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Tom Cruise doesn’t have a relationship with his 18-year-old daughter Suri Cruise, who he shares with ex Katie Holmes. But what about his eldest children, Connor, 29, and Bella, 31, who he shares with ex Nicole Kidman? Despite their private nature, a rare photo of Cruise with Bella and Conner sheds some light on their bond.
Former NFL player Derrick Brooks posted an iconic snap on Instagram of Cruise and his kids at a hockey game last December. The trio (joined by Brooks and others) saw the Tampa Bay Lightning face off against the Florida Panthers. “Good Evening, Wow, look who stopped by my office before our @tblightning game tonight!” Brooks captioned the post. “@tomcruise. I was a little star struck but played it cool and He said he was too! 😂😂”
This is the first time Cruise has posed for a photo with Connor and Bella since 2009, per E! News. At that time, they had attended a soccer game in Los Angeles. Connor has also been photographed with his famous dad throughout the years, mostly at sporting events for the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Maryland Terrapins.
It appears that Bella and Connor’s relationship with their dad is better than ever — and that they all three share a love of sports. This is a sharp contrast to their relationship with their mom, who they haven’t been seen in public with since 2007, per Daily Mail. Bella and Connor were raised in the Church of Scientology, which Kidman is no longer a part of.
An insider told PEOPLE in 2018 that Connor lives in Florida. “Connor has a pretty simple life in Clearwater,” they said. “He lives in his own home in a Scientology community. His life is deep-sea fishing. He has a lot of friends and seems very well-liked.”
An insider told PEOPLE in 2018 that Connor lives in Florida. “Connor has a pretty simple life in Clearwater,” they said. “He lives in his own home in a Scientology community. His life is deep-sea fishing. He has a lot of friends and seems very well-liked.”
Bella is more into fashion. She got her start at Holmes and Yang (the fashion line of Katie Holmes) selling t-shirts adorned with her own drawings, per PEOPLE.
Nicole Kidman & Tom Cruise Attending The Writers Guild Award Show – Beverly Hills, CA, United States – 1998 (Nicole Kidman-Tom Cruise 2) Photo by: Ron Wolfson/Courtesy Everett CollectionRon Wolfson/Courtesy Everett Collection
The Big Little Lies star, who was married to Cruise from 1990-2001, has occasionally spoken about her relationship with her eldest children. She told The Sun in 2019, per Hello! Magazine, “Motherhood is about the journey. There are going to be incredible peaks and valleys, whether you are an adopting mother or a birth mother. What a child needs is love. They have made choices to be Scientologists. It’s our job as a parent to always offer unconditional love.”
Keith Urban, Faith Margaret Urban, Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban, Sybella Hawley, Nicole Kidman at the AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Nicole Kidman held at The Dolby Theatre on April 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images
Kidman is also mom to daughters Sunday, 15, and Faith, 13, with husband Keith Urban. The girls recently made their red carpet debut at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala last month, where their mom was being honored for her decades of contributions to the film industry.
“I have a very full life with people that I love,” she told Elle in March. “I’m raising daughters. I’m a wife, I’m a best friend. I’m a sister, I’m an aunt. I have deeply intimate relationships with people. And that, to me, is the meaning of life — and then taking care of what we leave behind, who we leave behind and how we do that, and our sense of respect for that.”
