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She\u2019s officially distancing herself from the famous father she hasn\u2019t seen in years\u00a0<\/p>\n
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It seems Suri has dropped her father’s last name<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s safe to say that Hollywood has a longstanding history with nepobabies \u2013 with the likes of Brooklyn Beckham, Lily-Rose Depp, Zoe Kravitz and Hailey Bieber (n\u00e9e Baldwin) all copping flak in the past for trading in on their famous surnames.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But there\u2019s one rising star who ostensibly wants nothing to do with her patronym \u2013 nor with the famous father whom she previously shared it with. Step forward Suri Cruise, who, having turned 18 last month, has made visible steps to officially distance herself from her estranged dad, Tom Cruise, once and for all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, it was revealed that the aspiring actress and singer, who\u2019s currently in her senior year of high school, had chosen to use the name \u201cSuri Noelle\u201d in the programme for a theatre production of the musical\u00a0Head Over Heels\u00a0\u2013 adopting her mum Katie Holmes\u2019 middle name, Noelle. Already, by choosing the name Noelle, instead of Holmes, it\u2019s clear that Suri wants to be judged on her own merits, and not on her family ties.<\/p>\n
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Tom is said to have very little contact with his daughter<\/p>\n
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But, crucially, by dropping Cruise, Suri has officially cut any lasting links to the dad she never sees. While it\u2019s not known whether Suri has made any legal moves to change her name for good, the fact is that turning 18 cast a significant line in the sand for her and Tom. He\u2019s no longer liable to be paying child payments, which reportedly amounted to \u00a3318,000 a year, plus expenses including medical and educational costs. So, according to insiders, Suri\u2019s decided to take the defiant step and tell the world \u2013 and Tom, 61, \u2013 that she no longer needs him in her life. Not as a father, and not as a leg-up in her aspiring film and TV career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is a very talented actress, and Katie is nurturing her career and helping her to take the right steps to slowly build a resume that will get her the right sort of jobs,\u201d says an insider close the mum and daughter duo, who live together in New York City. \u201cSuri\u2019s starting by taking on stage plays \u2013 that way she can work on her craft and really get her skills up by turning to TV and movies. This isn\u2019t about a cash grab. The goal is to create a longlasting career that she can be proud of and, with her mum\u2019s careful guidance, there\u2019s no doubt she will make that happen. She certainly doesn\u2019t need Tom\u2019s help, nor his name, to make it as an actress.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Tom and Katie split in 2012 when Suri was just six years old<\/p>\n
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It’s safe to say that Suri\u2019s family set-up looked very different when she was born in 2006. Back then, her parents were Hollywood\u2019s most famous, and seemingly loved-up, couple, while her public debut at six months on the cover of\u00a0Vanity Fair\u00a0was one of the defining moments of the year. At the time, Tom gushed about his and Katie\u2019s new arrival, telling the publication, and the world, \u201cMy whole life, I always wanted to be a father. I always said to myself that my children would be able to depend on me and I would always be there for them and love them \u2013 that I\u2019d never make a promise to my kids that I couldn\u2019t keep. I\u2019m not one of those people who believe you can spoil a kid with too much love. You can never give a child too much love. There\u2019s just no way.\u201d<\/p>\n
But six years later, the veneer of their picture-perfect family was torn apart, after Katie filed for divorce and moved to New York with Suri in tow \u2013 reportedly doing so to free herself and her daughter from the dogma and doctrine of Scientology. Tom himself later admitted as much, saying that \u201cone of the assertions\u201d of their split was that his ex-wife no longer wanted to live under the constraints of his beloved Church. In 2013, the\u00a0Top Gun\u00a0actor sued a magazine for reporting he\u2019d \u201cabandoned\u201d his daughter, arguing he wasn\u2019t able to see Suri because of his busy work schedule \u2013 but that was the last year he and Suri were ever photographed together. And as the years crept on, it became more and more apparent that they no longer had any relationship to speak of.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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As a child, Suri was often in the spotlight alongside her famous father<\/p>\n
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As for Katie, 45, she\u2019s been largely focused on shielding Suri from the world\u2019s scrutiny, and giving her as normal a life as possible. Last year, she said in an interview, \u201cWhat has been really important for me with my daughter, because she was so visible at a young age, is I really like to protect her. I\u2019m very grateful to be a parent, to be her parent. She\u2019s an incredible person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Katie\u2019s also nurtured Suri\u2019s interest in the arts \u2013 even featuring her singing voice in two of her movies, 2022\u2019s Alone Together, and Katie\u2019s 2023 directorial debut, Rare Objects. Our insider tells us that, while she\u2019s never forced Suri\u2019s relationship with Tom \u2013 nor forced her to distance herself from him \u2013 she\u2019s gently supported any decision her daughter makes when it comes to her famous dad. And her recent decision to eschew his name on stage is no exception.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Suri seems keen to follow in her mum’s acting footsteps<\/p>\n
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\u201cKatie is so proud of Suri, and totally supports her in dropping the name Cruise,\u201d we\u2019re told. \u201cIf Tom wants to make an effort to be in her life again, things could change, but at this point the name weighs her down more than it helps her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Time will tell if Tom does indeed make steps in time to reach out to his youngest daughter, but Suri\u2019s name change has made it crystal clear that the ball is firmly in his court. It certainly seems that, in the past few months, the actor has made steps to nurture former relationships in his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last month, he reunited with David and Victoria Beckham at the latter\u2019s 50th\u00a0birthday party, putting an end to a feud that had broken out years ago after the couple rejected his repeated attempts to ingratiate them into the Church of Scientology. He was also pictured earlier this month with his older children, Bella, 31, and Connor, 29, at a hockey game in Florida \u2013 the first time the trio have been pictured together in 15 years. Sources have said this is an indication that the movie star is determinedly putting his family and friends first, having burned bridges in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whether that leads him back to Suri remains to be seen. In the meantime, her position is clear: she can make it in her own right.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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