Inside Tom Cruise’s strained relationship with daughter Suri as she ditches his name
Tom Cruise’s relationship with daughter Suri is reportedly strained (Picture: London Entertainment/REX/Shutterstock)
As Suri Cruise reached her 18th birthday, rumours have swirled that she is no longer in contact with her famous dad Tom Cruise.
Suri celebrated her big day with her mum, Katie Holmes, spending the afternoon shopping in the New York sunshine.
Tom, 61, was nowhere to be seen and is currently filming for a new project in London with no word on whether he sent any birthday wishes.
Their relationship is said to be so strained that Suri has decided to ditch her last name, going instead by Suri Noelle — her mother’s middle name.
In 2016, a US outlet reported the teenager has a huge rift with her father and the pair have not been in contact for years.
Tom, who has two more children, hasn’t been pictured with Suri for years but is believed to have been paying child support as per his and Katie’s divorce settlement.
She lives with mum Katie Holmes in New York and spent her birthday there (Picture: Fernando Ramales / BACKGRID)
Tom and Katie welcomed Suri in 2006 to much fanfare (Picture: Broadimage/REX/Shutterstock)
Was Tom Cruise involved in Suri’s childhood?
In April 2006, Katie and Tom revealed to the world they had welcomed a baby girl and five months later they graced the cover of Vanity Fair with Suri in their arms.
They married in a Scientologist church months later and lots of pictures of Tom out and about carrying his newborn cropped up.
‘My whole life I always wanted to be a father,’ he gushed to the publication at the time, having adopted Connor and Isabella with Nicole Kidman previously.
‘I always said to myself that my children would be able to depend on me and I would always be there for them and love them — that I’d never make a promise to my kids that I couldn’t keep.’
Things seemed to be going swimmingly until six years later when the Dawson’s Creek star filed for divorce while Tom was away filming Oblivion.
He was a doting dad in early years(Picture: REX/Shutterstock)
Suri is less in the spotlight now than when she was a child (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)
When was Tom Cruise last seen with Suri?
Around the time of the divorce was the last time Tom was publicly pictured with Suri, taking her to Disney World in 2012.
At the time, a spokesperson for the Top Gun star said: ‘Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and is concentrating on his three children.’
The high profile split was said to be in part due to Katie’s fears around Scientology, after members of the group moved into their home.
Speaking to the Daily Mail before his death, founder Ron Miscavige said the decision ‘didn’t sit so well with Katie, of course, and it hurt the marriage.’
When the divorce was settled, the Batman Begins star was granted sole custody plus $400,000 (£315,456) per year in child support until Suri turned 18.
It’s reported that Tom has not seen Suri in the 10 years since, with the pair being no contact for the last three years.
A source told Heat magazine: ‘Tom is feeling guilty about missing so much of her life, but insists that he hasn’t completely shut Suri out of his life, and does get updates from time to time.’
Katie got sole guardianship in the divorce(Picture: London Entertainment/REX/Shutterstock)
It’s thought Tom has been no contact for around three years (Picture: Neil Rasmus/BFA/REX/Shutterstock)
Has Katie Holmes said anything about Suri and Tom’s relationship?
Katie has not commented on Tom’s relationship with their daughter but has been incredibly open about how protective she feels over Suri’s privacy.
‘What has been really important for me with my daughter, because she was so visible at a young age, is I really like to protect her,’ she told Glamour last year.
‘I’m very grateful to be a parent, to be her parent. She’s an incredible person.’
‘I love her so much,’ the mom-of-one told InStyle in 2020. ‘My biggest goal has always been to nurture her into her individuality, to make sure she is 100 percent herself and strong, confident and able.
‘And to know it. She came out very strong — she’s always been a strong personality.’
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Tom’s reps for comment.
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