Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had one of the most high-profile marriages of the early 2000s, and out of their relationship came their daughter, Suri Cruise. The young woman is soon to be seventeen.
Although she does not have a good relationship with her father, fans noticed that she resembles Tom when they saw her recently. Suri is ready to forge her own path in life, independent of her parents’ careers.
Suri Cruise and Tom Cruise visit Charles River Basin on October 10, 2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts | Source: Getty Images
Tom and Katie divorced when Suri was just five. After her parents’ divorce, Suri did not see or speak to her father, and the pair still share a highly strained and estranged relationship.
Although Tom said not having a relationship with his daughter was not an “ideal situation,” he knew that when he and Katie split, things would change within their family dynamic and accepted that.
Tom confirmed that one of the reasons Katie had left him and kept her daughter from having a relationship with him was to protect Suri from the Church of Scientology. Tom has been a Scientologist for many years.
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise arrive at The ReelzChannel World premiere of “The Kennedys” at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on March 28, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California | Source: Getty Images
The church forbade Tom from having a relationship with his daughter because she is not a Scientologist, yet a source effused:
“That is his loss, his issue, his problem. He must really be brainwashed.”
David Beckham’s son Brooklyn Beckham (front), actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, with their daughter Suri Cruise, watch the Major League Soccer match between New York Red Bulls and LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center May 10, 2008 in Carson, California | Source: Getty Images
Leah Remini, an ex-Scientologist, once confirmed that Tom would see Suri as a “suppressive person” and think he could not be connected to her. Yet Suri’s success has remained strong. In fact, she is soon to be seventeen and ready to go to college in New York to study fashion.
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Katie and Suri have spent much of their time together since Katie won sole custody of her daughter in the early 2000s. They have even struck fans with how alike they look and dress similarly as Suri nears her mother’s height.
Comments left under a photo of Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise | Source: Instagram.com/hollywoodlife
Yet photos of Katie and Suri in New York in the last week of March 2023, had fans divided on who Suri looked like more. As the mother and daughter stepped out together, some thought Suri looked just like her mom, and others thought she was more like her father. One even called her Tom’s “clone.”
Another photo of Suri and Katie showed Suri wearing a comfortable outfit of baggy jeans and a sweatshirt. This photo prompted fans to say she looked just like her father, and they couldn’t believe she hadn’t seen him in so many years.
