# Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Divorcing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716 "2012-06-29T17:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/21 "2012-06-29T18:57:57Z")
So who done it? Kate saying buh-bye to Tom right? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/22 "2012-06-29T19:00:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Mimi Rogers > Nicole Kidman > Katie Holmes > > Just for giggles, anybody want to guess who’s next? Someone younger than Katie, obviously, up-and-coming actress trying to make a career move, etc. > > I’m gonna go with Blake Lively. Blake Lively is a good choice Mila Kunis? She is not quite a headliner yet, could use the bump. Then again her trajectory seems to be up and I would think someone on the downward swing would be more likely. Emma Stone? Nope, seems perfectly content to be slowly rising star. Ellen Page? Hmm, doesn’t seem the type. Kate Upton? There we go. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/23 "2012-06-29T19:00:20Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Mimi Rogers > Nicole Kidman > Katie Holmes > > Just for giggles, anybody want to guess who’s next? Someone younger than Katie, obviously, up-and-coming actress trying to make a career move, etc. > > I’m gonna go with Blake Lively. Keira Knightley? Jessica Biel? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/24 "2012-06-29T19:09:53Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > He’s supposed to be a nutjob of questionable sexual preference whose mind is in the grip of an insane cult/moneymaking scam. She’s a somewhat dopey and not particularly talented younger actress who needed a career boost. I don’t understand why it didn’t work out. As Bill Maher once said, “Dating a self-proclaimed 26-year-old virgin is probably not the best way to stifle the gay rumors. You’re a big star, you can have any woman you want, and you pick the one actress in town who doesn’t put out? I thought Scientology was supposed to _clear_ your mind.” That said, let her get back to her pre-marriage weight, and I’m ready to be her rebound man. She’s a little too skinny for me now. Although, I’ve always found it odd that a self-proclaimed, proud virgin would do a nude scene, as she did in [The Gift](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219699/). There were only two good things about that movie, and her nipples were both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/25 "2012-06-29T19:12:36Z")
So is he going to be going to Oprah’s and jumping _off_ her sofa this time? > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Mimi Rogers > Nicole Kidman > Katie Holmes > > Just for giggles, anybody want to guess who’s next? Someone younger than Katie, obviously, up-and-coming actress trying to make a career move, etc. > > I’m gonna go with Blake Lively. [Hailee Steinfeld](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2794962/). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/26 "2012-06-29T19:14:55Z")
Someone must have found a way to slip a copy of “Rock of Ages” through the bars of Katie’s cell. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/27 "2012-06-29T19:16:24Z")
Thank God. Maybe Travolta will stop assaulting masseuses now that his main piece is back on the market. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/28 "2012-06-29T19:17:56Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > She’s 33. She does look young for her age, but I don’t think she qualifies as a younger actress anymore. She’s two days older than me and I don’t think of myself as young anymore. In that case, you’re two days younger than me too (so, ya know… respect your elders.) Count me among those that hope she gets un-brainwashed. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/29 "2012-06-29T19:19:33Z")
Guess they didn’t renew her contract. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/30 "2012-06-29T19:20:34Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [Hailee Steinfeld](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2794962/). Ouch. Anyway based on _True Grit_, she has talent. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/31 "2012-06-29T19:26:47Z")
I wonder if there was something in the prenup that required her to stay 5 years, or if certain benefits kicked in after 5 years. I also wonder how much she will see her daughter. I think in his last divorce the kids spent most of their time with him. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/32 "2012-06-29T19:27:27Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > I concur good for her.. Tom takes another in a long line or PR hits.. Just not interested in seeing him on a screen either big or small.. Whatever the guy’s faults, and there many of them, he’s made (and continues to make) some of the more entertaining films of our age, and is presently getting rave reviews for his most recent release where he plays, of all things, a rock star. ---
**Author:** ![Oldeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@Oldeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oldeb)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/33 "2012-06-29T19:33:47Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Keira Knightley? Knightly hardly needs a career boost. She has Oscar and BAFTA nominations and in 2008 was the highest paid British actress, second actress overall in Hollywood. So far all of her post-Pirates work has received a large amount of critical, if not commercial, success. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/34 "2012-06-29T19:43:41Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Jessica Biel? That would be a huge step down for her considering she’s marrying Justin Timberlake. Sort of embarrassed that I know that. Sort of. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/35 "2012-06-29T19:49:14Z")
He could date Taylor Swift and then dump her and she could write a song about it. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/36 "2012-06-29T19:57:08Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > I also wonder how much she will see her daughter. I think in his last divorce the kids spent most of their time with him. Supposedly she’s asking for sole legal custody of Suri, meaning full control over things like religion and education. I don’t see Tom and the $cienos going along with that. It’ll be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/37 "2012-06-29T20:15:06Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > Supposedly she’s asking for sole legal custody of Suri, meaning full control over things like religion and education. I don’t see Tom and the $cienos going along with that. It’ll be interesting. I figured she’d be returned to the Paramount prop department. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/38 "2012-06-29T20:17:48Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > So who done it? > > Kate saying buh-bye to Tom right? Of course. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/39 "2012-06-29T20:20:40Z")
She could also be having her biological clock going off - remember when they were all dopey and “in love” and preggers with Suri and they couldn’t wait to have more kids? Strangely, after Suri was born (presumably the $cientology way) there weren’t any more babies… 😉 I for one say about damn time. She stuck it out way longer than I would have imagined. I wish her all the best fighting off the nutjobs during the custody battle. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716/40 "2012-06-29T20:21:26Z")
Free Katie! Meanwhile, I wonder if Lindsey Lohan might be who he latches on to next. She’s young, she’s broken, and he can claim he “fixed” her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorcing/626716.md?page=3)