Source confirms sad news about Tom Cruise, daughter Suri

Tom Cruise continues to be estranged from his 16-year-old daughter, Suri, after admitting Scientology drove a wedge between them.

Tom Cruise has not been a part of his daughter Suri’s life in years, a source says. Picture: Getty

Tom Cruise continues to be estranged from his daughter, Suri Cruise, Page Six can confirm.

A source tells us exclusively that the Mission: Impossible star, 60, has not seen the 16-year-old in a very long time and is not a part of her life.

Reps for Tom did not immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.

The movie star welcomed Suri with his then-girlfriend, Katie Holmes, in April 2006, but after the former couple split in 2011, the father-daughter duo drifted further and further apart.

Tom admitted in transcripts from his 2012 defamation lawsuit against Bauer Media that he had not seen Suri for three months right after he and Holmes, now 44, called it quits.

Tom Cruise has not been a part of his daughter Suri’s life in years, a source says. Picture: Getty
“Listen, when there is a divorce … things change,” he told lawyers in 2013. “It’s not an ideal scene. It’s not an ideal situation.”

During a deposition for that same $50 million suit — which was ultimately settled — the Top Gun star confessed that his ties to Scientology had played a pivotal role in why he was separated from his kid.

When asked whether Holmes had left him “in part to protect Suri from Scientology,” Tom responded at the time, “That was one of the assertions, yes”.

Tom Cruise and daughter Suri in 2008. (Picture: James Devaney/WireImage
In 2016, the controversial church was once again blamed for keeping Tom and Suri apart because, according to its rules, members are forbidden from associating with nonbelievers.

Since neither Suri nor Holmes were Scientologists, Tom reportedly could not have a relationship with either one.

“This is his loss, his issue, his problem,” a source told Page Six at the time. “He must be really brainwashed.”

Former Scientologist Leah Remini told The Post in 2020 that Scientology considers Holmes a “suppressive person”, which is an “enemy”, and therefore Tom believes he “can’t be connected to Suri”.

Remini, who has been fighting to publicly expose the alleged misdeeds of the Church of Scientology, speculated of Tom, “I’m sure his master plan is to wait until Suri gets older so that he can lure her into Scientology and away from her mother”.

Aside from the drama involving her father, Suri appears to live a relatively normal life with her mum in New York City.

Tom was married to Holmes from 2006 to 2012. Picture: Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez/AFP
Over the years, she has been photographed casually going for a stroll in the Big Apple and hanging with a small group of friends.

In 2017, Holmes spoke about wanting to give her daughter a “stable” childhood.

The Dawson’s Creek alum told Town & Country at the time, “My child is the most important person to me, and her upbringing is paramount to my work right now.

“It’s very important that I’m present and she has a stable, innocent childhood. I feel so blessed to do what I do, but there’s nothing in the world better than watching your child succeed.”

Holmes’ rep did not immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.

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