57. He Was In For A Surprise

Tom Cruise may have shocked Nicole Kidman when he filed for divorce—but in 2012, he was the one who was blindsided. Almost six years after they were married, Holmes filed for divorce while Cruise was in Iceland shooting a new movie. Holmes’s father, who is a lawyer, helped her with the divorce, making sure Holmes retained custody of her daughter Suri. Both parties tried to hide the details, but eventually, some made their way out…

58. It Drove Them Apart

New York courts handled the divorce, and as a default, all documents remain sealed, so most of what is known about the divorce is speculation. However, one suspicious detail points to a concrete reason behind the split: Holmes had converted to Scientology when she married Tom Cruise, but she conspicuously stopped associating with the church after their divorce.