Tom Cruise spoke publicly about his ex-wife Nicole Kidman to Vainness Honest in 2002, only a 12 months after the previous couple’s divorce, and hasn’t stated a lot since.
On the time, the journal requested Cruise why he and Kidman had break up, and the “Mission: Impossible” star responded vaguely, insisting twice to the outlet that Kidman “knows why.”
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And now we’ve got not less than one thought about why they broke up as properly — as a result of the person doesn’t know how one can give a praise.
That’s, primarily based on Cruise’s most up-to-date comment about Kidman.
Within the June 2025 difficulty of Sight and Sound (through Us Weekly), a print journal, Cruise made what seems to be his first public comment about Kidman in over 20 years. He even stated one thing good about her — simply in essentially the most self-serving manner attainable.
Within the article, the “Top Gun” star spoke about Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 erotic thriller, “Eyes Wide Shut.” Cruise and Kidman, who had been nonetheless collectively on the time, starred within the movie because the married couple William and Alice Harford.
“I flew out to [Kubrick’s] house, and I landed in his backyard. I read the script the day before and we spent the day talking about it. I knew all of his films,” Cruise stated. “Then it was basically he and I getting to know each other. And when we were doing that, I suggested Nicole play the role [of Alice]. Because, obviously, she’s a great actress.”
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Though Cruise’s comment appears variety, his declare that he received Kidman the half doesn’t fairly add up.
It’s properly documented that Kubrick at all times needed a real-life couple to play the 2 leads in his movie, with The New York Instances reporting in 1999 that the legendary filmmaker’s first alternative for the elements had been Alec Baldwin and his spouse on the time, Kim Basinger.
So, it’s secure to imagine that if Kubrick was within the “Jerry Maguire” star, he was additionally already within the “Practical Magic” star.
For her half, Kidman’s remarks about her divorce from Cruise suggest that she was stunned by the wedding’s finish.
The Oscar-winner advised DuJour journal (through Individuals) in 2012 that she believed “our life together was perfect,” and stated the break up was “a shock to my system.”
“I fell madly, passionately in love,” stated Kidman, who was 23 when she married Cruise in 1990. “I was reeling with Tom. I would have gone to the ends of the earth for him.”
Nonetheless, she did disclose to the journal that she had a slight inkling as to why they went their separate methods.
“We were in a bubble, just the two of us,” she advised the journal on the time. “We became very dependent on one another.”
