Tom Cruise’s three marriages
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Cruise might have hoped that the third time would be the charm when it
came to everlasting wedded bliss, but alas marriage number three — to
actress Katie Holmes — is ending in divorce. Here are the stats on Tom's
marriages, all three of which happened to be to celebrities, and all of
whom ended up splitting with the actor when they were the same age …
33.
Tom Cruise and first wife Mimi Rogers (Everett Collection)
Wife #1: Mimi Rogers
Married: May 1987, when she was 31 and he was 24
Separated: December 1989
Divorced: February 1990
Offspring: none
Why they broke up: Reports vary, with some blaming
Cruise's increasing success as a leading man shortly after they tied the
knot, thanks to hit films like "Rain Man" and "Born on the Fourth of
July." Others have pointed to rumors of fertility troubles and problems
in the bedroom. After their divorce, Rogers added fuel to the fire.
''Tom was seriously thinking of becoming a monk," she "joked" to Playboy
in 1993. "At least for that period of time, it looked as though
marriage wouldn't fit into his overall spiritual need. And he thought he
had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument. Therefore
it became obvious we had to split."
Did you know?: Rogers was the one who actually
introduced Cruise to the Church of Scientology, in which he's still very
active. She's since abandoned the religion.
Cruise and second wife Nicole Kidman. (S. Granitz/WireImage)
Wife #2: Nicole Kidman
Married: December 1990, when he was 28 and she was 23
Separated: February 2001
Divorced: August 2001
Offspring: The couple adopted two children together: daughter Isabella, now 19, and son, Connor, now 17.
Why they broke up: While some had claimed that the
couple's marriage was nothing more than a sham for movie publicity,
Kidman has disputed those accusations, telling Vanity Fair in 2002: "He
basically swept me off my feet. I fell madly, passionately in love … My
whole plan in terms of what I wanted for my life — I was like, 'Forget
It.'" But, Kidman discovered — after she eventually got some film leads
in her own right — that she had perhaps sacrificed too much. "I realized
I could be fulfilled creatively. I tried to deny it because it would
have been so much easier for me to be satiated by being a wife. I wish
it could have been part of my trajectory, but it wasn't." And then of
course, there was that height thing. "Well, I can wear heels now,"
Kidman snapped on the
"Late Show With David Letterman" shortly after the couple's split.
Did you know? Cruise and Kidman met on the set of
the drama "Days of Thunder," in which he played a race car driver and
Kidman played a neurosurgeon, despite the fact she was only 22 when the
movie was shot.
The actor and third wife Katie Holmes. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Wife #3: Katie Holmes
Married: November 2006, when he was 44 and she was 27
S
eparated: June 2012
Divorced: TBD
Offspring: Biological daughter Suri, 6
Why they broke up: The two haven't made any
statements, other than through their attorneys asking for privacy, but
rumors are swirling, of course, and it's no secret that Katie's career
has stalled since marrying the mega-star.
RadarOnline,
meanwhile, is citing a source who says that not only does the actress
want to amp up her career again, but the couple has also butted heads
over parenting styles, with Holmes wanting Suri to live a normal
childhood at school with other children, and Cruise wanting her to live a
more-sheltered, less-disciplined life.
Did you know?:
Before even meeting Cruise (who made his first movie when Holmes was
just 3 years old), she revealed to Seventeen magazine her childhood
dream of becoming the movie star's wife. "I think every little girl
dreams about [her wedding]. I used to think I was going to marry Tom
Cruise." Sadly, she probably didn't dream of the divorce part.
