NICOLE & TOM'S SECRET CHATS!

She keeps talks hush-hush from hubby Keith!

SNEAKY Nicole Kidman has been secretly mending fences and bonding with ex Tom Cruise — right behind the back of her current hubby, country star Keith Urban, a source says.

Since their bitter 2001 divorce after ten years of marriage, the beauty, 53, has “hated Tom’s guts … but he’s really mellowed lately and they’ve been in touch,” the insider dishes.

“Their conversations are lighthearted, positive, and perfectly friendly, which is pretty incredible since they went so many years without talking at all!”