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Holmes saw what happened to her predecessor. Well, those five years are now up - the couple married in November 2006.įor Katie to leave in this way - she made the announcement to a “saddened” Tom - shows how badly she wants out. In the months before they married, they claimed Katie had signed up for a five-year contract. She received $3 million for every year of service, sources said - with a big bonus if she gave him children. When news leaked of the breakup, former high-ranking leaders of Scientology contacted me to say: “We told you so.” Since the beginning of the TomKat love fest, which began with the diminutive actor bouncing up and down on Oprah’s couch, they have known that the romance was as carefully choreographed by Scientology as his 42nd birthday party.Įven their prenup had, according to Scientology insiders, a series of mileposts where Katie would receive bonuses for how long she stayed with the actor. Like Nicole before her, Katie will now not just be Tom’s foe, but also considered an enemy of the Church of Scientology. Suri is now at an age where she will face frequent formal interrogation about her behavior, what Scientologists call “sec checking.” In the fight for the heart and mind of Suri, her future religion - Katie was raised a Catholic - will be critical. “Katie doesn’t want Suri getting deeper into the cult,” sources tell me. Suri’s future education - whether in the rituals of Scientology, like her step-brother and -sister, or a more conventional avenue - will be a critical concern. She wants full custody of Suri, the 6-year-old daughter Cruise dotes on. Mayefsky, who has been involved in several vicious splits, including the divorce of model Christie Brinkley. She has hired a legal pit bull, New York lawyer Allan E. Holmes, presumably with the advice of her lawyer father, Martin Holmes, is playing hardball. This time, however, Cruise has no such guarantees. When he and Kidman divorced, Cruise effectively gained custody of their adopted children, Connor and Isabella. But Katie’s carefully executed escape plan means that, deliberately or not, she is getting one back for the sisterhood. Ron Hubbard, Cruise doesn’t believe in karma. Tom has admitted he was “blindsided” by her decision, just as Nicole Kidman, his second wife, was stunned when he abruptly decided to end their 10-year marriage even though she was pregnant.Īs a leading member of a religion founded by science-fiction writer L. Holmes’ bombshell, in the midst of his international publicity campaign for “Rock of Ages,” in which he stars as an aging singer, shows exquisite if cruel timing. Tuesday, Tom’s 50th birthday, will lack some “evers.” He will be in his trailer in the wilds of Iceland, where he is filming the aptly named “Oblivion.” Instead of the expected cards and presents from Katie Holmes, she sent him a confetti of legal papers and correspondence marking the end of their five-year marriage.Īt least one thing he knows he’ll get is a call from Miscavige, to congratulate and console. “It’s the best birthday ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, and I mean ever,” he said, with typical understatement. He flew in singers, dancers and even Tom’s favorite sushi chefs for the bash, where the actor was serenaded with the medley of songs from his box-office hits. When Tom Cruise turned 42, his best friend, controversial Scientology leader David Miscavige, threw a lavish birthday party, costing an estimated $300,000, on board the church’s cruise ship.

Martins Press), explains why it was a true Hollywood romance - because from the beginning, Holmes was playing a part. Best-selling biographer Andrew Morton, author of “Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography” (St. Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise after 5 1/2 years of marriage.