CELEBRITIES often have strained relationships with their children. From Tom and Suri Cruise to Brad Pitt and Shiloh Jolie , a career in the spotlight routinely has negative effects on the parent-child connection. No one said being a parent is easy but it's repeatedly proven doubly hard for several A-listers.
TOM & SURI CRUISE Suri Cruise, 18, graduated high school earlier his month - and while her mother Katie Holmes celebrated beside her, Suri's dad, Tom Cruise , 61, was filming the next installment of his Mission: Impossible franchise . Insiders say the 61-year-old actor hasn’t seen Suri in over a decade. The pair haven't had the best relationship throughout the years.
READ MORE ON CELEBRITY KIDS Katie gained sole custody after she and Tom split in 2012. Fans have speculated that Tom's relations with the Church of Scientology could have been the reason behind his divorce from Katie. It's believed that Suri changed her last name after her 18th birthday.
In May, she was listed on the casting sheet as Suri Noelle while recently performing in Head Over Heels on Broadway. Most read in Celebrity Noelle is her mother's middle name. The young actor's name is still listed as Suri Cruise on her birth certificate .
Suri seemingly has no relationship with her action-movie dad, as they've been estranged since she was a child . Tom has denied cutting his daughter out of his life and in 2013, he sued the publisher of two magazines he felt had implied that he had “abandoned” her. BRA.