They claimed that they entrusted each of nan props from nan photoshoot to North Six, and that their squad was assured everything that was included was fake.