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Post by Ladybug on Oct 31, 2014 17:14:02 GMT -4
Maybe it was just the Pat Kingsley effect, but when his older kids were little he seemed like a normal dad who loved spending time with them. It seemed genuine. He protected their privacy but he also talked about them affectionately and when you did see them, they looked happy and normal. Then it became obvious he was pushing Nicole out of their lives and he paraded Suri around like a show pony. And now he seems to have dropped Suri for whatever reason. It's really sad for both of them. I believe he's probably her bio dad also. Growing up without a father or cutting off your kid because of religion is just baffling to me.
From the divorce stories, I remember reading that he has "reasonable" visitation rights. I don't think Katie fought that. I think he's just not exercising the rights he has. And I wonder how Katie explains this to her. I'm sad for the kid if he's just cut her off.
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xenna
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Post by xenna on Oct 31, 2014 17:18:53 GMT -4
I think Katie is still under contract to the Scieno's, because there is no way her father would let her move her and Suri to Sciencoville, I mean Los Angeles, unless it's part of the deal they made for TommyBoy to buy her a SoCal mansion. The deposition he did last year showed he was still seeing Suri after the divorce, just not very frequently. It appears Tom hasn't allowed pap access to his life for a couple of years which may be why there's been no pics of him with Suri.
I also think part of Katie's contract involves No Public Boyfriends. Let's face it, the best way to get her name unshackled from *Scientology* or *Tom Cruise* in the public's mind would be to have a nice low-key relationship with another celeb that she could slyly reference in her Marie Claire or People cover stories. It's been almost 2 1/2 years since the split, and yet every time her name is coupled with another man's, her publicist issues panicked denials. For whatever reason, the Scienos absolutely do not want her to shake off the Tom Cruise association. I would have thought two years would be the limit on that, but maybe it's 3 or 5 years.
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celerydunk
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Post by celerydunk on Oct 31, 2014 18:45:18 GMT -4
Sadly, I know several people who have walked away from their children after divorce/break up with the custodial parent. We all know people who haven't seen one of their parents since early childhood. I think some people have an ability to shut off their emotions.
Although, given how relatively quiet he has been since the divorce, I wouldn't be surprised if he had some sort of crisis and the Scientologists have had to reprogram him. He was a good scientologist, did everything like he was supposed to and his robot wife still left.
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Post by Witchie on Oct 31, 2014 22:15:46 GMT -4
This is a man who had no qualms cutting the mother & her family off from his children because of his vaulted beliefs. I fully believe he'd hold Scientology in higher esteem than his own children. He may have originally wanted to keep in touch with Suri, but the pull of his religion eased his pain and he has dropped her. Let's not forget. Tommy fled to London and primarily lives there. So, it doesn't really matter if Suri is in LA now, he's not. Or there wouldn't be rumors of him hooking up with Lohan.
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Post by scarlet on Dec 6, 2014 13:07:46 GMT -4
Someone help me, but I actually found Katie to be...likeable? in this clip: link
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Post by Sunnyhorse on Dec 6, 2014 13:13:47 GMT -4
I think she probably is a nice, normal, likable person IRL, although I did find her a little "on" in the video (although I think that's likely just for the product she's shilling).
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Post by Spinderella on Dec 7, 2014 4:15:16 GMT -4
"I had a large dark chocolate bar for dinner...last night."
Barf. I find her phoney baloney in the entire clip. She's not a great actress, but give her enough money to sit and answer random, useless questions about herself and she can sell anything.
Like hair care products.
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Post by Hamatron on Dec 7, 2014 11:31:23 GMT -4
Yeah, this Tom Cruise marriage sort of ruined and made her career weird. Right now she should be playing recurring roles on the CW (though I she's not good enough to ever play "the mom," as the CW tends to put in the effort and gets awesome grownups for their main parent roles). She should be playing multi-show arcs as an plot annoyance vampire or that mean teacher or a put-together lawyer.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2014 11:33:43 GMT -4
I occasionally eat an entire dark chocolate bar for breakfast. Does that make me cuter or badder or, rather, badder in that cute girly way? Ugh. I like Katie Holmes, but I agree, that was pretty rehearsed and phony. The hair dye question did get me thinking (talk about being girly!). Has she ever not been a brunette? She might look good with a honey blonde color. C'mon Katie. You eat chocolate for dinner! You're clearly a risk taker. Be girly-girl-daring and change up your hair!
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Post by scarlet on Dec 7, 2014 13:37:34 GMT -4
The hair dye question did get me thinking (talk about being girly!). Has she ever not been a brunette? She might look good with a honey blonde color. Years and years ago, she was the spokesperson for Nutrisse for awhile and colored her hair this bad orangey-red color. THEN, to make it worse, she let it grow out while doing Dawson's Creek, so for a good half a season it looked like she was wearing a black skull cap. Maybe that experience scarred her, lol.
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