It has been exclusively revealed by DailyMail that Tom Cruise skipped the Oscars to avoid an awkward run-in with Nicole Kidman at the Oscars on Sunday. Several sources claim that the Top Gun: Maverick star was not at the ceremony because his ex-wife attended – after they divorced over 20 years ago. Six awards were nominated for Cruise’s film, including Best Picture. Kidman and Cruise split in 2001, reportedly after she refused to join the Church of Scientology with him. Tom didn’t attend because she was there, and he didn’t want to run into her. According to sources close to Cruise, his absence was ‘not personal’ and was due to scheduling difficulties, although they did not respond directly to the claim that Kidman was there.
In years past, Tom Cruise and his ex-wife have not attended the same Oscars bashes together. In spite of the fact that she walked the Oscars red carpet with Keith Urban, 55, and shared some serious PDA with him during the show, Kidman was notably absent from the Oscar luncheon attended by her former Scientologist husband. On February 13, Cruise was seen embracing Steven Spielberg as the director told the action figure that Maverick had ‘saved Hollywood’s a**’ by bringing audiences back to theaters. It was notable that his ex-wife, with whom he shares two children, Connor, 28, and Isabella, 30, was not present.
In Order To Avoid An Awkward Encounter With Ex-Wife Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise Skipped The Oscars
It is alleged that Tom Cruise feels a strong need to distance himself from his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman. A notable absence came from the 60-year-old “Top Gun: Maverick” actor at the 2023 Academy Awards on Sunday, despite the movie’s six nominations. The reason he was MIA was that he wanted to avoid a confrontation with Kidman, 55, whom he divorced over 20 years ago. Apparently, Tom didn’t attend because she was there, and he did not want to run into her, according to the Daily Mail. Cruise’s absence, according to insiders, was “not personal.” Instead, it was due to scheduling issues. On Dec. 24, 1990, the prolific couple married and adopted two children. Isabella, now 29, and Connor, now 27, are both members of the Church of Scientology. After allegedly walking out on Kidman in February 2001, Cruise filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences.” She was in a state of shock, as many believed the divorce was the result of her refusal to become a Scientologist.
The reason why we divorced is private to both of us, Cruise told Vanity Fair in 2013. She is the mother of my children, and I wish her the best. In my opinion, you should just move on. That’s not something I say lightly. He continued, I don’t say that with anything in mind. Things happen in life, and you do everything you can, and you do everything you can, but there comes a point when you just have to face the brutal truth. I was a young person. Does it seem I offered it up? She told Harper’s Bazaar in October 2021 that her marriage to Cruise continued to draw public attention. Maybe I’ve gotten a bit more cautious, but I’m always trying to be as open as possible. It’s just how I prefer to live in the world, she said. Katie Holmes, 44, and Tom Cruise were married on Nov. 18, 2006. In August 2012, the couple divorced after having a daughter, Suri, now 16. During the Oscars, Kidman and her husband of 16 years, country musician Keith Urban, 55, showed off their hot PDA on the Champagne-colored carpet. Sunday Rose, 14, and Faith Margaret, 12, are the couple’s daughters.
