Nicole Kidmanand Tom Cruise are the parents of two adopted children, Connor and Isabella “Bella” Cruise.
When the couple split, the “Moulin Rogue” actor’s relationship with their kids became fractured.
“Motherhood is about the journey.
What a child needs is love,” she said inThe Sunin 2019.
She has also made it clear that there is no difference between having adopted or biological children.
They are all grown up, and their mom feels they’ve turned out well.
“So I’m not one of those people that needs to be reminded of what I have.”
But that doesn’t mean everything has always been perfect.
Here’s how Nicole Kidman’s relationship with Bella and Connor has evolved over the years.
“And we lost a baby early on, so that was really very traumatic.
And that’s when we would adopt [our daughter] Bella.”
The Oscar winner has been open about her fertility and miscarriage and how it impacted her experience with motherhood.
She did become a mom for the first time, thanks to adoption.
First to Isabella “Bella” Cruise in 1992 and later to Connor Cruise in 1995.
The love the star felt for her children was instant.
“When I held Bella in my arms, that was everything.
“It opens up a part of your heart you didn’t even know was there.”
At the same time, Kidman is open to them connecting with their birth parents.
“That’s part of my belief on adoption,” she toldE!
“If a child wants to find their birth mother, I’m absolutely supportive of that.”
“He swept me off my feet.
I fell madly, passionately in love,” she told The Sun.
And things between them moved quickly.
“I was so young.
I look back now, and I’m like, ‘What?’
I had two kids by the time I was 27, and I’d been married for four years.
But that’s what I wanted,” she shared.
“I am also a mother and a wife.
I have two little girls, Sunny and Faith,” she said.
“This is yours.”
“They call me Nicole, which I hate, and tell them off for it.”
“If I wasn’t willing to take on that responsibility, I shouldn’t have adopted them.”
“They are adults,” Nicole Kidman said in a 2018 interview withWhomagazine.
“They are able to make their own decisions.
She added that she would continue to accept them because she is their parent.
Actor and former Scientologist Leah Remini has been far less diplomatic about the Kidman-Cruise kids' upbringing.
Remini also remembered once asking Bella and Connor about spending time with Kidman.
According to Remini, Bella allegedly responded, “Not if I have a choice.
Our mom is a f***ing SP.”
Despite this, Kidman is supportive.
“I’ve chosen not to speak publicly about Scientology.
“I’m very private about all that.
Bella and Connor Cruise seem to be more than fine with leading relatively quiet lives.
“[Connor] is DJing, he’s doing really well.
Bella lives in London now,” Kidman said in a 2013 interview with “Extra.”
She has also praised them for who they have become.
“I relate to that.
I feel that for my own children who are adopted,” Kidman said.
“It’s not about anything else other than ‘I wanted you.’
No matter what, she approaches it with openness and offers support.
“It’s rigorous.
You’re constantly looking at yourself, so you’re not placing these expectations on a child.”
“I love mom.
She’s my mom.
I see her sometimes, and I speak to her,” she said.
“We’re a very close family.
I love all of our family.”
In 2015, Bella married Max Parker at the Dorchester Hotel.
Neither Nicole Kidman nor Tom Cruise were there.
The source also claimed Kidman was involved in the planning process.
The wedding may have excluded Kidman, but Bella’s marriage is believed to have opened doors.
About a year after the wedding, Bella and Kidman reunited.
“It didn’t take long for her to burst into tears, and Bella soon followed.”
“I love my mum,” he said in an interview withWoman’s Dayin 2014.
“I don’t care what people say; I know that me and Mum are solid.
I love her a lot.
My family means everything.
Yeah, I love my music, but the family comes before everything else.”
His mother sure seems to share these sentiments about family.
In an interview with The Weekly, the actor spoke about her children and husband, Keith Urban.
A source toldPeoplein 2018, “Connor has a pretty simple life in Clearwater.”
Though they lead entirely different lives, Kidman supports the path her son has chosen to follow.
