While Connor Cruise mostly keeps out of the spotlight, he has occasionally been spotted at sporting events with his father, Tom Cruise.
On April 29, 2023, Tom Cruise and ex-wife Nicole Kidman’s son, Connor Cruise shared an Instagram post for the first time since last summer. The picture showed himself a friend at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. He captioned the image simply with two golf emojis.
Twenty-eight-year-old Connor’s last Instagram post was a video of a fishing trip posted in August 2022. The DJ doesn’t often post personal content and usually dedicates his social media to hobbies of fishing or grilling. He occasionally posts a throwback image of himself and his older sister, Bella.
While Connor Cruise mostly keeps out of the spotlight, he has occasionally been spotted at sporting events with his father, Tom Cruise. He was last spotted earlier this year at Milan Fashion Week, where he attended the Diesel Fashion Show in February.
When Did Tom Cruise And Nicole Kidman Adopt Their Son, Connor Cruise?
Connor Cruise and his older sister Bella Cruise were adopted by Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise during Tom and Nicole’s 11-year marriage. Connor was born in Florida, USA as Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise and was adopted by the actors shortly after his birth in 1995.
Kidman suffered an ectopic pregnancy at 23, which led to her and Cruise adopting two children together. Three years before adopting Connor, the former celebrity couple adopted a girl named Isabella, who is now 30. While many reports claim that neither child is currently in contact with Nicole, there are also accounts that state Nicole reconnected with her two oldest children during the pandemic.
“With Nicole in Australia, Bella in London and Connor in Florida, it was a scary time, but it helped break down the walls of communication,” an insider expressed according to Woman’s Day. “It’s happened slowly over the past 18 months, even if it is only virtually via an Instagram DM here and a phone call there, but Nicole will take anything they throw at her.”
Connor Cruise did address rumors about his relationship with his adopted mother in 2016. “I love my mum. I don’t care what people say, I know that me and mom are solid. I love her a lot,” he told Woman’s Day in 2016.
Kidman told The Sun, “Motherhood is about the journey. There are going to be incredible peaks and valleys, whether you are an adopted mother or a birth mother. What a child needs is love.”
Following the end of Nicole Kidman’s marriage to Tom Cruise in 2001, the Oscar-winning actress went on to find love with her musician husband Keith Urban. Together they share two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret. Tom welcomed his daughter Suri Cruise with his third wife, Katie Holmes in 2006. The couple were married from 2006 until 2012.
What Connor Cruise Is Doing Now
Following his parents’ divorce, Connor Cruise was raised in the Church of Scientology alongside his adoptive sister, Bella. “They are adults,” Nicole said, of her two children. “They are able to make their own decisions. They have made choices to be Scientologists and as a mother, it’s my job to love them. And I am an example of that tolerance and that’s what I believe — that no matter what your child does, the child has love and the child has to know there is available love and I’m open here.”
The musician and DJ once briefly pursued an acting career like his famous parents, appearing in films like 2008’s Seven Pounds and the 2012 remake of Red Dawn. Connor then started working as a professional DJ under the name “DJ C-Squared” and released his own track on Spinnin Records. However, it appears he gave up his musical career in 2016.
In 2021, he announced he was going to become a barbecue influencer. He wrote in March 2021, “After many friends telling me I have finally decided to start a food IG @connorsmeatshack with my bestie @kimj526. Give it a follow if you like backyard steaks, bourbon, chicken, or really whatever we are feeling like that day.”
Cruise owns the @ConnorsMeatShack Instagram account, which he uses to share his latest grilling experiments including ribeye steaks, wagyu brisket and chicken shawarma.
Connor reportedly married a fellow Scientologist — an Italian woman named Silvia Zanchi — in 2019. Zanchi is thought to be a high-ranking member of the Church of Scientology and the pair are rarely seen together. It was reported his mother did not attend his wedding.
“Connor has a pretty simple life in Clearwater,” a source told People a few years ago. “He lives in his own home in a Scientology community. His life is deep-sea fishing. He has a lot of friends and seems very well-liked.”
Does Connor Cruise Have Relationship With Suri Cruise?
Tom Cruise welcomed his daughter Suri Cruise in 2006 with his second wife, Dawson’s Creek actress Katie Holmes. Despite the actor vowing to pay for any of Suri expenses until she turns 18, it is reported that he has no relationship with his daughter.
Tom has reportedly been estranged from his daughter ever since he and Katie split in 2012. A source told the Daily Mail, “Suri does not know her father anymore and she has not spent time with him in a decade. She does not go to see his movies, and he has no part in her life.”
In a 2012 defamation lawsuit against Bauer Media, the Mission Impossible actor admitted he didn’t see Suri for three months after his breakup from Holmes. “Listen, when there is a divorce … things change,” Tom explained. “It’s not an ideal situation.”
It can only be assumed that Suri also does not have a relationship with her siblings Conor and Bella. Connor was last seen leaving a building with his father and Suri in 2012.
Ex-Scientologist and actress Leah Remini has claimed that Tom Cruise and his family “can’t be connected” to Suri Cruise because Katie Holmes is considered a “suppressive person” and an “enemy” to the religion.
Connor Cruise is very connected to Scientology, which has reportedly led to conflict with his mother Nicole, so that may be one of the reasons he has no relationship with Suri Cruise. It was reported that Connor and his sister Isabella, didn’t invite Kidman to their weddings because the actress is a “suppressive person.”
However, as Connor and Bella Cruise are now adults, it is believed that they are free to make their own choices.
