Keith Urban and Nicole KidmanKeith Urban realises that he and wife Nicole Kidman’s avoidance of the paparazzi makes them all the more desirable as tabloid targets.

He told the Sunday Telegraph recently: “Because Nic and I are so private, it tends to make people want to see what that privacy is really all about.”

“If we were plastered in the magazines all the time and sort of got pictures willingly, it would wear off and probably people wouldn’t want them so much.”

“The fact that we actually go out of our way to be a bit more elusive tends to exacerbate the situation but I would just rather have a more quiet life, like we do. It is relatively quiet compared to most, I think.”

The couple had to cut short their January holiday in Australia after a run-in with photographers keen to get a picture of Keith on a break from rehab.