Since Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announced their divorce last Friday, many rumors have circulated around the couple, especially regarding Tom's eccentricities. Of all that has been said, there is one detail that has attracted a lot of media attention.
According to an article in the Huffington Post, in 2005, 4 years after separating from Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise approached several young actresses who were starting their careers in Hollywood. The intention was to offer them a 5-year marriage contract.
The offer was received, according to rumors, by Sofía Vergara,
Scarlett Johansson and Katie Holmes, who ended up becoming the actor's third
wife.
The trade included a (massive, for Tom Cruise) boost to the
actress's career, as well as incredible amounts of money, and even more
money if the girl had a child. With this, Tom Cruise would manage to
rehabilitate his public image, which had been badly damaged, and would end
the rumors about his alleged homos-xuality.
Now that Katie has filed for divorce, the story resurfaces
stronger than ever. And of course, Scientology is involved in all this.
In
a statement written by Tony Ortega, Editor-in-Chief of the Village Voice, he
said that this "urban legend" may have stemmed from the fact that several
girls had to sign confidentiality agreements before dating Tom, according to
their church procedures. Also, many actresses are banned by
Scientology.
“The church was very careful in helping Tom find a new wife.
Although he tried to keep many things quiet, when he divorced Nicole several
issues that many did not understand came to light.
Tony Ortega
has followed in the footsteps of this religion since 2005, so he has lived
closely the growth of Tom Cruise within it, and has witnessed how it has
affected (positively or negatively, depending on the point of view of each
person). ) his life and his decisions.
Scarlett Johansson and Katie Holmes auditioned for the movie
Mission Impossible III. Rumor has it that Scarlett left the production
because Tom was too insistent on the subject of Scientology, while Katie,
although she didn't get the role, was more accessible, so she started dating
the actor.
Everything seemed to indicate that Katie accepted this
religion. When Suri was born in 2006, she agreed to a silent birth, a
practice promoted by Scientology to avoid a negative effect on the
mother-daughter bond.
Despite the rumors that circulated around
them, several sources close to the couple assured, throughout the duration
of her marriage, that Tom was truly in love with Katie, and that he had the
best intentions with her.
A friend of Tom's revealed to the
Huffington Post (on condition of anonymity) that he doesn't believe the
marriage was arranged, let alone a business contract: "If they had a
confidentiality agreement it doesn't surprise me, I'm sure that many
celebrities do. Does this mean there is a contract? No. Is there a chance
that Katie is legally prohibited from revealing some things? Probably."
Ever
since they met, Katie had always known that Scientology was at the forefront
of Tom's life. “The church is very involved in their lives, and has been
from the beginning. Katie was aware of this, and yet she agreed to get
married, so now coming off as if she were the victim doesn't seem
sincere."
All these rumors have surfaced since Katie asked for
full custody of Suri, a fact that makes us assume that she wants to get her
completely away from Tom. And this is noisy because, with so many
precautions that the church took to choose the actor's wife, one would
assume that there is a pre-nuptial agreement that required joint custody, or
even that an agreement had been signed for Tom to take care of the little
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