Nicole Kidman has two kids with ex-husband Tom Cruise — Connor and Isabella — but she rarely talks about them. But in a new interview, she’s finally addressing rumors that their commitment to Scientology has hurt her relationship with them. Click through the gallery for all the info
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Nicole, 51, told Australia’s
Who magazine, “I’m very private about all that. I have to protect all those relationships. I know 150 percent that I would give up my life for my children because it’s what my purpose is.”
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Speaking about Isabella, 25, and Connor, 23, she said, “They are adults.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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It makes sense that Nicole feels that way. In her new film,
Boy Erased, she plays a mother who sends her son to gay conversion therapy, and deeply regrets it. Obviously, she doesn’t want to repeat her character’s mistakes.
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Nicole has two more kids with husband
Keith Urban —
Sunday, 10, and
Faith, 7.
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What do you think of Nicole giving her kids “unconditional love” despite their Scientologist beliefs? Sound off in the comments!
Nicole, 51, told Australia’s
Who magazine, “I’m very private about all that. I have to protect all those relationships. I know 150 percent that I would give up my life for my children because it’s what my purpose is.”
Speaking about Isabella, 25, and Connor, 23, she said, “They are adults.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
“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.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
“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.”
It makes sense that Nicole feels that way. In her new film,
Boy Erased, she plays a mother who sends her son to gay conversion therapy, and deeply regrets it. Obviously, she doesn’t want to repeat her character’s mistakes.
Nicole has two more kids with husband
Keith Urban —
Sunday, 10, and
Faith, 7.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
What do you think of Nicole giving her kids “unconditional love” despite their Scientologist beliefs? Sound off in the comments!
Photo credit: INSTARImages
