Nicole Kidman is said to have limited contact with her children, Isabella and Connor, following her divorce from Tom Cruise, reportedly due to their involvement with Scientology.
The Big Little Lies star and the Mission: Impossible actor adopted both kids while they were married. However, after their divorce, the children chose to live with Cruise rather than Kidman.
According to Heat Magazine, Kidman has had little to no contact with either Isabella or Connor since her separation from Cruise. “There’s still love and respect between Nicole and the kids, but she rarely sees them,” the insider said.
“The big issue is they’re both still attached to Scientology, while Nicole left the church. Their loyalty is to their dad, who raised them after Nicole filed for divorce,” the insider said.
They added, “She would have loved to share custody, but she wasn’t able to make it happen. Now, she really has no choice but to accept the way things are, even though it’s painful for her.”
During an interview with British morning show, GMTV, back in 2007, Kidman revealed her kids do not call her “mom” or “mommy” – something she despises.
"My kids don't call me mommy, they don't even call me mom. They call me Nicole, which I hate and tell them off for it," she said.
In an interview with Australia's Who magazine in 2018, the Hollywood star got candid about her kids’ association with Scientology.
She said,"They are adults. 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,” she continued. "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."
"I think that’s so important because if that is taken away from a child, to sever that in any child, in any relationship, in any family -- I believe it’s wrong. So that’s our job as a parent, to always offer unconditional love."
While she parted ways with Cruise long ago, the insider said she hopes he would play some role to reconnect her with her kids.
“She worries that they’ve drifted to a point where she’ll be lucky if she’ll ever get to see them. It would help if Tom were to encourage it, but that’s not likely,” they