Tom Cruise, 60, reportedly skipped the Oscars 2023 on Sunday March 12, to ‘avoid an awkward run-in’ with ex-wife, Nicole Kidman following their bitter divorce over 20 years ago.
Cruise and Kidman split in 2001, reportedly due to her refusal to join him in the Church of Scientology.
Tom’s absence from the 95th Academy Awards show was even more surprising as his film Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six awards, including the coveted Best Picture Award.
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.
Nicole and Tom first met when they were cast together in Days of Thunder, a film about motor racing.
They share two children – Connor, 28, and Isabella, 30.
