Suri Cruise seemed unbothered as she celebrated her birthday in style in New York, amid questions over her bond with dad Tom Cruise.
The teenager, who is the only daughter of the Top Gun actor and Katie Holmes, became an official adult when she turned 18 on Thursday, April 18 – making us all feel absolutely ancient.
The milestone day was met with claims that she has a rift with her father, who is currently filming for a new project in London – but the birthday girl didn’t seem fazed about the speculation.
In fact, she looked effortlessly cool as she made her way around New York on her big day, stopping off a flower stall to pick up a few bouquets.
She was spotted clutching a coffee and a Magnolia Bakery bag of treats while perusing their offerings.
Suri donned a gold cropped vest and baggy jeans, paired with a burgundy cardigan and black trainers.
She was the spitting image of her mom as she kept a denim jacket draped over one arm and a bulky backpack slung over the other shoulder.
Katie, 45, welcomed her first child with the Mission: Impossible lead, 61, in 2006, shortly before they tied the knot.
Katie famously filed for divorce in a bombshell move at the end of June, 2012, with the former couple signing a settlement a few weeks later – details relating to their split are still shrouded in secrecy, but she was reportedly granted full custody of their child.
While Suri has always shared a close bond with her mom, there have been questions raised about her relationship with her dad.
Although neither have spoken publicly about this, an insider has now claimed that there is a rift between the Hollywood star and his youngest child.
‘Tom does not exist to her,’ a source told DailyMail.com. ‘Suri will not have any contact with her father, despite being 18, and even if he called, she would not answer.
‘He does not exist to Katie or Suri, and his daughter does not want to rely on him for anything.
‘She feels that she has one parent and that is her mother.’
According to the outlet, Tom will no longer be required to pay child support to his ex-wife now that Suri has reached the age of 18, which may sever one of their last remaining ties.
The youngster was unveiled to the world as a newborn baby on the cover of Vanity Fair in 2006, but her mom has since taken steps to shield her from the spotlight as much as possible.
‘What has been really important for me with my daughter, because she was so visible at a young age, is I really like to protect her,’ she told the outlet.
‘I’m very grateful to be a parent, to be her parent. She’s an incredible person.’
Despite this, she has allowed Suri the opportunity to follow in her footsteps in the industry over the years – and invited her to sing on her recent projects, Rare Objects and Alone Together.
‘I hope she always does something on my films. I always ask her. But both of those experiences came out of the same sense of what I love about our industry, which is, you have these projects and you become a family with people,’ she continued.
‘And it’s this safe, beautiful, creative space. So it comes out of love for me to include someone who I love dearly. That’s how I like to work. I like to have that kind of feeling. It was very meaningful to me to have her there, because she’s my heart.
‘It’s wild to have a daughter who’s almost the same age as I was when I began all this.’
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