Tom Cruise Pays $65,000 Tuition For Estranged Daughter Suri’s College Education After She Drops His Last Name

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise is paying the $65,000 annual tuition for his 18-year-old daughter Suri to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Suri, Cruise’s only child with ex-wife Katie Holmes, was recently seen moving into her college dorm with the assistance of her mother, who divorced Cruise in 2012 after six years of marriage. Despite Cruise’s lack of relationship with his daughter, he has always been diligent in covering Suri’s educational expenses, such as her current university tuition.

This financial support stems from the divorce agreement between Cruise and Holmes, which stipulated that Cruise, 62, would be responsible for covering all of Suri’s schooling costs, including medical, dental, insurance, education and college. In addition to the tuition payments, Cruise was also required to provide approximately $38,000 annually in child support to Holmes. However, these payments likely ended when Suri turned 18 earlier this year.

At the time of the divorce, Holmes and Cruise’s representatives issued a statement that emphasized that despite their separation, they were “committed to working together as parents to accomplish what is in… Suri’s best interests,” and intended to support “each other’s roles as parents.”

However, Holmes reportedly felt the need to protect Suri from Cruise’s Scientology religion, and recent reports reveal that Cruise has been estranged from Suri for the past 11 years.

Cruise reportedly is the one who has chosen not to see Suri for most of her life. The two’s last appearance in public together was in 2013 and Suri has since dropped her father’s last name and adopted her mother’s middle name, Noelle.

Suri’s move to the Carnegie Mellon campus represents a significant transition, as she leaves behind the luxury three-bedroom apartment she shared with her mother in favor of a college dorm experience. Suri is reportedly eager to embrace the full college experience, such as having a roommate, as she embarks on this new chapter of her life.