Katie Holmes has agreed to attend Scientology baby boot camp in preparation for a second child, but on one condition. She will submit to the sect’s bizarre rituals only if her husband Tom Cruise removes some of the suffocating restrictions on her life.
According to the New York Post, Katie, 31, spent four hours last week at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood, attending an intense “auditing” session in readiness for her and Tom’s new addition.
“This is exactly what happened before she got pregnant with Suri,” a source explains to the newspaper.
“Tom has made no secret of the fact that he would like another baby. It is almost as if she is being prepared for it.”
A website for the sect advocates the belief that the “health and sanity of the child begin long before birth”. In line with this, Katie has agreed to Tom’s request that she attend the church’s auditing sessions. These sessions are designed to reveal any “hidden crimes” she has committed against Scientology and explore any mistakes she’s made in past lives that may be interfering with her spiritual awareness.
Katie will also be expected to follow the sect’s “Clear Body, Clear Mind” plan, which involves rigorous exercise, sauna sessions, and vitamins and minerals to cleanse the body of “toxins”.
In return, Katie has given Tom, 47, a strict set of conditions he must follow. If she agrees to another Scientology pregnancy, he has to make some major adjustments to their lives.
Number one on her list of demands is that members of his extended family – who act as Katie’s unofficial minders – must move out of their Beverly Hills home. She’s also insisted Tom’s bodyguards and minders take a back seat in her life.
Spotted leaving a clinic recently, where she’s believed to have consulted a fertility specialist, Katie looked like any other mum-to-be – and a far cry from the closeted, bewildered-looking star we saw being shuffled to and from appointments by her security team when she was pregnant with Suri, now three.
For the full story see this week’s Woman’s Day, on sale March 8, 2010.
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