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Words by Nikki Peach [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/imago759532594.jpg” title_text=”imago759532594″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”107px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n What must it be like for a fleeting interaction with a fellow celebrity to snowball into a fictious fight where a brand deal is at stake? In Nicole Kidman\u2019s world that\u2019s just an ordinary Sunday.<\/p>\n A video of Kidman brushing fellow A-list actress Salma Hayek\u2019s arm away from her at the Balenciaga show during Paris Fashion Week has gone viral. That really is all the video shows: Kidman attempts to walk in one direction before Hayek puts her arm out to stop her, Kidman then turns around and walks back the other way. It\u2019s dark in the room, everyone is wearing black, and Nicole has sunglasses on.<\/p>\n There\u2019s every possibility that Kidman was headed towards the wrong seat and Hayek was trying to point her in the right direction before the show started. Hayek\u2019s husband, Francois-Henri Pinault, runs the luxury goods empire that owns Balenciaga.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also possible that a photographer was trying to get a photo of the two stars together and that Kidman didn\u2019t want to pose for pictures unexpectedly. In a longer clip, Kidman is seen walking away saying, \u2018You don\u2019t need it\u2019 and Hayek says, \u2018Yes please, I do\u2019, so it could indeed all boil down to a few missed press shots.<\/p>\n However, after a few minutes skim reading the internet, you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking they were performing an act of stage combat on the runway and tearing each other\u2019s hair out piece by piece.<\/p>\n Before we get into the nitty gritty of the nonsense, it\u2019s worth noting that the very next day Hayek posted a series of photographs from the show and lo and behold that included a picture of her and Kidman. In the digital age where, sadly, social media posts are a form of currency, would you really include your nemesis in your Instagram \u2018dump\u2019 the day after they \u2018snubbed\u2019 you at a fashion show? We think not.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the fact Hayek was unbothered enough by the interaction to post Kidman on her Instagram page counts for nothing. It\u2019s the sleuths and the unqualified body language experts who know best. And what they know is that two famous women having a slightly awkward logistical hoo-ha at an event is never just that \u2013 it must speak to a bubbling brawl between the women. One that\u2019s probably riddled with jealousy and been going on for years behind the scenes.<\/p>\n That\u2019s what some people seem to think, anyway. One person commented on the clip on TikTok asking, \u2018Why is Nicole being so rude?\u2019 while another creator dedicated a whole video to the interaction and said, \u2018what on EARTH is going on?\u2019 It\u2019s been dubbed an \u2018ugly red-carpet row\u2019, a \u2018tense exchange\u2019 and prompted one fan to write, \u2018something happened and I don\u2019t know whose side to be on\u2019.<\/p>\n Others have used it as an opportunity to just insult them for no good reason. \u2018I can\u2019t stand Nicole Kidman, and I find her unbelievable and unwatchable in anything,\u2019 reads one irrelevant take on X, just because she\u2019s trending.<\/p>\n Another video posted on Facebook shows the pair sat two seats apart at the show with Pinault sat in between and it\u2019s captioned, \u2018Is this the reason behind Nicole Kidman and Salma Hayek\u2019s feud?\u2019 The clip is set to the type of tense bassline usually reserved for episodes of HBO\u2019s Industry and reads, \u2018This gesture enraged Salma Hayek\u2019.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a story that has since run in several different languages in media outlets around the world. \u2018Nicole Kidman PUSHES Salma Hayek away in ugly confrontation,\u2019 shouts the Daily Mail. \u2018Watch the VERY awkward moment Nicole Kidman tells Selma Hayek \u2018Don\u2019t touch me,\u2019 offers The Sun. \u2018The real meaning behind THAT \u201ctense viral moment\u201d\u2019 is the general gist of things.<\/p>\n Other articles have offered faux concern for Kidman\u2019s relationship with Balenciaga at large (she was made brand ambassador in 2023). One X post reads, \u2018Nicole is an employee of Salma\u2019s husband so yes, Salma gets to boss her around. Besides, Nicole is there working for Salma\u2019s husband.\u2019 Another user echoed this sentiment and wrote, \u2018Oh that \u201cdon\u2019t touch me\u201d from Nicole to Salma at a brand show owned by her husband, that Balenciaga contract is in danger I fear.\u2019<\/p>\n For most people, having a slightly awkward interaction with someone you know might occupy five minutes of your next coffee date with a friend. For celebrities, it\u2019s enough to pull their work projects into question, unearth thousands of rumours online and subsequently break the internet.<\/p>\n At this point it feels like people will use absolutely any excuse to pit two women against each other \u2013 for little to no reason at all and for the benefit of no one. Just because two women fail to meet society\u2019s standards of permanent grace and decorum, and because a short video has gone viral without context, does not mean they are in a bitter feud. 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<\/strong><\/p>\n‘It\u2019s a story that has since run in several different languages in media outlets around the world’<\/h2>\n