Katie Holmes’ 16-year-old daughter Suri has already started applying to colleges with the help of her mother – but the teen’s famous father, Tom Cruise, won’t help her, as the actor has “no relationship” with his child.
A source close to 44-year-old Katie exclusively tells DailyMail.com that Suri, who turns 17 next month, has “sent out a number of applications” and is “tending” to study fashion at Fordham University in New York. York City – a choice that her style-conscious mother Katie was very pleased with.
‘Suri is applying to schools everywhere. [Katie] really want her to stay in New York so they can be close to each other,” the insider shared. “Katie is very proud of her, but is also extremely overprotective.”
While Katie is taking an active role in helping her daughter apply for college, the teen’s father, Mission Impossible star Tom, 60, will have no part in the process — he has been estranged from his daughter since 2013, a year after he and Katie divorced.
Katie Holmes’ daughter Suri (seen in 2022), 16, has already started applying to colleges – and is leaning toward studying fashion in New York City, a source has revealed to DailyMail.com
However, Suri’s father, famed actor Tom Cruise (seen together in 2012), 60, will have no part in helping his daughter choose a college because the pair are “not in a relationship”
At the time of their split, it was reported that Katie chose to end the couple’s marriage for fear of raising her daughter to be a Scientologist – a religion Tom is incredibly devoted to.
Her decision to leave the religion and marriage caused a major rift between the former spouses, resulting in the relationship between Tom and Suri becoming more and more distant over the years.
“Suri doesn’t know her father anymore and she hasn’t spent time with him for 10 years,” the insider said. “She doesn’t go to his movies and he doesn’t play a part in her life.”
However, the source notes that while Tom won’t help Suri choose where she goes to school, he will pay her tuition, according to his top-secret divorce agreement with his ex-actress.
According to their divorce papers, Tom agreed to pay Katie $400,000 a month until Suri turned 18, the insider shared.
The documents also state that Tom agreed to pay for all of Suri’s expenses, including “medical, dental, insurance, education, college, and other extracurricular expenses.”
“Tom has always taken responsibility when it comes to financial obligations to Katie and Suri,” the source told DailyMail.com.
However, the Mission Impossible actor is not present in Suri’s life.
“Suri doesn’t know her dad anymore and she hasn’t spent time with him in 10 years,” the insider said of the teen’s relationship with her dad (seen with Katie in 2006)
Katie is eager to send her daughter (seen in 2019) to college in New York – the city she grew up in – so the pair can stay close, the source added
Katie got full custody of Suri after divorcing Tom in 2012 after six years of marriage and the couple are incredibly close (seen in 2018)
DailyMail.com has reached out to Tom’s spokesperson for comment.
According to another insider, Katie has not let Tom’s decision not to see Suri affect her upbringing.
“Being raised by a single mother in New York has made Suri who she is. Katie has always put Suri first and Suri loves her mom more than anything,” the source tells DailyMail.com.
“She’s a smart girl and she’s turning into a very intelligent mature woman. She has a very close group of loyal friends and she knows exactly where she comes from.’
Aside from her love of fashion, Suri – whose wardrobe is said to be worth $5 million – has also shown her talent for music, which she may also study while in college.
Last year, there was a trailer for a rom-com starring and directed by Katie, Alone Together, in which Suri sang Blue Moon on the soundtrack, while her mother praised her daughter as “the best.”
Katie spoke to Yahoo Entertainment about her decision to have Suri sing the two songs, telling the outlet, “I always want the highest level of talent.”
So I asked her. She is very talented. She said she would and she recorded it, and I let her do her thing,” Katie gushed.
Katie also said she hired Suri to sing in another movie she directed, Rare Objects.
When Suri was only four years old, Katie told Elle that her daughter often made comments about her clothes.
“Today I’m wearing brown suede pants and she said, ‘I don’t like your pants.’ But then she says, “You have to wear these shoes.” Or, “That’s so pretty, Mom. Wear that.” She has a good eye.’
During an interview with InStyle in 2020, Katie said Suri “came off very strong – she’s always been a strong personality.”
Tom famously jumped on Oprah’s couch in excitement over his relationship with Katie in 2005 (seen) – but the marriage reportedly soured over his commitment to Scientology
“She picks an activity and works her best until she’s really good at it. Then she says, okay, I’m going to try the next thing. She is very focused and a hard worker.’
Tom hasn’t seen Suri in over 10 years, but he does have a close bond with the two children he shares with Nicole Kidman, Isabella, 30, and Connor, 28.
Nicole, on the other hand – who filed for divorce in 2001 after 11 years of marriage due to Tom’s Scientology ties – has not spoken to Tom in nearly 20 years.
In 2019, author Samantha Domingo told Us Weekly that Tom was not allowed to have a relationship with Suri because she is not a Scientologist.
She told the outlet that the reason was due to the church’s belief in reincarnation, they would not consider Suri to be Tom’s daughter.
The acclaimed author added that they instead see Suri as a “spiritual being in the body of Tom’s daughter.”
Tom disagreed that his religion caused him to become estranged from Suri.
In 2013, Tom sued In Touch magazine for $50 million when the outlet reported that he had “abandoned” his daughter.
When the case went to court, Tom said he couldn’t see Suri because of his busy work schedule.
He told the court that he had not seen Suri for 100 days because he was filming a foreign movie called All You Need is Kill in London.
“Unfortunately, in this situation, it was impossible,” he told the court, according to People. He added that instead of abandoning his daughter, he called her every day…
“You have to work at it. I’ve gotten really good at it. I tell wonderful stories,” Tom told the court.
Tom and Katie were one of the most iconic couples of the early 2000s. After a year of dating, they got married in November 2006 in a lavish ceremony in Italy.
The Dawson’s Creek actress filed for divorce from him six years later, citing irreconcilable differences.
In an interview with German TV network ProSieben, Tom said he “didn’t expect” Katie to end their marriage.
Life is a tragicomedy. You have to have a sense of humor,” he said during the interview.
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