You're Not Rubbish: Nicole Kidman shares cute possum encounter in Tasmania!
2023/03/19

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Nicole Kidman has shared a cute encounter with a possum in Tasmania, where she and husband Keith Urban are on holiday.

The video was taken at Cradle Mountain, a world heritage listed national park with spectacular scenery and an abundance of wildlife including possums, wombats and wallabies.

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The video shows a possum in a rubbish bin, with Nic and Keith giving it a tongue-in-cheek pep talk about self-esteem.

“You’re not rubbish, you’re wondrous” Nic tells the furry creature as it jumps out of the bin and scurries up a wooden pole to hide in the corner of a roof.

Keith is filming the antics and chimes in, “Yeah, you shouldn’t throw yourself out like that.”

“No, don’t put yourself down,” Nicole continues before Keith adds “You’re better than that”.

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Then they both have a giggle.

Click through Nicole’s post to see the video and other images:

Reese Witherspoon was quick to jump into the comments and ask “What is that thing??!!” resulting in a bunch of locals explaining that it’s a brush tail possum and sharing their stories.

“It’s [a] possum very friendly, I have mum and baby living in my roof I feed them fruits and nuts so cute” wrote one person.

“Down under we have a saying if you are feigning something – we say – he’s playing possum!!!!” explained another.

A third got the animal wrong but still had a funny response: “That raccoon ran straight home and told all his family and friends ‘You won’t believe who I just met!’ “

Nicole also shared photos of the park’s adorable wombats, which are easy to spot and get up close to along the areas many walking tracks.

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