Nicole Kidman’s Rare Comment About Tom Cruise Finally Dispelled A Rumor About Their Marriage

A media frenzy seemed to follow Nicole Kidman and her husband Tom Cruise throughout their 11-year marriage. Once they divorced in 2001 that spotlight may have turned off, but people still wondered about one particular detail of the couple’s relationship. It took until 2020 for the actress to address this question – and her answer shed light on the turning point in the stars’ ill-fated union.

From the start, though, Kidman and Cruise’s relationship set the tabloids alight with rumors and whispers. The couple wed a mere six months after they met, their rush to get married matching the fervor of public interest in their romance. Right away, people began to speculate that the actress was expecting.

That rumor proved untrue, but it certainly wasn’t the last of the gossip to chase Kidman and Cruise throughout their relationship. Some people wondered about the couple’s affiliation with the Church of Scientology, for one. Specifically, it was said that the religious group oversaw all of the A-listers’ career decisions.

There were whispers, too, that Kidman had latched onto Cruise as a way to bring herself into the Hollywood fold. Indeed, at the time they got together, he was the bigger name. He had already starred in some of his most famous films – Top Gun and Rain Man included. Meanwhile, the Aussie actress was more or less unknown to American audiences.

But Kidman has long defended her feelings for her first husband, Cruise and how she felt a genuine, immediate attraction to him. She once told the BBC, “I walked into the [audition], and [Tom] was the one that stood up and shook my hand. And I just remember… electricity going through me.”