Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were a power couple in the '90s. Not only did they rule Hollywood but they also ruled each other's hearts. But like any fairy tale, their relationship met with some drama and they broke up. While they were married they adopted two children, Connor and Isabella. The kids are grown up now and have their lives but are not on good terms with their mother Nicole. In fact, if reports are to be believed, they don't even talk to Nicole.
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Though Nicole has tried her best to reconnects with her kids, the truth is, after her divorce with Tom, the kids chose sides. And they didn't choose to be on Nicole's side. So why do Connor and Isabella not talk to their mom? Read on.
Tom Cruise is famously associated with the Church of Scientology which is also one of the reasons behind his divorce to his second wife Katie Holmes. But after their divorce, Nicole cut ties with Scientology and wanted nothing to do with it. Connor and Isabella however were initiated into the Church and did not approve of their mother abandoning the faith. That's one of the reasons they did not want to see Nicole at all after the divorce.
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Divorced star parents often co-parent and coordinate so that their split doesn't affect their children. But Tom and Nicole are not on taking terms and reportedly the kids only wanted to see their mother when absolutely necessary and as they grew up they got terribly distant from her.
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Any family member or ex-family member of a Scientology follower who does not practice the faith is treated as an outsider. That's exactly what happened with Nicole Kidman. As she distanced herself from Tom and the teachings of Scientology, her kids began to identify as an outsider and it obviously took a toll on their relationship.
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Nicole married Australian singer Keith Urban and started a family with him. After her second marriage, Nicole grew more and more apart from her kids as she barely had time for them. Both Nicole and Keith are Australians and whenever they were not working, they would be at home in Australia and Connor and Isabella obviously weren't seeing Nicole at all.
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Nicole has said that she prefers to stay away from LA when she is not working. Keith is a country music singer and has a home in Nashville where he and Nicole set up a residence. Nicole initially switched between New York and Nashville or her home in Australia. She would only go to LA for work. Connor and Isabella, on the other hand, lived their entire lives in LA. But never saw much of their mom as she stayed away from the city.
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Nicole has two daughters with Keith and while Nicole has publicly lamented not being able to see Connor and Isabella grow up, she eventually got busy with her two children.
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Connor and Isabella are so disconnected from Nicole that they haven't even met her second husband. Or her children for that matter. Connor and Isabella have expressed no desire to meet their mothers new family or their step-children. That is one of the major reasons why they are apart. Connor and Isabella have no idea about the new people in their mom's life.
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Nicole has never met her ex-husband Tom Cruise's new family. While Connor and Isabella were part of Tom Cruise's wedding ceremony to Katie Holmes and we're when seeing hanging out with their step-sister Suri, Nicole has never met Suri. Nicole has never tried to reach out to Tom's new family and that's one of the reasons why Connor and Isabella never hang around the same people in the family.
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Nicole has no association Connor or Isabella's career. Connor who is pretty close to his dad Tom leads a jet-setting lifestyle and works as a DJ. He has even acted in a few films. Whereas Isabella studied to be a hair and makeup stylist. Both the Cruise children opted for careers in the showbiz and yet Nicole Kidman was never heard talking about her children's careers or even being there for them.
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When 25-year-old Isabella announced she was having a Scientology wedding with her boyfriend, the world simultaneously gasped. Isabella's superstar mother Nicole was obviously banned from her daughter's wedding, mainly as she is anti-Scientology and also because Isabella just didn't want her there.
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Earlier this year when Nicole won a Golden Globe for her performance in the show Big Little Lies, she did not mention Connor and Isabella in her thank you speech. And it was a pretty telling move as she talked about her husband Keith and the two daughters she has with him but did not bring up her two adoptive children. Fans were quick to draw conclusions about their relationship based on the snub.
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Nicole almost never talks about Connor or Isabella in interviews and over the years she mentioned them lesser and lesser. It was pretty clear that in a way, they were not a part of the same family anymore.
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