As a longtime Hollywood leading lady, Nicole Kidman has had more than her fair share of on-screen kisses, with everyone from her ex-husband Tom Cruise to the late Val Kilmer. Now, she’s revealing which kiss left her disgusted.

Appearing on Wednesday’s episode of “The Bodybuilders podcast,” the Australian-American actor bluntly recalled having difficulty kissing his “Big Little Lies” co-star Alexander Skarsgård.

Kidman made the confession during the podcast’s “I Don’t Believe It, Honey” segment when guests express their biggest reason.

“I can’t stand bad breath,” he said. “I mean, this is a deal breaker for me. You could be the most beautiful, gorgeous guy, and you come up to me with bad breath and I’m like, ‘no.'”

The Oscar winner added that if “I have to back out, oh, I’m out. They couldn’t offer me enough money.”

Without holding back, Kidman brutally named her handsome former co-star Skarsgård as the culprit.

“When Alexander Skarsgård ate a falafel sandwich before doing the ‘Big Little Lies’ scenes, I thought, ‘No, no, no, Alex. I’m supposed to kiss you and inside you; put down the falafel now,'” he recalled, adding that “bad breath doesn’t turn me on.”

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Nicole Kidman and her “Big Little Lies” co-star Alexander Skarsgård, whose falafel consumption apparently put Kidman off.

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Kidman told podcast hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang that “taste and smell in your mouth are very important” to her.

“I’m sure he never ate falafel again. I told him, ‘No more falafel. No. Not before kissing you, not before making love.'”

Kidman and Skarsgård played troubled married couple Celeste and Perry Wright in Season 1 of HBO’s “Big Little Lies.” Both earned Primetime Emmy Awards for their performances.

While Skarsgård’s faux pas apparently left Kidman angry, she revealed which star she thinks smells “better than ever.”

“Rihanna,” he gushed. “We don’t need to unravel it or figure it out, just know that it’s all true… It’s intoxicating, it’s like, ‘I’ll follow you everywhere.'”

Watch Kidman’s comments at 1:18:39 on the “Las Culturistas” podcast below.

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Kidman and Urban announced their separation in September 2025 after about 19 years of marriage.

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