Tom Cruise Steps Out in London in Rare Appearance With Son Connor

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Tom Cruise stepped out in London in a uncommon look along with his grownup son, Connor, whom he shares with ex-wife Nicole Kidman.

On Friday, June 28, the 61-year-old motion star — who additionally shares daughter Isabella, 31, with Kidman; in addition to daughter Suri, 18, with ex-wife Katie Holmes — hung out along with his solely son whereas boarding a helicopter in England’s capital, based on photographs obtained by People.

Per the outlet, Cruise, clad in his trademark aviators, smiled and waved to onlookers from the helipad, wearing a good white T-shirt. Connor, for his half, sported a black hoodie and a navy blue baseball cap that learn, “Pelican Golf Membership” as he adopted behind his father. Like his dad, the 29-year-old additionally donned a pair of opaque sun shades.

The outing was a strikingly uncommon look for the father-son duo, who made headlines when posing collectively, together with Bella, in a December 2023 group photograph. The picture was the first time the family publicly posed together in practically 15 years.

Cruise’s high quality time with Connor comes simply days after Suri dropped her dad’s last name from her highschool commencement pamphlet, selecting as an alternative to go by Suri Noelle in this system. She additionally omitted his surname in her highschool’s manufacturing of Head Over Heels in Could.

Kidman, for her half, has been in France for Paris Style Week, making headlines on June 26 — simply two days earlier than Connor’s helicopter experience with Cruise — by stepping out with 15-year-old daughter Sunday Rose, whom she shares with husband Keith City. (Kidman and City are additionally mother and father to 13-year-old daughter Religion Margaret.) The mother-daughter duo turned heads on the Balenciaga Haute Couture present by wanting practically an identical in matching black attire and darkish sun shades.

Cruise and Kidman tied the knot in 1990 and adopted Bella two years later, adopted by adopting Connor in 1995. After finalizing his divorce from Kidman in 2001, Cruise married Holmes in 2006, welcoming daughter Suri that very same 12 months. Cruise and Holmes divorced in 2012.

With regards to Kidman’s relationship along with her two kids with Cruise, she acknowledged that Bella and Connor have chosen to comply with their dad’s faith — Scientology — and she or he is there for them as their mother.

“They’ve made decisions to be Scientologists and, as a mom, it is my job to like them,” the Oscar winner advised Who journal in 2018.

As for Cruise’s relationship with Suri, their bond was reportedly strained after the High Gun actor’s break up from Holmes, due, partly, to Cruise’s ties to Scientology.