Was Katie Holmes been planning to leave Tom Cruise for months?
That’s the question everyone’s asking after details of an interview 33-year-old Holmes did with Elle magazine (about six weeks before the divorce announcement) emerged.
The interview hints to a “new phase” in Holmes’ life and career.
In response to a question about being “Mrs Cruise,” Katie said: “He has been Tom Cruise for 30 years – I know who I am and where I am and where I want to go, so I want to focus on that.”
On being in her 30s, she said: “I definitely feel much more comfortable in my own skin. I feel sexier. I think in my twenties, it’s like you’re trying too hard to figure everything out, I’m starting to come into my own.”
“It’s like a new phase,” she said.
Hmm….
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Whether she planned to leave and for how long, it couldn’t have been easy. God only knows how much I struggled with the decision to leave my own marriage, and eventhough I wasn’t married to Tom Cruise, the man I was married to had similar characteristics to him (based on what I’ve been reading of what’s come out about Tom in the papers/mags/internet so far eg: controlling, very intense, etc). Whether he really is like that in real life, guess we’ll never know. All I can say is that it takes a lot of guts to walk away from a marriage when its you alone, so I can’t even imagine how difficult it must be if there are children involved. The guilt, the hurt and the disappointment alone is enough to wear you down in the days to come, even if it is relief you feel in the beginning. There are a few parallels between my own story and Katie’s story (eg; both falling head over heels in love with older, charismatic men and everything happening so fast etc) and as much as I feel uneasy and having the memory of my own divorce resurface as I watch the drama unfold, I can’t help but be strangely drawn to this story. I dont know why I commented but just felt that I had to say that no matter what people think, walking away from a marriage and breaking up a family is never easy, doesn’t matter who you are or what age you are.
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They’ll milk all the publicity from this before they find him another beard to replace her (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_%28companion%29).
How sad. It’s nice ‘out’ here.
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More importantly than The Divorce, which young starlet is Tom planning on jumping the couch over next?
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Maybe the 17-year age gap had something to do with the split? She’s only 33 and still wants to go out partying. Meanwhile, Tom’s 50 and is probably snoring in front of the TV by 9pm.
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I can’t help it, I am quite addicted to any stories about this divorce…I’m not sure why. I dot even normally have much interest in them as a couple, however I dont seem to tire of the media in regards to it. Its a bit like the Rinehart family drama. I dont want to look but am drawn to the crash coming…
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Ummmm Der!!!! I don’t think she woke up one morning and announced divorce randomly!!! If not months of planning maybe years
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Agree agree agree!
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Of course she would of planned it all, as if she just woke up one morning and thought gee might leave hubby today. I think most couples that break-up involves (especially when you’re living together) a degree of planning by the person doing the breaking.
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That cover is gross. She looks totally gaunt and horrible, she’s absolutely gorgeous so not sure who decided to roll with that photo in particular
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Well, that was the Mag cover in which she actually said those things.
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I think Guest is wondering why Elle chose that picture for their cover, not why Mamamia ran it with this story.
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Good on her. I planned my divorce too. I’d have been an idiot not to. It’s said that it’s considered ‘cold-hearted’, as I’ve heard some of the commentary alluding to. She’s smart and has resources and family to help. That’s how it should be done, not in a fit of temper with slamming doors and tears.
I hope she gets to walk away with minimal damage, but I fear that won’t happen. My heart breaks for all involved. My divorce was hard enough, and I wasn’t married to someone like that.
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I don’t understand why it’s suprising that she “planned” to leave him. If I was going to divorce my husband I would put a whole lot of thought into it, which could be months. It’s not a decision to be made overnight, and it does need a ‘plan’, regardless of who you are.
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Everyone has 20/20 hindsight.
(And note to Katie – I think he’s been Tom Cruise for 50 years).
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Katie got confused. Tom’s been Tom for 50 years, not 30? You don’t just serve someone with a divorce overnight. I’m sure she’s been planning it for a while, just had to be the right time.
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Actually he was Thomas Cruise Mapother IV before he embarked on his movie career…
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No no his real name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
with cruise as a middle name maybe she means he’s been his stage name for 30years haha
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Actually it’s a stage name, I’m not sure when he assumed it but he wasn’t born Tom cruise.
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Yes, I think she means he’s been ‘Tom Cruise’ the brand for 30 years.
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She means Tom Cruise the “movie star” for 30yrs. Before that he was Tom the guy with the messed up teeth who thought about joining the priesthood, but took up acting instead.
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