2012-07-07T17:25:00.000-07:00

What's The Truth Behind Katie Holmes's Decision to Divorce Childhood Crush Tom Cruise?

Katie Holmes famously told an interviewer prior to her nuptials that Tom Cruise was her childhood crush. Never in her wildest dreams did she think she would go on to marry him.

But in her wildest nightmares, could she imagine what marriage to him would be like, and how precisely she would need to choreograph her separation?

Many were shocked over the last week as news unfolded about Katie Holmes's request to divorce Cruise, her first husband and the father of her only child, Suri, 6.

Holmes, 33, and Cruise (who just turned 50 days after the divorce papers were file), appeared to be living a dream life, completely in love, living in absolute luxury, and constantly hob-knobbing with the hottest and most powerful fellow celebrities, such as Will and Jada Smith and Victoria and David Beckham.

Now, however, an entirely different pictures is coming out, in shocking fragments at a time. Reports are now surfacing that Holmes's decision to divorce Cruise was not entirely based on a desire to take Suri away from the influence of Scientology, seen by some as a mystical religion, and by others, as a cult.

Initially, it was speculated that Holmes brought force divorce papers in New York in a bid to win sole custody of Suri and to avoid the option of Cruise putting the child into a youth Scientology program that is said to indoctrinate children heavily with additional Scientology beliefs.

This move was initially seen as an almost selfless act of Holmes; clearly she was divorcing her love and sacrificing her bliss so as to save her child... or was she?

Now, sources who have been eyes on the ground have been sharing odd insights into Holmes's relationship with Cruise and the alleged control he exercised over her constantly, from the beginnings of their love affair.

The whole thing was a whirlwind: Holmes had been together with fellow actor Chris Klein for years. The couple broke up and formally ended their engagement in the early part of 2005. Very shortly after that long-term relationship ended, Holmes and Cruise began to see one another, and later that year, became engaged. Daughter Suri was born in the first half of 2006, and the couple officially married at the end of the same year.

According to reports, things were already a bit off in 2005, as Holmes filmed "Thank You for Smoking" and was allegedly restricted in terms of the how provocative she could seem in her role and in publicity materials. According to outlets such as TMZ, Holmes was further restricted in 2006 while filming "Batman Begins," where Cruise allegedly went so far as to restrict her from flying with other cast members and only being allowed to travel via his private plane.

Perhaps it was only time before the reportedly very intelligent Holmes called it quits with Cruise, who has been married and divorced now three times.

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