Tom Cruise poses for a rare photo with his two adopted children, Bella and Connor, whom he adopted with Nicole Kidman during their marriage, which lasted from 1990 to 2001.

Tom Cruise, 61, doesn’t often enjoy moments with his adopted children, whom he raised in his marriage to ex-spouse Nicole Kidman. In December last year, the actor together with his 32-year-old daughter Bella and 29-year-old Connor went to a hockey game, but the family photo appeared online only the other day. The snapshot was released by iconic NFL player Derrick Brooks, a longtime friend of Cruz.
<blockquote>Good evening, wow, look who stopped by my office before tonight’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning! I was a little shaken up, but I kept my cool and he noticed it too! — The ex-sportsman signed the rare shot.</blockquote>

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were married from 1990 to 2001 and openly disclosed their struggles with conceiving a child. During their marriage, they adopted Connor, who was born in 1995, and Bella, born in 1992.

Both of the couple’s adopted children were raised in the Church of Scientology and followed their father’s religious path. Tom also has an 18-year-old daughter, Suri, whom his second wife, Katie Holmes, gave him. Like her mother, Suri has little contact with her father and keeps a distance from her half-siblings due to differences in their outlooks on life.

Nicole Kidman maintains a less close relationship with Bella and Connor. The adopted children even address the actress by her first name. Occasionally, she shares some details, and in a candid interview with WHO in 2018, she emphasized that she loves them «no matter what.»

«I set an example of tolerance and believe that regardless of what your child does, they should be loved,» she said at the time.