When Isabella Cruise got married, neither of her A-list parents made it to the ceremony. But which one was apparently banned?
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00:00When Isabella Cruz got married, neither of her A-list parents made it to the ceremony,
00:06but which one was apparently banned?
00:08Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise probably had one of the most publicized divorces in Hollywood
00:13history, but the end of their marriage tends to overshadow the fact that it did last for
00:1811 years.
00:20And Kidman shared with New York Magazine that it gave her protection within the industry
00:24when she was still a young actor and wife.
00:27They also adopted two children together, Isabella and Connor Cruz.
00:32However, over the years, it's been a bit cloudy on whether Kidman still has a relationship
00:37with her adopted children, or whether they are fully estranged.
00:40What does that mean?
00:42In 2016, Kidman told Red magazine that she got married young and was in awe of how she'd
00:48done so and had two kids by age 27.
00:51However, she wouldn't have wanted it any other way.
00:54She also looks back on her relationship with Cruz fondly, telling Ladies Home Journal,
00:59"[He was just Tom, but to everybody else, he is huge.
01:03But he was lovely to me, and I loved him.
01:05I still love him."
01:06Unfortunately, the Church of Scientology didn't have a good influence on their marriage.
01:12Reportedly, the church set up Kidman for failure by concocting the divorce, and there are claims
01:18the church messed with her relationship with her kids as well.
01:21But that's not really why neither she nor Cruz attended their daughter's wedding.
01:26When Isabella Cruz got married in 2015, both of her adoptive parents were noticeably absent
01:32from the ceremony.
01:34Isabella was 22 at the time and wed her British boyfriend, Max Parker, an IT consultant.
01:40The two reportedly met through mutual friends.
01:42The Daily Mail reported that the wedding was apparently a Scientology ceremony, with a
01:47well-known Scientologist being one of Parker's groomsmen.
01:52Unsurprisingly, it's Isabella who is the devoted Scientologist in the couple, not Parker.
01:57Even though Kidman was in London at the time working on a play, sources say she was forbidden
02:02from coming to the ceremony, as it was believed her appearance would cause a media circus.
02:07However, it doesn't seem like there's any bad blood between Isabella and Kidman over
02:12this.
02:13The outlet reported that they had dinner together with Isabella's husband-to-be the day before.
02:17A source told the Daily Mail,
02:19"[Nicole was actually involved with the wedding preparations, but she didn't go to the ceremony.
02:24Also, the animosity between Tom and Nicole was probably a factor."
02:29Speaking of Tom Cruz, he allegedly paid for Isabella's wedding, even though he was not
02:34there either.
02:35Isabella's adopted brother, Connor, was also not in attendance.
02:39People reported that none of this meant anything negative, as the purpose really seemed to
02:43be for the sake of keeping the ceremony small, intimate, and quiet.
02:47The Daily Mail alleged that Isabella Cruz and Nicole Kidman had a falling out when Tom
02:52Cruz and Kidman divorced in 2001 because Isabella decided to stay committed to the Church of
02:58Scientology.
02:59Of course, Tom Cruz is an important member of the controversial church, and it has been
03:04likened to a cult.
03:05As the Daily Beast reported in 2019, Isabella Cruz was a top Scientology recruiter for the
03:11organization and thanked her father in an internal testimony for how great being an
03:16auditor for the church was.
03:18"'Help me help you.'"
03:21It's not truly known what Kidman's relationships are like with her two adopted children, but
03:26they both chose to live with Cruz after the divorce and are both devoted to Scientology
03:30like their father.
03:32And at the 2018 Golden Globes, when Kidman was thanking all of her children, she only
03:37named the two biological kids she shares with husband Keith Urban.
03:42Supposedly, the church indoctrinated the two Cruz kids against Kidman's wishes because
03:47of her choice to leave and divorce Cruz.
03:50But in 2020, per Hello!
03:52Magazine, it looked like Isabella was liking Kidman's posts on Instagram.
03:56Does this mean they've made amends?
03:58Are they talking?
03:59It's hard to say.
04:01While it seems that Kidman's wedding absence would paint their relationship in a negative
04:05There is many reasons to assume otherwise.
04:08After all, Isabella and Tom Cruz are allegedly close, and he was also a no-show at the marriage
04:14ceremony.