Friends of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have hit out at claims the Hollywood couple are on the verge of divorce and that Tom is an overbearing husband.
“They are a happy family,” says close friend, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, 35, who has labelled the stories “ridiculous”.
“They’re very strong. I think everyone has this image of poor little Katie – that she doesn’t have the strength to take care of herself. I see her in that house with Tom, and he doesn’t have that on her,” says Jada.
“It amazes me how people want to focus on, ‘She’s tied up in the basement and he throws steaks to her at night and she only gets to see Suri on Sundays.’ It’s ridiculous!
“Tom don’t run nothin’ in that house! It’s Katie’s house, it’s her world.”
It’s a sentiment matched by actress friends and fellow Scientologists Leah Remini and Jenna Elfman.
“I don’t get it,” says Leah of the constant speculation. “They’re married, they love each other and they have a beautiful baby.”
“Honestly, they’re happy,” adds Jenna. “They have a great life and they love each other.”
Contrary to reports, the friends say Katie, 28, has blossomed since marrying 44-year-old Tom last November.
“When you look at Katie now, compared to when she first met Tom, she’s more confident and more knowing [of] who she is than ever before,” says Jada. “She’s more beautiful and more assured. She takes it all in her stride.”
Adds another close friend, “I don’t know how any girl could have put up with some of the cruel and embarrassing things that have been said about her and Tom. But through it all she’s kept her calm and kept smiling.”
The couple are proving their relationship is still going strong in other ways.
Onlookers in Louisiana, where Katie is filming the comedy Mad Money, say Tom and Katie have shared several romantic dinners. Plus, they have just spent $43million on a new Beverly Hills home.
The seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom home is located just a few minutes drive away from the home of Katie’s best friend, Victoria Beckham.
“Tom wanted somewhere where his family can live together, but have their own homes within the estate,” says an insider. “Somewhere where they’ll be very protected.”
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