Nicole’s children call her “Nicole”, call Katie “mom”
About a month ago, I posted an article on Nicole Kidman saying her children don’t call her ‘mom’ anymore. Which is sad and horribly depressing. Now Katie announces that those very children are calling her mom. That’s gotta sting.
Katie Holmes gushes that husband Tom Cruise is a “great father and husband” and says his two children with ex-wife Nicole Kidman are “incredible, really smart and kind.”
“They call me ‘Mom’,” Holmes says in this week’s Parade Magazine of Cruise’s first two children, Isabella, who turns 15 this month, and Connor, 12.
The 29-year-old actress says she’s looking forward to spending the holidays cooking and skiing in Telluride, Colo., with Cruise, their baby daughter Suri, and both sides of the big family.
“Last year was Suri’s first Christmas. It was so spectacular to share the holidays with her,” she says. “It really meant the world to me. To be able to create a tradition for your children is one of the best gifts you can have.”
Her one-year marriage to Cruise, she says, is another gift.
“Oh, we have so much fun,” she says. “Tom has introduced me to so many new experiences. I have done things I never thought I would do, like climbing mountains and flying in the P-51. That’s what is so inspiring about being with him – constant thrills and joy.”
After taking a two-year hiatus from her acting career, Holmes stars in the upcoming film Mad Money with Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah. She says the three of them had a blast: “We got our morning female talk in the trailer every day.”
She tells Parade that Tom was very excited for her to do the movie, and that he loved hearing all the stories. He has a great understanding of “the female bond” because he has three sisters, she says. “He was raised by a single mother and has two daughters,” she explains.
It really bugs me that Katie would come out and say that Nicole’s children call her mom. I don’t know, it just seems really tacky to me. What do you think?
December 20th, 2007 at 7:26 am
I agree, how very tactless of her. And what is up with those kids anyway, calling the person who rasied them from babies by her first name, yet calling their step-mother of a couple years ‘mom’… I dont get it
December 20th, 2007 at 7:28 am
I agree. It seems as though Katie Holmes is taking a dirty dig at Nicole Kidman, hot on the heels of Nicole having said that her children with Tom Cruise call her “Nicole” and that it bothers her that they do so. Katie could have said that she gets along with Tom’s other children in so many other ways. Katie’s saying that Nicole’s children call her “mom” was unnecessary and seemingly mean-spirited.
December 20th, 2007 at 7:30 am
I am a stepmom and my stepson does not call me Mom. He has a Mother and I would never agree to be called his Mom. I am like a Mother to him and love him just like my own but that is as far as it goes. I do not agree with them calling her Mom. This is going to hurt her is so many ways.
December 20th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Very tacky, and she needs to stop with this constant marriage “gushing”. Climbing mountains and flying does not a marriage make, it’s as if she is trying to make the world jealous of her. This is why everyone is so suspicious of their marriage – they always make it out as if it is perfect and anyone who has ever been married knows that isn’t reality! People would actually believe they are in love if they would fight or not be all over each other once in awhile!
December 20th, 2007 at 7:45 am
I agree – very tacky of her!
December 20th, 2007 at 8:13 am
I completely agree, it looks underhanded and tacky! Why would you say that in public? It only makes you look like the jealous second wife!
December 20th, 2007 at 9:20 am
I agree with you all completely. KBS-I am a stepmom also and when the children were about 3 and 5, they would somewhat jokingly call me mom. I put a stop to that immediately.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:12 am
Well, the truth hurts, doesn’t it? I would bet that the comment slipped out and that it wasn’t said to hurt Nicole. What does Nicole expect? She is living in Tennessee and Australia. She is not present in her children’s lives and Katie is. I don’t feel sorry for Nicole one bit. She could live in L.A. where her children are but she isn’t. She made her choice, and this is the result.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Who says Katie is telling the truth? Perhaps she just wants everyone to believe that Nicole’s and Tom’s children adore her. It seems like Nicole’s statement is more honest that Katie’s. I simply don’t believe that Katie’s life is all she makes it out to be for the press.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Well, they have to call somebody Mom! Might as well be Katie as no one! She seems to really care about them.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Nicole is their adopted mom, anyway, so that kind of makes a difference. Don’t everyone get their panties in a wad or anything; just saying she didn’t give birth to them. Doesn’t mean adoptive parents aren’t the real thing, yada, just making a point.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:41 am
I would bet Katie had no idea Nicole said that in an interview. As much as all of us read all the magazine interviews, something tells me celebs don’t keep up with other celebs interviews. And I agree with Taylor, it’s partly her fault. Nicole even recently said in an interview that she has to be seduced into doing a new movie, she’d rather be at home with Keith. In that same interview, she said something about there was a time in recent years she felt she had nothing to live for on earth, no reason to leave the house, something like that. Um, your kids maybe? She should make time to be with them in LA. So some fault absolutely lies with her.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I found it. I was off on the reason to live/leave the house, but close enough.
“I have a reason to be in the world now and that reason is Keith,” she added. (ANI)
http://www.b4uindia.com/Entertainment/keith_urban_is_nicole_kidman_s_reason_to_live.html
December 20th, 2007 at 10:52 am
Sorry if this posts twice. But this is the article I was talking about. A reason to be in the world now? I thought you had 2 kids. That’s not a good reason? No wonder they call her Nicole.
“I have a reason to be in the world now and that reason is Keith,” she added. (ANI)
http://www.b4uindia.com/Entertainment/keith_urban_is_nicole_kidman_s_reason_to_live.html
December 20th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Ouch. Well its not as if Nicole is ever with them. And I am sure they are brainwashed just like Katie is. BTW Katie is beyond annoying all she does is talk about Tom.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Except Nicole never said her children call her “Nicole.” The exact quote from the interview (which can be seen on youtube by searching for “Nicole Kidman GMTV”–the quote is about 3:15 into the clip) is
“They don’t call me Mummy. They call me Mum. Or sometimes Nicole…and I say ‘Hey!’”
Its another example of the Media taking something totally our of context.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Benna – I sometimes jokingly call my mom by her first name, just to get her to listen to me since most mothers tune out “mom” due to nagging children saying it all the time! Her first name actually gets her attention, she still tunes out mom even though I am an adult
I also work with her and call her by her first name in the workplace for professional reasons. If that is the real quote then it sounds as if she was just telling it jokingly, as a funny story, and it most definitely seems to have been taken out of context.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Katie Holmes sounds a little star struck with her husband instead of a loving wife. She will feel different when Tom gets tired of her like he did his other wives and takes Suri away from her. It is only a matter of time! Pay back will be rough Katie!! Best keep you new mouth shut!
December 20th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Nana I was thinking the same thing. She use to be “cute” down to earth girl next door THEN she met Tom and over the course of a year we saw her go from the girl next door into Jackie O! I am sorry but I think Tom Cruise is an egotistical ass who uses people. I am completely sure that Nicole Kidmans comments about living were taking out of context. When you are in a relationship that is basically centered on one person’s self and you can not measure up to what they feel you should be it is completely normal to feel “like you have nothing to live for.” That does not mean you ACTUALLY feel that way, just that you feel that you as a person is not good enough for a time. It is a selfish response yes but it is not a detrimental response. Personally I think Nicole Kidman is getting the shaft on this parenting deal, she is much more low key and private where Tom is much more in your face “love” me. We have NO idea how much time she spends with those children because unlike Tom she is very protective of them, she always has been! Personally I applaud her for this, too many celebs use their kids as a photo op!
December 20th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Tacky. Very tacky. And rude. As a child of divorced parents who grew up most of her life with a loving stepmother, I can say that my stepmother always tried to respect my mother’s position and always watched what she said to others so that she did not appear to be trying to usurp my mother’s place. It is obviously hurtful for almost any woman to have their children refer to another woman as “mom.” In light of that, it’s hard for me to see this comment as, at best, a thoughtless comment or, at worst, a dig against Nicole. Either way, I expected better from a fellow Ohio girl!
December 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Oh please….I don’t think it was tacky of her at all. So the timing wasn’t great and all that, but at the worst I think her comment was indelicate. And given the circumstances, so what? It could be much worse. I don’t get how people can go off on a tangent calling someone like Katie Holmes tacky and mean-spirited and slutty attention-grabbing girls like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and all the rest are free to walk the streets showing all the bits of themselves, getting drunk and high and all the rest of it, and don’t appear to get chastised much more than Katie is on this issue. I say give it a rest.
December 20th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
If Katie is more of a mother to them then why can’t they call her mom? I was raised by my step father and mother and I called him Dad and thought of him as my father instead of my “real” father. I called my father by his first name. If they feel more comfortable or more loved my Katie than there isn’t anything wrong with them calling her mom. Who really cares?
December 20th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
THIS IS A TWISTED VERSION OF WHAT SHE ACTUALLY SAID. I saw the video and she said “They call me Mum and sometimes Nicole.” Get your facts straight. But I guess the truth wouldn’t be a story.So they fool around sometimes and say Nicole….SO WHAT!
December 21st, 2007 at 12:14 am
Nicole didn’t raise them since they were babies.Tom and the nannys raised them.Nicole was to busy making bad movies to pay attention to them. Why shouldn’t they call Katie Mom,she’s spent more time with them than Nicole ever has,They probably called the nanny Mom instead of Nicole too.
December 21st, 2007 at 7:56 am
Katie was definitely taking a shot at Nicole there … It’s gotta hurt … I am divorced and I noticed my children calling their fathers girlfriend mom when they talk about her , it stings , but I have a feeling it was initiated by either their father or his girlfriend , so I never said anything for a long time , not wanting to put them in the middle of adult issues. The kids like her and adore her children. However , one day I said to them how about you promise not to call her “mommy” she can be mom , but I am mommy
They agreed and I felt better 
December 25th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
I like both Nicole and Katie. But in this case, I think Katie was not supposed to publicly announce it. It must be hurtful for Nic if she hears this. Just come back to herself and ask, what if Suri calls her next-step-mom “Mom”? It stings, doesn’t it? And I don’t think that Nic doesn’t spend much time with her children is because she doesn’t want to, remember Tom is control-freak of this whole situation and what he can do to all of this..brainwashing, Scientology etc?
January 5th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Some people are lucky to know Nicole Kidman personally enough to judge her parenting skills. Just because she doesn’t spend her time shoving her kids to paparazi like KH and TC does with Suri it means that she doesn’t care about them?