Suri Cruise’s relationship with her parents has been the subject of a lot of debate; here’s how close she is with her mom, Katie Holmes.
Being the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, there’s no doubt that Suri Cruise grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth. Suri was born on April 18th, 2006 in Los Angeles California. To Katie, motherhood meant everything, and Tom was so excited that days after the birth of their baby he told abc20/20, “It was everything we wanted it to be… It was spiritual, it was powerful, it was indescribable.”
Even though Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s marriage ended, Katie decided to keep her daughter, Suri out of the spotlight. Eventually, Suri blossomed into a beautiful girl now at 16 and takes after her mother in almost everything.
Here’s how Katie Holmes spends most of her time with her daughter…
8 Katie Holmes Moved To New York From California With Suri
Right after Katie Holmes was granted custody of their daughter, Suri, Katie and Suri moved from California to New York. Holmes enrolled Suri in first grade at Avenues, where she had to pay a hefty amount of $40,000 tuition fee.
7 Katie Loves Her Daughter Suri Immensely
While Katie was speaking to InStyle in 2021, the Alone Together actress said “I love her so much. My biggest goal has always been to nurture her into her individuality. To make sure she is 100 percent herself and strong, confident, and able. And to know it.”
Katie added, “She came out very strong – she’s always been a strong personality. She’ll pick an activity and work her butt off until she’s really good at it. Then she’s like, ‘Ok, I’m going to try the next thing.’ She’s very focused and a hard worker.”
6 Katie Wants Her Daughter To Have A Normal Life
Katie Holmes has always done her best to keep her daughter’s presence out of the public eye because she knows how overwhelming fame can get to one’s head.
During an interview with People in 2014 when Suri was just 8 years old, Katie said that she was determined to give Suri a normal life.
Katie also said that she tries her best in protecting her daughter, “I try very hard because I am very grateful for my upbringing and my parents and siblings. I try to do what they did for me for my little one.”
5 This Is What Katie Holmes Said About Raising Her Daughter On Her Own
According to Radar Online, Katie has been raising her daughter Suri on her own ever since she went her separate ways from Tom Cruise in 2012 and Tom decided not to continue visiting their daughter allegedly because Katie and Suri’s distanced themselves from Scientology.
During an interview with Elle, Katie revealed how happy she was to become a mother in her 20s. She gave birth to Suri when she was 27 years old.
“It’s been nice that our ages fit… how do I put this? Every age that my child has been and my age at that time has been a good match. We kind of grew up together.” Katie said.
That’s probably the reason why Katie’s bond with her daughter Suri gets stronger by the day.
4 Katie And Suri Always Hang Out Together
When Suri was younger, they attended events together such as the Z100 Jingle Ball introducing Taylor Swift. They both also attended the 2015 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards that was held in Inglewood, California. It looks like they still hang out together even up until now.
3 Katie Holmes Love To Wear Matching Outfits With Her Daughter
Katie and Suri were always spotted out in the streets of New York rocking matching outfits. The mother-daughter duo always enjoyed twinning and stealing the show with their fashionable statements wherever they went.
2 Katie Featured Her Daughter In Her New Movie
Since Katie Holmes said in her own words that she was looking for the highest level of talent, she decided to feature her daughter in her new movie, Alone Together. Suri was featured in the movie to record a cover song with her rendition of ‘Blue Moon’ for the opening credits.
While Speaking to Yahoo Entertainment, Katie Said, “I always want the highest level of talent, so I asked her! She’s very, very talented. She said she would do it and she recorded it, and I let her do her thing. That’s the way I direct in general: It’s like, ‘This is what I think we all want — go do your thing.”
Holmes added on to say that Suri’s singing career won’t just be a one-time thing.
1 This Is How Katie And Suri Spent Quarantine Together
During an interview with Amazing Magazine, in Katie’s cover story of 2022, the Daily Mail reported that during the global pandemic, Katie said being quarantined with her daughter felt like ‘they were on a perpetual vacation.’ “We were also on a lake and there was a hammock, so I would wake up, sew, have coffee, take a nap on the hammock.” She said.
Her relationship with her daughter seems like a very healthy relationship that any child would wish for, and we love that for them both.
