While the marriage of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise ended badly, they did do one thing right together: making their daughter, Suri Cruise.
She’s basically a mini-me version of Katie who’s worth jumping on Oprah’s sofa for.
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We’ve been obsessed with this mother-daughter duo from the start. And now, it’s time to learn more about their close bond.
Katie Holmes is one of the more quiet members of Hollywood’s elite.
Unlike her ex-husband Tom Cruise, she prefers to do her work and live her life out of the spotlight as much as she can.
She is busy trying to raise her daughter, after all!
Because of their quiet life, most fans don’t know a lot about this famous mother and daughter duo!
But we have compiled a great list of fun details about their relationship that will make you feel a little closer to them!
Let’s get into it!
1. Katie had a silent birth with Suri:
This is exactly as it sounds: no sound can be made in the delivery room by loved ones or hospital workers. Hand signals are used instead.
This practice is said to create a lasting bond between mom and child.
2. Suri doesn’t like sleepovers:
She doesn’t want to to be away from her mom — even for a night. Katie told InStyle :
“At 10pm I got a call: ‘Mummy, can you come get me?’ I got a cab and went down to Battery Park to pick her up, she was exhausted.”
3. They leaned on each other after Katie’s divorce from Tom:
Following the split, Suri and Katie moved to New York in 2012.
“That time was intense. It was a lot of attention, and I had a little child on top of it. We had some funny moments out and about in public.”
While the paparazzi were relentless, Katie was determined to give her daughter a normal life.
“We were followed a lot when she was little. I just wanted her outside, so I would walk her around to find parks at, like, 6 in the morning when nobody would see us,” she said to InStyle .
4. Katie cares more about raising Suri than her career:
Suri always comes first. “My child is the most important person to me and her upbringing is paramount to my work right now,” she told Town & Country in 2017.
“It’s very important that I’m present and she has a stable, innocent childhood.”
5. They have been learning a lot about each other during quarantine:
It has been a trying time for many celeb parents, that is for sure.
Katie opened up in a recent interview with Australia’s The Daily Telegraph .
“I like to keep her out of my interviews, but I will say that this time of quarantine has been such a lesson,” she said.
“Just really looking at everything you have and celebrating the simplicity of making dinner and [spending] that time together.”
6. Suri takes after Katie’s strength:
Like mother, like daughter. It took a lot of bravery for Katie to leave Tom Cruise back in the day.
“[Suri] came out very strong — she’s always been a strong personality,” she told InStyle .
“She’ll pick an activity and work her butt off until she’s really good at it.”
She continued by saying:
“Then she’s like, ‘OK, I’m going to try the next thing.’ She’s very focused and a hard worker.”
7. Katie can relate to Suri being an only child:
While the actress has siblings, she always felt like an only child since they are older than she is. So she had to learn to be on her own.
“I got very used to entertaining myself. I still do.”
She continued by saying, “I like to stay busy.”
“My mother had a very successful drapery business, but then when I was born — I was a lot of work. [laughs] So she gave it up,” she said to InStyle .
8. They both like being in charge:
This is something that Katie’s been trying to instill in Suri since she was little. “I’ve always wanted Suri to feel empowered [in that way] too.”
She gave an example of when she asked Suri what kind of party she wanted for her fourth or fifth birthday, and she said a fairy party.
To make this happen, they went to a fabric store to get everything they needed for fairies.
“I wanted her to create things instead of having stuff done for her. That way she was always in charge,” she told InStyle .
9. They practically grew up together:
Katie attributed this to having Suri in her 20s.
“It’s been nice that our ages fit,” she told Elle UK . “How do I put this? Every age that my child has been and my age at that time has been a good match. We kind of grew up together.”
10. Katie is worried about “bad influences” on Suri:
Now that Suri is 14, Katie has a lot more to worry about.
“Doesn’t every parent? But, yes, of course I’m worried. There is so much bad news and hate and things that don’t make sense. … The atmosphere around the world is … terrifying,” she told Elle UK .
11. They are thick as thieves:
“I love her so much,” Katie told InStyle . Aww!
“My biggest goal has always been to nurture her into her individuality. To make sure she is 100 percent herself and strong, confident, and able.”
12. Katie has raised Suri as a single mother since her split from Tom Cruise:
There were even reports that Cruise hadn’t seen his daughter in at least six years.
While his rep denied these claims, Katie does go through the struggles of being a single mother.
“Am I enough? Am I doing enough? Have I seen her enough?” she pondered to People in 2014.
“Guess what? You’re not enough, she hasn’t seen you enough, you’re horrible: That’s how it can feel sometimes.”
At the end of the day, she simply tries her best.
“You do the best you can. Some days you feel really good about yourself and some days you don’t.”
13. A source revealed to *Us Weekly* that the two are the epitome of the perfect mother-daughter relationship:
The source went on to say how they make the perfect team, and that they are completely in tune with one another.
14. Another source claimed that Suri is really into physical activity!
The source revealed that, like her mother, she is well-liked, respected, and a very kind young human being.
It’s clear that Holmes is doing everything right when it comes to Suri.
15. Holmes admitted that while Suri had a “girlie stage,” she has moved past that now:
Her daughter, according to Katie, has a very strong, confident, and creative personality.
Hm, she sounds an awful lot like her mother if you ask me!
16. Katie tried to have dance parties in order to wake Suri up in the morning:
But apparently, Suri wholeheartedly rejected that idea.
To be fair, I don’t know how I would feel if I had to wake up to anyone blasting music while I was trying to sleep.
17. Everything Katie does is with Suri in mind:
Like a lot of other moms, she experiences guilt when she thinks she has made the wrong decision for her child.
But she is trying her best to make sure she raises Suri as best as she can, by making sure that all the decisions she makes are in her daughter’s best interests.
18. Hilary Clinton’s presidential loss affected both Katie and Suri.
She explained that, while at the time Suri was only 10, she still experienced pain and loss when Clinton did not win.
It made them both realize how far women still have to go.
Do you know any more interesting facts and details about Katie Holmes’ and Suri Cruise’s relationship?
Or were you pleasantly surprised by all of these amazing and sweet facts?
Either way, let us know down below in the comments! We would love to hear from you!
