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Suri’s ‘Education’ & ‘Upbringing’ Was Real Reason for Split, Says Katie Holmes Insider

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Katie Holmes’s decision to split with Tom Cruise ultimately came down to their daughter Suri’s “upbringing” and “education,” an insider confirms to Gossip Cop, which thoroughly investigated the recent breakup.

According to our impeccable source, Holmes’s “biggest concern is Suri,” who she “wants to have a normal education, to go to a normal school with other kids, make friends,” and not be home schooled by Scientologists.

Our insider notes that all other speculation about why Holmes left Cruise, such as long periods spent apart because of work, is wrong.

“Scientology was the reason” for the split, confirms Holmes’s confidante.

Eventually, her six-year-old’s education became a concern, and the actress decided she wanted to rear her daughter in a more similar way to her own Catholic “upbringing.”

While Holmes’s decision to split blindsided Cruise, who was “deeply saddened,” it was something she had been thinking about for some time.

Meanwhile, we’re told Holmes is “doing OK” following the divorce announcement.

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  • jamie

    She should have divored him along time ago.

  • Anonymous

    Why would she married him in the first place? She knew he belonged to this church, she knew it all.

  • Guest

    Feel sorry for everyone involved, especially Suri. No matter what Suri loves her dad and should see him. Tom does seem controlling but no one really knows what is going on but the people involved. Hope everyone finds a peaceful solution to this and it works out the best for Suri and Katy.

  • Anonymous

    Well duh, I think everyone was already hinting towards that. That’s why she filed in New York & not California. Once you get into Scientology, that’s all you will care about. Nothing, not even your family, will matter to you anymore. Which is why once someone leaves then it’s so easy for them to tell you to disconnect from those who left the church.

  • Naomi

    Maybe she finally just “came to her senses.” Sad for everyone involved. Thank you Gossip Cop for not being like every other blog and throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks, but taking your time to get answers.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think she realized how deep into that church he was. I think she was caught up in it because he’s a big movie star & she had a crush on him since she was young.

  • Anonymous

    I wonder if the Chruch is going to try and black list Katie from Hollywood. If you read into the guy that sold the ShamWow stuff that is what happened to him. And like another commenter said Katie knew he was in this religion and had to have seen how dedicaded he was to it before they had Suri. It’s really just odd.

  • pjl

    If you think about it logically, Katie was 25 years old when she met Tom Cruise. Do you remember when you were 25, star struck, gullable, and in love. She probably was excited by what he was telling her about Scientology. Now she has this child to think about and the deeper in you get the more cult like it becomes. Her parents had probably been chipping away at her and finally she got the strength to cut the ties. For those of you saying sole custody means he can’t see Suri, it certainly does not mean that. It means that she has control over the important decisions such as schooling, religion, medical. He will still have visitation rights.

  • KLL

    Katie matured and saw Tom for the controlling individual he is.

  • American

    If her religious upbringing was the case, wouldn’t have Katie Holmes seen this coming? She knew what she was getting herself into.

    And this divorce was a total surprise. Couldn’t the two have just talked about it instead of splitting up?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=711231991 Robin Jayden

    I know what it is like when you are 25 and completely wide-eyed and excited for anything new. Everything is exciting…especially with something solid like Tom Cruise. You can be extremely gullible at that age and even if Tom told her and showed her about Scientology, that could have been something she was willing to try out, or join because it was important to him. Catholic as she may be, she may have fallen off the band wagon and not really been keeping up with her Catholic roots at the time. I’ve been there and found myself with someone, married, pregnant…..and boy did my eyes really open to reality after our son was born. You can really come full circle and wonder “what the hell just happened?” even though you were the one making all the decisions. So here we are and she realizes this isn’t working. Besides all the reasons we do not know about, Suri became the her focus…the absolute reason that directs her in a direct path of knowing what she wants because she doesn’t want to put her child in an unstable place. As time progressed, the feeling grew more and more intense and I am sure by then she knew Scientology is NOT what she wanted, let alone for her child. I am saddened this is ending in a divorce, but happy that she is following her roots, her Catholic roots that really follow what is important and obviously guided her and stuck with her even when she fell away. Society allows us to think Christ is not important and we think it’s okay because it’s the popular vote by the mass we live around in our environment. We are allowed to make our own decisions…but we slip sometimes and let others make them for us. Being in Hollywood..it’s easier for stars to slip. I am really proud of her for being so brave and saying enough is enough and my child is worth it…and so am I. My hopes is that this could be a peaceful divorce (I know they never are), but for the sake of their daughter. Seeing that Tom never talks about his kids he adopted with Nicole and has only had Suri in the lime light since…..I really feel she belongs with her mother. It does not mean Suri shouldn’t see her father, but in order for Suri to really get the lifestyle that is important to Katie, then the only sound way would to be reside with Katie. I don’t think constant travels, being out of school just to globe trot and practice Scientology because it’s the coolest thing in Hollywood is what is best for their daughter. Of course this is only my opinion, but I’ve been there and have been making up for my mistakes ever since. However, my beautiful boy is much better off than he would have been, had I allowed myself to continue following what others wanted me to do.

  • Jules Simcox

    A case Of Scientology getting in the way among other things!! She knew the score about Scientology from the start so I think there is a little something more to it than that!!! hmmmm….

  • Jennifer

    Not really. She was quite young, inexperienced, had had a crush on Cruise for years, was dazzled by the rush of attention from him, so suddenly. I am pretty sure Cruise and his CoS colleagues did everything possible to put the best face on what CoS was all about, making it seem wonderful. I don’t think they mentioned the isolationism program from non-CoS family and former friends, the re-education camps for people who tried to leave, the beatings, the blacklisting, the child slave labor, and their intrusion into every part of your life, up to and including your pregnancy and the birthing of your child. It was a process after that, little by little, the last straw being the plans they began to unveil for Suri’s education and future. Rosemary’s Baby.

  • Jennifer

    Oh, I’m sure Cruise and his friends told her the absolute truth of CoS. You betcha. :D

  • Bobbi O. Mayweather

    a big movie star & she had a crush on him since she was young...BusinessJob7.blogspot.com

  • Anonymous

    I highly doubt Katie had any real idea about just how bad Scientology is and all of it’s cult like weirdness until after she married Tom. They are very secretive and wouldn’t want her to know everything until they were convinced they had her brainwashed enough. Thank God Katie woke up before they dragged Suri too deep into it. I’m sure she will fight with all she’s worth to make sure that little girl doesn’t end up like Tom.

  • Ejiro1145

    Tom cruise had sex with a guy last year and Katie find out about it last month, what da fuck is the media not saying???? hello”””’Tom is gay

  • Kaylee

    So sad that Katie was so caught up in the fact that she was marrying Tom Cruise ( her childhood crush) and having his child that she didn’t take the time to find a father for her child that shares her same views for her child’s future.

  • Czeubanks

    If I can look up the CoS on Wikipedia and find out all the weird sh*t this “church” follows, then I think she could have done the same. Granted, there is some secret hush hush stuff you only gain access to after attaining higher levels, but the gist of the “religion” is well known and public knowledge. I don’t doubt that she got caught up and bought into it for Tom, but, man… a simple Google search would get you all the info you need to know about how weird those people are!

  • Susan63_

    you people are all saying it’s tom’s fault well last i checked it takes 2 people. and if she had any guts she would have spoke to him first and told him how she felt. instead of being sneaky about it. why go visit him and act like nothing wrong then serve him. that’s just wrong.and it’s always sad when kids are involved. because it’sthe kids who hurt the most.

  • Regina1180

    This doesn’t really make any sense. Why would she leave him just because they couldn’t agree on how Suri will be schooled? Together or not, they both have to agree on how to raise thier daughter.

    There is much, much more there.

  • Lolly

    Talk about it? It’s very hard to have a conversation with someone when they are so controlling and domineering. She has practically been in an abusive relationship, maybe not physically abusive but mentally abusive for sure. It is not as easy as sitting down and talking about it. If it was, I doubt she would have gone to the trouble of hiding the fact that she was leaving him, until she had everything in place. She filed divorce papers in another state, secretly rented her own place and didn’t let her husband know until the very last minute. I’d say it clearly was not as easy as sitting down for a chat about it.

  • Liza

    I think Katie Holmes should definitely be watching her back. I find it hard to believe that Scientology is going to want this to spill out in court. If I were her, I definitely would not be letting my child out of my sight and for sure I would not be feeling very safe. I hope she has her family around to look out for her. She did the right thing in leaving him, a lot of women would be to scared to do so. It shows that Suri, is her number one priority.

  • Darkeclipse

    It’s all about the money

  • Haylie

    At least Katie is going to fight for her child. Nicole Kidman didn’t even try. She just let Tom have them and raise them in that crazy religion and now she has no relationship with them. Sad.

  • Haylie

    Katie hasn’t looked happy in a long time. I am sure most of it has to do with Scientology. That religion is very very weird to say the least. It’s also extremely controlling and with Tom being such a high up member (can’t remember what they call it) I can only imagine how they lived. Katie probably felt isolated from her friends and family and like she was living in prison most of the time. It takes courage to leave someone no matter who you are or what your situation is. I applaud her for doing so. Like I stated in another post, Nicole Kidman divorced Tom years ago but she didn’t fight to have custody of her two kids she has with him. Tom got them and raised them in Scientology and now Nicole has no relationship with her kids. Her kids don’t even call her mom (what Nicole stated herself). At least Katie is going to fight for Suri.

  • Guest

    Suri is 6, just the age when her formal education will start. If Tom is as controlling as everyone says, and we know how deep he is into Scientology, it just makes sense that now is a good time to move on. Katie and Tom have no doubt been fighting about Scientology education for Suri and Katie was scared to death for her child. I don’t blame her…..it is truly frightening. Thank God Katie has her parents…they seem truly able to help her. Best of luck with this Katie and Suri. It would be a shame to see Suri end up as close to her mother as Tom’s other kids are to Nicole.

  • Guest

    You really can’t fight Scientology…..I truly believe that. Tom & Nicole’s kids are still involved with Scientology and for me, that explains why Nicole has no real relationship with them. They have probably been told to disconnect with her. Really too bad.

  • Janet

    You have no idea what the COS is about. They don’t educate the kids, they brainwash them.

  • Liza

    Completely agree!!

  • dolman

    It’s not about COS or Tom being controlling. If you remember, Katie got pregnant just knowing him for 3 months! Duh, birth control?? And she raved about COS for a long time. This is about a little girl getting what she thought she wanted, and found out the lifestyle (globetrotting, Tom gone a lot) isn’t what she wants. She can’t have a career. It’s all about her…not Suri so much. She has done most of the child rearing thus far and look at the mess. Parenting isn’t just being there. Giving a child anything they want and treating them like an adult is not wise. This whole story is about being careful what you wish for….you just might get it. It’s terribly sad for Suri.

  • Betty

    Katie would never have become as famous or as rich as she is now if it hadnt been for Cruise. I have to wonder why she announced the divorce on his birthday (he threw her a beautiful bash when it was her birthday) and I also wonder why she now needs nine bodyguards when she takes Suri for ice cream. I believe she knew absolutely what she was getting into when she agreed to marry Cruise and when her contract was up (and no one forced her into it) she kicked him to the curb. The divorce could have been amicable but Katie wanted to humiliate Tom. Sorry this is no sweet hometown girl like I originally thought, but one very calculating and not very nice woman.

  • Betty

    Katie hasnt looked happy in a long time so why didnt she get out of the marriage? She has a high profile and could have left at any time, but she stayed to finish her contract and then secretly made plans to leave so she could do it publicly on Tom’s birthday. I hope Tom has shared custody of his daughter and Katie does not call the shots. If it isnt about the money then Katie should walk away with what she earned and no more. Tom Cruise however is a very generous man. Think about it, what evil or harm has he done to any of the women he’s been associated with. Oh yeah and Connor and Isabella chose not to live with Nicole.

  • angie

    Whats wrong with Tom and what harm has he done to Katie….? This is a grown woman who could have walked at any time. Her father is a lawyer and she is close to her family………….she isnt cut off from anyone. Katie is no victim.

  • Anonymous

    Holmes confidant gave GC the story so its “absolutely true”. I want to hear from Cruise’s confidant.

  • Ramona08

    As polarizing as religion is, it is a big deal.Tom other/ children were home schooled and Suri was headed in the same direction. Tom is in deep with the CoS and doesn’t seem like he would allow Suri to be raised any other way. Have you seen him talk about the CoS? My guess is she tried and he wasn’t having it. They probably would have tried an intervention if she had openly said what she was planning.

  • reality check

    What did someone do to you in your life?

  • Guest

    right..or is about her wanting to be in the spotlight and trying to have a career again.
    She wants Suri’s best my ass

  • Bjwilding

    People need to look at the way Katie has handled this whole thing. Taking Suri away from a father who dotes on her is hurting the child and it doesn’t appear that Katie gives a damn. She is very selfish. This could have been played out in private but she chose to make it public. Shame on her and shame on her for not being woman enough to make this a private matter. How do you proclaim such love for someone and then want to stomp on their emotions by using your child to do it. She will some day regret her foolish ways. It seems no one in the media even cares to focus on what this might be doing to this child. The child will become aware one day. Regardless of how she wants to raise Suri you just don’t go off in public and kick the father to the curb. She could use some sound advice from a professional.

  • Ninepb

    I agree with you, katie is very, very selfish. She is depriving Suri of a father’s love. what if it happens to her, if tom cruise was the first one to file divorce and seek sole custody of their child ? Suri needs love of both parents even her parents are living their own separate lives.

  • wht

    From your personal experience? That does not comply to theirs?

  • Cece

    Why should Katie have any control over Suri… You know that when Katie married Tom her dad who is a lawyer knew exactly what the pre-nup said and it was apparently her dad who helped her rent that apartment in New York. So if Katie was having all these awful problems, she could have run to her dad for help and/or gone home. But she didnt. Maybe $3 million a year wasnt enough for them early on and they waited five years to get as much as they could.

  • Audrey

    She had to wait to get the money, which was their agreement. She signed the contract for the MONEY. Don’t make her look like a poor girls, she new from the start that she will come out with millions! Poor Katie, common!

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