A very strange relationship!

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have a very strange relationship. I mean, they probably wouldn't even be together if they were not both famous entertainers. I'm sure there's quite a bit of genuine affection between them, but I get the feeling that they're also together for the publicity benefits. It has turned out to be a very good career move for both of them.

So they have quite a strange relationship with each other. And as a couple, they have an odd relationship with the media. They are often courting media attention, then every now and then they tell the paparazzi to back off.

Recently, for instance, Kidman gushed very candidly about her daughter on the radio, then asked for privacy while she and Urban showed her around Sydney. If they're concerned about her, surely they should have a consistent policy, and isolate the kid entirely from public scrutiny. Other celebrities have done this with their children, so it's not impossible.

But they don't. They're trying to have it both ways. And the kid is now part of this strange, contradictory world of theirs. I feel sorry for her, because she's going to suffer as a result eventually.