The Church of Scientology contributed to Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman‘s 2001 cut up by creating a “distance” between them, former member Mike Rinder claims in his new e book.
The issues allegedly started when Cruise, 60, and Kidman, 55, were filming the 1999 drama Eyes Wide Shut in London, Rinder writes in his memoir, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology. After the Top Gun famous person began ignoring phone calls from the church’s leader, David Miscavige, amid his intense filming time table, they allegedly sent a best church government to the U.Okay. in order to “audit” him.
As a result of the process — which involves strolling somebody back thru tough occasions in their existence in order to work via any negativity — Rinder claims that Cruise “was gradually drawn back into the sector of Scientology.” The Jerry Maguire star’s rededicated focus on the Church “created a distance” between him and Kidman.
Though the Oscar winner joined the Church of Scientology following her December 1990 wedding to Cruise, Rinder claims that she “never expressed particular eagerness for her Scientology courses or auditing.” He also alleges that Scientology officials disapproved of Kidman as a result of her father used to be a psychiatrist, a profession that the church appears to be like down on. “Had she no longer been Mrs. Tom Cruise, she would not have been eligible to participate in OT ranges in any respect due to her familial connection to psychiatry,” the Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath cohost writes.
Miscavige, 62, and other Scientology leaders have been so concerned concerning the Moulin Rouge megastar’s possible affect on Cruise that Rinder claims that they hired a private investigator to wiretap her phone.
He later added, “When Tom and Nicole divorced, Miscavige was glad that the ‘negative influence’ of Nicole was once now not dragging Tom away. Cruise thereafter became more fervent in his vocal public support of scientology and Miscavige.”
In a observation to Page Six, the Church denied the allegations. “The Church never ordered or participated in any illegal wiretapping,” the observation, which was once published on Tuesday, September 24, read. “Mike Rinder is an inveterate liar who seeks to profit from his dishonesty. He helps himself via orchestrating the harassment of his former Church and its chief through false police studies, incendiary propaganda and fraudulent media stories.”
In the many years since their high-profile divorce, Kidman has rarely commented on her reports as a member of Scientology out of respect for the two children she shares with Cruise: Bella, 29, and Connor, 27. “I've two kids who're Scientologists — Connor and Isabella — and I utterly respect their beliefs,” she informed The Hollywood Reporter in January 2013.
When she was once requested if Scientology strained her relationship with her two eldest children, Kidman avoided the query: “My eye is going to a get dressed here — that’s how interested I'm in this.”
Five years later, the Australia local explained that since marrying Keith Urban in June 2006, she is reluctant to talk about her relationship with Cruise. “It almost feels disrespectful [to Keith],” Kidman mentioned in a 2018 essay for New York Magazine. “That stated, I got married very younger, but it surely wasn’t energy for me — it used to be protection. … When I got here out of [the marriage] at 32, 33, it’s virtually like I needed to grow up.”
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Since tying the knot with the country singer, 54, Kidman welcomed daughters Sunday and Faith in July 2008 and 2010, respectively. Cruise, for his part, welcomed a daughter in April 2006 with ex Katie Holmes. The pair married in November of that 12 months, however called it quits in June 2012.
Us Weekly has reached out to Cruise and the Church of Scientology for remark.
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