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Tom Cruise Didn’t Attend The Oscars Award Night To Avoid Run-in With Ex-Wife Nicole Kidman
To “avoid an unpleasant run-in” with Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise allegedly skipped the Oscars on Sunday, March 12.
According to insiders, the Top Gun: Maverick actor skipped the ceremony since his estranged wife attended after their acrimonious divorce over 20 years ago.
Six different accolades, including the coveted Best Picture Oscar, were nominated for Cruise’s film.
Kidman’s reluctance to join Cruise in the Church of Scientology is thought to be the reason why the two parted ways in 2001.
A source told DailyMail.com: ‘Tom was not there because she was there, and he did not want a run-in.’
However, sources close to Cruise claimed his absence was ‘not personal’ and was nothing more than scheduling difficulties, though they did not reply specifically to the claim that it was connected to Kidman’s presence.
Cruise, 60, and his ex-wife have not been present at the same Oscars bashes this year and haven’t been seen at the same event for years.
Kidman, 55 – who walked Oscars red carpet with her country singer husband Keith Urban, 55, before packing on serious PDA during the show -was notably absent from Oscars luncheon that was attended by her Scientologist ex last month.
