Nicole Kidman is a celebrated actress who is accustomed to being in the public eye and sharing details of her life. However, she usually prefers to keep the details of her divorce and former marriage to Tom Cruise a secret. Either she wants to keep quiet or she becomes reluctant to answer these questions. Need proof? During one of her interviews, Kidman exploded at what she called a “s*xist” question regarding her ex-husband.
For more than a decade, they were the ideal Hollywood couple, walking the red carpet, making movies, and sharing parental responsibilities for their two kids. They met while working on the $157.9 million film Days of Thunder, and later got married. However, after 11 years of marriage, Cruise and Kidman publicly announced their separation in 2001.
Tom Cruise And Nicole Kidman’s Relationship Following Their Divorce
Tom Cruise And Nicole Kidman have stayed silent about their relationship ever since they broke up. Despite never criticizing one another in interviews, it became obvious that the former couple no longer got along. Back in 2021, it was claimed that Cruise forbade the Academy Award-winning actress from going to their son’s wedding.
At the time, an insider informed Radar:
“Tom is behind this and what he wants is as good as law. Tom made the call and Connor followed. Connor worships the ground his father walks on and would never disobey Tom.”
They went on to say that during her split from Cruise, the Church of Scientology had previously referred to the Big Little Lies actress as a “suppressive person”. Also, Kidman’s refusal to join her ex-husband in the Church of Scientology was said to be the reason for their divorce, according to the Daily Mail report. Moreover, a source informed the outlet that Cruise.
“Was not there because she [Kidman] was there, and he did not want a run-in.”
More than ten years after their divorce, in 2012, Kidman told DuJour:
“I thought our life together was perfect. It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system.”
When Nicole Kidman Was Asked About Her Unhappy Marriage to Tom Cruise
In an interview with The Guardian, Nicole Kidman was caught off guard by a question about Tom Cruise because both actors have typically kept their mouths shut when discussing their marriage.
Reporter Eva Wiseman was moved by the actress’ response to the questions with what she called “exquisite care”. The actress, 56, further clarified:
“Oh, my God, no, no. Absolutely not. No. I mean, that’s, honestly, so long ago that that isn’t in this equation. So no. And I would ask not to be pigeonholed that way, either. It feels to me almost s*xist, because I’m not sure anyone would say that to a man..’”
Regarding her relationship with Cruise and their two children, Kidman has remained mum. But she did explain why she preferred not to talk about the marriage in public back in 2018. She penned an essay for New York magazine (via The Cut):
“Being married to Tom Cruise at 22 is something I’m always reluctant to talk about, because I’m married now to the man who is my great love [Keith Urban], and it almost feels disrespectful..”
Kidman married Keith Urban in 2006; the couple now has two daughters together. The Vanilla Sky actor, in contrast, tied the knot to Katie Holmes in 2006; they later divorced in 2012. Although we may never fully understand the reasons for their divorce, the echoes of history cast a compelling shadow that we cannot ignore.
