Katie Holmes' Escape From Tom Cruise

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  • Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
  • I discuss with Andrew Gold (‪@AndrewGold1‬) why and how Katie Holmes escaped from Tom Cruise to save her daughter from Scientology.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 997

  • @rayl3103
    @rayl3103 Рік тому +659

    I'd be willing to bet that Katie Holmes is subject to an agreement that gave her full custody in exchange for never speaking about Tom and Scientology.

    • @judith3218
      @judith3218 Рік тому +65

      I wouldn't be surprised if TC had Connor and Isabella, too, sign NDA's, He is a complete control freak, which makes me wonder why any women would hook up with him.

    • @JessBlake2
      @JessBlake2 Рік тому +54

      I don't think so. She was in complete control of the escape. He was completely blindsided so didn't have a chance to amass the power he would normally have tried to use. The whole thing was over in 2 weeks so she had all of her legal ducks in a row, I'm sure including the kind of threats she would have needed to free herself and Suri. I think there's a good chance she hasn't talked about it purely as protection for her daughter. Hopefully someday she'll be able to help expose this abusive cult.

    • @Trenchant468
      @Trenchant468 Рік тому +38

      If I recall correctly, TC was out-of-town on a movie shoot for an extended period, and KH established residency or at least was living in NY during this time. As a result, she was able to declare that he was an absent father, and she was a NYer.

    • @Milk427
      @Milk427 Рік тому +55

      I think in order for Scientology to leave her completely alone and Tom not pursue any court battle Katie I believe did sign an NDA. I also think Nicole did too. Neither Katie nor Nicole have ever talked about their marriage or subsequent relationship with Tom.

    • @lionswimmer4637
      @lionswimmer4637 Рік тому +2

      @@judith3218 Uh, career advancement.

  • @412StepUp
    @412StepUp Рік тому +135

    The fact that she even had to “escape” is messed up.

    • @annemccarron2281
      @annemccarron2281 Рік тому +10

      I had to escape my narcissistic husband on many occasions until I could get a divorce. Wish I had had a father to help me get out of that marriage.

    • @industrialover
      @industrialover Рік тому +2

      Underrated comment

    • @jpx8793
      @jpx8793 4 місяці тому +1

      @@annemccarron2281 I am so sorry you had to experience that.

  • @GG-qm7zb
    @GG-qm7zb Рік тому +573

    She left exactly how Domestic violence counselors advise people to leave. Controlling & verbal abuse is also abuse.

    • @angeliccow
      @angeliccow Рік тому +20

      While we don’t know the details one can infer that Tom did not give up control of his daughter just because katie had a good lawyer.

    • @scottblack7182
      @scottblack7182 Рік тому +12

      @@angeliccow Im still shocked he was able to get someone pregnant 😏. I wonder what he had to take to make that happen lol.

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 Рік тому +18

      @@scottblack7182 😄 true, he was most probably instructed to by Miscavige. I find him so creepy.

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 Рік тому +24

      @@angeliccow her dad played a big role in the success of their escape. He very easily gave Suri up, not much love lost for his only biological child. He has a Sea Org. attitude towards children.

    • @angeliccow
      @angeliccow Рік тому +17

      @@honeybunch5765 He fought tooth and nail for the adoptive children and yeah of cause her dad played a big role but we are talking about tom cruise where millions of dollars is what falls down the back of the lounge unnoticed. He had the means to be able to fight back in any juristiction. And while yes when he did not have control of his child he stopped seeing her entirely that attitude has more to do with Katie being an SP and Suri being connected to her. His attitude would have been polar opposite had he gotten custody. The inference is that Katies silence was worth more than his daughter... on what we don't know but he gave up to easily for it have been good will.

  • @talkaboutwacky
    @talkaboutwacky Рік тому +92

    Well done Katie for saving Suri and yourself from the insanity that is Scientology

  • @AndrewGold1
    @AndrewGold1 Рік тому +506

    Loved doing this with my buddy A-A-Ron woop woop! Thank you all for watching :)

    • @belindapaul9828
      @belindapaul9828 Рік тому +8

      Watching in the wrong order🙄 but great stream (as always).

    • @reneepolin6549
      @reneepolin6549 Рік тому +3

      I live your videos however I'm wondering why you don't simulcast

    • @BritInvLvr
      @BritInvLvr Рік тому +7

      I felt the collab you two did with the woman from NXIVM was one of the most fascinating videos.

    • @AndrewGold1
      @AndrewGold1 Рік тому +5

      @@belindapaul9828 thanks belinda!!

    • @AndrewGold1
      @AndrewGold1 Рік тому +5

      @@dabuttdoctor5790 aw thanks, loving working with A A Ron!

  • @jenlambie14
    @jenlambie14 Рік тому +108

    Katie & Surie's escape - amazing to think that they & Mr Holmes literally pulled off Mission Impossible.

    • @littlemisssunshine3267
      @littlemisssunshine3267 Рік тому +7

      That true! Escaping Scientology and TC with out so much as a ripple is the Most Impossible Mission of all.

    • @johnwattdotca
      @johnwattdotca Рік тому

      @@littlemisssunshine3267 That's probably why it didn't happen. The big story here is these two men
      getting together through their conspiracy channels. They will make a cute couple.

    • @progressiveGal73
      @progressiveGal73 Рік тому +1

      Good one! 😄

    • @laleona776
      @laleona776 Рік тому

      @@johnwattdotca uh oh It sounds like you're one of the indoctrinated Scientologists whose job it is to keep your cult going. I don't think you're even paid to disparage those bringing out the truth. What do they give you? Room & board & crappy food for working 20hr days?

  • @redpillyoass5894
    @redpillyoass5894 Рік тому +49

    Suri looks just like Tom, there’s no way he’s not the father. She is a perfect 50/50 of Katie and Tom.

    • @donnamyers7274
      @donnamyers7274 Рік тому +8

      I so agree. It seems that the older Suri gets, the more that she looks like Tom.

    • @Evute02
      @Evute02 Рік тому +5

      @@donnamyers7274 I’d say she’s at least leaning more towards resembling Katie.. but that smile! Uncanny to Tom’s.

  • @gtaylor6937
    @gtaylor6937 Рік тому +139

    Imagine how invested Tom has to be in his Scientology identity to give up his own daughter, his own love life. These are the biggest parts of a person's life, but he was willing to give them up to be the Big Being. Wow.

    • @meesamagill1193
      @meesamagill1193 Рік тому +16

      Completely brainwashed

    • @talkaboutwacky
      @talkaboutwacky Рік тому

      David Miscavige surrounds him with ONLY scientologists. Tom has the power to destroy Scientology but refuses cause he worships Miscavige like North Koreans worship Kimjong Un

    • @k8marlowe
      @k8marlowe Рік тому +4

      Yes. He was lost to us decades ago. .

    • @ShidachiOm
      @ShidachiOm 11 місяців тому +6

      I don't believe it's about Scientology. I believe it's about the fact that he's a raging narcissist and scientologists treat him like a god, something a narcissist will never give up. No matter what it costs him.

    • @barbedwire_lace2160
      @barbedwire_lace2160 11 місяців тому +1

      It may have been AI, but I think she is a total combination of her parents.

  • @kathieprater2431
    @kathieprater2431 11 місяців тому +6

    Bravo to Katie Holmes!

  • @aimeefriedman822
    @aimeefriedman822 Рік тому +75

    Of course, as "Smooth" as her escape appeared, it was Monstrously difficult and detailed.
    I remember how freaking skinny and withdrawn Katie was at that time.
    It's absolutely incredible that Tom hasn't seen Suri in years. It's incredible that Hollywood hasn't condemned him for not seeing Suri (not that we want him to). But everyone else's moral character comes into question, but not Tom's?

    • @annemccarron2281
      @annemccarron2281 Рік тому +11

      That's true. Unfortunately, the celebrity status carries greater weight than his moral (or immoral) status.

    • @goodmorningsundaymorning4533
      @goodmorningsundaymorning4533 Рік тому +6

      As if hollyweird has any moral code at all.

    • @TinaMcBride63
      @TinaMcBride63 11 місяців тому

      oooooooooooooooooooo

  • @gavinballin2323
    @gavinballin2323 Рік тому +87

    I know I’ve said this before that escape was underrated. The biggest movie star in the world wife escapes with their daughter with not only Tom but but Scientology stalkers having absolutely no clue. This could be a box office smash.

  • @Erlaxis
    @Erlaxis Рік тому +145

    Sounds like Katie was very smart in her handling of the situation. She likely looked carefully into what happened to Nicole and learned all the right lessons.

    • @Angelina6518
      @Angelina6518 Рік тому +21

      Her dad is an excellent lawyer and probably saw the writing on the wall. Thank God for her parents.

    • @thegirllikesmovies7389
      @thegirllikesmovies7389 Рік тому +9

      Her dad gave her advice I’d never heard of and will make a mental note of because it was spectacular. He helped her with an airtight prenup and made sure their child would have to be subject to Scientology

    • @beththomas2222
      @beththomas2222 Рік тому +1

      Nicole's Dad is a supposed cult member himself. Of a different belief.

    • @ignatiusj.reilly2124
      @ignatiusj.reilly2124 Рік тому +2

      She certainly wasn't smart when she got married to Tom in the first place... Must have wisened up after

    • @rachelpena5619
      @rachelpena5619 11 місяців тому +2

      Her dad was an attorney so that helped

  • @davidthomas-ot4cl
    @davidthomas-ot4cl Рік тому +83

    Tom dumped Nicole out of the blue. Katie dumped Tom out of the blue. That's Karma, Tom.

    • @wendypham3658
      @wendypham3658 Рік тому +8

      Tom should said very well done Katie 👏🏼

  • @georgiaamanatides4207
    @georgiaamanatides4207 Рік тому +188

    Katie's father is responsible for Katie escaping so smoothly. All Katie did was follow his instructions.
    I would bet her father consulted with others in his profession to ensure Tom was caught off guard and had no leverage.
    The one time we know of that Tom Cruise got what was coming to him.

    • @lauriefrohlich9901
      @lauriefrohlich9901 Рік тому +11

      Your absolutely right.

    • @merricat3025
      @merricat3025 Рік тому +33

      I read somewhere Katie was planning this escape for about a year. Yeah she was getting her ducks in a row. Escaping was not easy. She had handlers watching her all the time.

    • @travelinglight4656
      @travelinglight4656 Рік тому +15

      You don't know that. Unless you know personally what happened or were there, you don't know.
      He may have paved a path but the work was hers. She did it.

    • @alexandriafitts9262
      @alexandriafitts9262 Рік тому +3

      @@travelinglight4656 lol. I doubt that

    • @Tagurrit
      @Tagurrit Рік тому +1

      Truth!

  • @jamieohare5096
    @jamieohare5096 Рік тому +121

    Katie’s legal team triumphing over Marilyn Chinitz of Blank Rome is EPIC. Having an attorney dad, time, and secrecy was everything for Katie!

    • @nadegef4895
      @nadegef4895 Рік тому +11

      And also money

    • @jamieohare5096
      @jamieohare5096 Рік тому +19

      @@nadegef4895 sure, but Tom had way more money, and he got his ass handed to him.

    • @ehayes7849
      @ehayes7849 Рік тому +1

      I would love to know how Katie and her dad communicated and kept all the legal research and help needed to escape secret.

    • @jamieohare5096
      @jamieohare5096 Рік тому

      @@ehayes7849 burner phones for sure and a new email address where her dad had all the recovery info. She fired her Scientology staffers and had gotten a new apartment with the idea that paparazzi would not know where she was, so I’m sure she kept everything she needed there.

    • @NicoleAZ145
      @NicoleAZ145 10 місяців тому

      @@ehayes7849I heard they communicated by burner phones.

  • @kathrynlangford8405
    @kathrynlangford8405 Рік тому +115

    My husband and I did exactly the same when we escaped a christan cult. The amount of stress and subterfuge and systems we had to employ is book worthy.
    I have no problem believing that the need for all of this was imperative.
    These places are run by people who are pure evil.

    • @Zodroo_Tint
      @Zodroo_Tint Рік тому +4

      Which one was that cult? I love how non of the christian cult care about what Jesus said and did.

    • @kathrynlangford8405
      @kathrynlangford8405 Рік тому +3

      @@Zodroo_Tint it no longer exists and was never overly influential.

    • @Rob-dp3vr
      @Rob-dp3vr Рік тому

      You just made that up, for the entire purpose of bashing Christians.
      Liar.
      You would have said exactly the name of the "cult". "A Christian Cult" very easily tells everyone you're a liar and just wanted to post that to smear religion.

    • @Rob-dp3vr
      @Rob-dp3vr Рік тому

      Your "story" is bookworthy, yet you had no name for the cult in your fiction post. So are you gonna write a book and never actually mention the cult?
      Liar.
      Even when someone asked you the name.... "uh, well, um, they're not around and more, and uh, you wouldn't know them anyways ".
      Classic liar.
      It's like the "yeah, I have a girlfriend, she's hot, but she's in Canada right now, you wouldn't know her".
      Get out of here with your cheap, flimsy, self serving lies.
      If you don't like Christian religions, then stay away. But you're very obviously full of sht.

    • @marycassidy1695
      @marycassidy1695 11 місяців тому

      A cult isn't truly Christian. they just say they are. Their God is not the God of the Bible.

  • @secretpal6039
    @secretpal6039 Рік тому +35

    If you have to “escape” in the middle of the night, then there’s something wrong with this cult. Not sure why these members can’t see how horrible their organization is.

  • @julienotsmith7068
    @julienotsmith7068 Рік тому +18

    She is mother of the year. A remarkable, amazing woman.

  • @RozaneBeyMcCurdy
    @RozaneBeyMcCurdy Рік тому +172

    I would LOVE to see Katie star in a movie documenting her escape, but it might disclose strategies on how she escaped and preventing others from doing so.

    • @rabbithole9555
      @rabbithole9555 Рік тому +27

      Signed legal documents to never disclose nor speak about anything publicly or privately during that time period in her private life, ... Allegedly.

    • @danysanerd2383
      @danysanerd2383 Рік тому +18

      Well, I'd be willing to guess; that it's a pretty safe bet to belive, that she would have had to sign an iron clad NDA, as Tom wouldn't want anyone to know about his "alleged" impotence &/or lack of luck with love! *dramatically clutches her pearls*

    • @mindsigh4
      @mindsigh4 Рік тому

      @@rabbithole9555
      right, & i imagine that Cruise signed over/ gave up all his parental/custody, maybe even contact rights(?) in exchange for her silence on all things Scifientology,
      Cruise or their relationship.

    • @sighborg_
      @sighborg_ Рік тому +10

      Idk if she would ever star in a movie about it, but someone should definitely write a film script or novel that is a fictional adaption of the Katie Holmes story.

    • @scottblack7182
      @scottblack7182 Рік тому +5

      Thats not gonna stop Hollywood from making money from it eventually. Exactly what your saying is what the biggest issue is with survival stories. They should not be shared among the general public but whats that ol american saying?,.."profits over people?" 😑.

  • @yvechapman9342
    @yvechapman9342 Рік тому +23

    I was disowned at 18 by my bio father and honestly him not actually being biologically my father would be a HUGE relief.

    • @murielglaphre8946
      @murielglaphre8946 Рік тому +5

      I found out that the man on my birth certificate is not my actual bio father. It was a huge relief. I still don't know who my real father is and even with zero clue, I'm still so relieved.

  • @BarbItalia
    @BarbItalia Рік тому +81

    I would LOVE to see the schedule of events that took place for Katie’s escape; how absolutely fascinating!!!

    • @catherineenglish9542
      @catherineenglish9542 Рік тому +6

      I think about it all the time . I have a favorite UA-cam tarot reader , Blue Nola . I'm going to ask her to do a reading on Katie and this topic . Maybe you could go to her site and make a request as well . She's very ethical . No negative energy . Maybe she can give us some insight .

    • @megmeyer7563
      @megmeyer7563 Рік тому +2

      Me too.

    • @ED80s
      @ED80s Рік тому +2

      We need this to be a movie

  • @MandyX19
    @MandyX19 Рік тому +10

    It’s so sad Tom chose Scientology over his beautiful daughter! He’s gross.

  • @czarinacourtneyal-marmont4699
    @czarinacourtneyal-marmont4699 11 місяців тому +4

    It was like a real life “Sleeping With The Enemy.”

  • @MaryCoffey-pn9zv
    @MaryCoffey-pn9zv Рік тому +7

    Many years ago, a coworker invited me to participate in something called EST (Earhart Seminar Training). I met her at the introductory seminar, and within 10 minutes, I realized it was a cult. First, they try to convince you that you're broken and only they can show you the path to heeling. Then they try to sell you thousands of dollars of classes and workbooks. I got up to leave, and all the conference room doors were locked. As soon as they called the first break, I literally had to push past the members in the foyer to get out of there. I never spoke to her again. She quit about 2 months later. Good for Katie. I'm proud of how stealthy her parents were in getting her and Suri out of the Scientology cult safely.

  • @zsong9600
    @zsong9600 Рік тому +15

    She had to plan it very carefully and in advance, and with the support of others, like her father. She’s not just a pretty face and I’m so glad that she got out and she got out with her baby. Nobody should be raised in a cult, like Scientology.

  • @k8marlowe
    @k8marlowe Рік тому +11

    Great point: Katie must have been very disturbed indeed to have been motivated enough to pull all of this off. I would also agree that Nicole Kidman’s experience was likely a huge factor for her.

  • @anxiety4daysmusingmedic891
    @anxiety4daysmusingmedic891 Рік тому +68

    It seems like you two are becoming friends and these frequent interviews are pure joy watch!

    • @AndrewGold1
      @AndrewGold1 Рік тому +11

      haha i have so much fun with aaron!

    • @johnwattdotca
      @johnwattdotca Рік тому

      @@AndrewGold1 I'm waiting for you two to come out as partners. You know it.

    • @AndrewGold1
      @AndrewGold1 Рік тому

      @@johnwattdotca haa

  • @annetteelliott1494
    @annetteelliott1494 Рік тому +14

    Best thing you've ever done Katie! Best wishes for the future with your daughter and without that other one

  • @davinatest8467
    @davinatest8467 Рік тому +9

    Her father must have got specialist help with her extraction from this very powerful and connected organisation. This was no simple matter of just leaving that organisation.

    • @shannonm.4087
      @shannonm.4087 Рік тому +2

      Her father is a very powerful and successful force himself- and very well known in the legal world. Thank goodness she had a father like that!

  • @Ania-cd2sh
    @Ania-cd2sh Рік тому +74

    Even joint custody the mother can and usually does have the last say on education, religion, medical etc. At least that’s how it worked for me here in GA.
    But Katie is amazing for what she did for herself and her daughter.

    • @farmgirl-nursedoc
      @farmgirl-nursedoc Рік тому +5

      @@charisma-hornum-fries - most states in the US provide for both parents to be part of major decisions as is done in Denmark.

    • @angeliccow
      @angeliccow Рік тому +5

      California has quite progressive rules as I understand and the primary carer would normally have final say on education and medical but a 50/50 would usually be 50/50 on those decisions. There is a big reason she filed on New York.

    • @tamara6212
      @tamara6212 Рік тому +4

      @@angeliccow And with the love and support of her family.

  • @Milk427
    @Milk427 Рік тому +47

    One aspect of the custody agreement is that Katie gets 100% full control over what religion Suri is raised in or not. Meaning Tom basically gave up his right to indoctrinate Suri into Scientology. Katie’s father put that in the custody papers. People talk a lot about how Katie gets to decide on Siri’s education but I think an even bigger thing is how religion was put in the custody papers. Look at any other custody papers of other celebrities or most people in general and either we don’t hear about it or it’s not even acknowledged. Here it was.

    • @ehayes7849
      @ehayes7849 Рік тому +2

      of course religion is a factor during divorce depending on how closely related to one religion the parents are.

  • @KittyLovesGlover
    @KittyLovesGlover Рік тому +5

    Katie Holmes.. you are a smart and very strong person! I can only pray that others see the wrong in Scientology and escape it also. Bless you and Suri's life with peace and love. I also pray you find the right thing for the two of you to help heal the abuse and heartache.

  • @theblackwidowchronicles
    @theblackwidowchronicles Рік тому +19

    Everyone knows that Tom is married to David Miscavige which is why Miscavige's wife has done a 'Fargo' thing and taken an permanent holiday in Tom's wood chipper while David has vanished from public life to be a good wife to Tom

  • @marshamercer876
    @marshamercer876 Рік тому +4

    And what women in her right mind would want Tom. He has too much baggage.

  • @AgnetaBorgKristensson
    @AgnetaBorgKristensson Рік тому +19

    You two are so funny together!

  • @BrandyYoureAFineGirl
    @BrandyYoureAFineGirl Рік тому +21

    Watching the replay!! Absolutely love you guys! You both are so funny! Andrew I love your innocence!! Well done 😂

  • @PatriotMommy
    @PatriotMommy Рік тому +29

    As for Suri, I could see Katie being very protective of her. Katie appears to be a very private person nowadays after her and Tom Cruise's relationship being more of a PR campaign. I would understand why she would want to shield Suri from the tabloids, social media and the Internet in general. Of course I'm sure she can't keep her off of the internet completely at her age.

  • @YourGypsy
    @YourGypsy Рік тому +7

    Thank God Katie had the sense to recognize the danger of the situation for her and Suri. And she planned her escape. It is sad Suri does not know her Dad, but she really is better off.

  • @Glm867
    @Glm867 Рік тому +5

    Katie Holmes and her Dad are my Heroes 🙌💯🙌♥️👀😅👀♥️ What an AMAZING Mom

  • @LynnsYouTube
    @LynnsYouTube Рік тому +28

    Great video. If Suri needed some kind of psychological or medical help and Tom had any part of custody that would be a big mess.

  • @dkitd2001
    @dkitd2001 Рік тому +37

    Could David and Tom be secret lovers, and Katie caught them?

  • @tonyaa8738
    @tonyaa8738 Рік тому +23

    I remember Katie and Nicole were photographed by paparazzi lunching together shortly before Katie left. It was a big story at the time, his current wife lunching with his ex wife. But when Katie left Tom that story exploded! Everyone speculated Katie was asking Nicole that day for advice about how to leave successfully.

  • @glamma77
    @glamma77 Рік тому +13

    Your collaboration together is always such a roller coaster of emotions, but I enjoy learning this way!

    • @AndrewGold1
      @AndrewGold1 Рік тому

      glad to hear it, feels that way for us on screen too!

  • @rchristy4540
    @rchristy4540 Рік тому +19

    Anyone who has escaped a narcissistic personality knows you must PLAN carefully. Well done Katie 😉

  • @tsquaredtim
    @tsquaredtim Рік тому +16

    I also read or saw somewhere that Seri was approaching the age that she would have to start training in Scientology and Katie Holmes wasn't too thrilled about that.

  • @EMunaBee
    @EMunaBee Рік тому +13

    Yes, Katie is very close with her family. While she was infatuated with TC since she was a child, he knew it, used the information and took her on the types of dates to have a person manipulated to bond with him, her parents never liked him. When they decided to intervene and tell her to get out of it fast, it was too late, she was pregnant (*possibly* before she met him?) and getting married to him, her family would be considered SPs and they would have been removed from her life. They had to go along to keep a relationship with her and ultimately to save her and her child.

    • @shannonm.4087
      @shannonm.4087 Рік тому +3

      Yes!! the whole ordeal had to have been so stressful and people really do not seem to grasp the intense level of planning it took to get Katie and Suri away from the Tom Turd.

  • @witch_haunts_ghost
    @witch_haunts_ghost Рік тому +13

    You guys are hilarious and amazing. Thank you!

  • @ahomeforallanimals
    @ahomeforallanimals Рік тому +54

    Katie had the money to escape which is nice. I grew up in an abusive home and if i had money and connections i had a plan to get myself, siblings and pets out, but wo money and the adults i asked to help including social services did nothing, so i had to stay. Take an example of how to escape, but you wont be doing it katie holmes style with parents with money and your own bank account, youll be leaving with nothing and lucky to live in your car

    • @420greatestqueen
      @420greatestqueen Рік тому +10

      Don’t forget to have a father who is a divorce attorney

    • @ahomeforallanimals
      @ahomeforallanimals Рік тому +13

      @@420greatestqueen i wish. People applaud Katie for the escape. They forget she had somewhere to run

  • @amandaadkins3524
    @amandaadkins3524 Рік тому +31

    The leaving of Katie from Tom would be a cinematic masterpiece that would crush any of Tom's 'Mission Impossible' original or sequels!!! I'd love a book even. To know what she went though within the marriage and the layers of steps taken to get out unscathed! And not simply to be nosy, but I had to leave my abusive husband 'under the radar' while he was also out of town on business. I had CPS helping keep myself and child safe. Either way, I'm so happy she was able to save herself and her child!

    • @beth-bi9yv
      @beth-bi9yv Рік тому +5

      Glad you also got out. Hope you all are ok now.....

    • @amandaadkins3524
      @amandaadkins3524 Рік тому +3

      @@beth-bi9yv Thank you! ❤️

  • @ricknelson947
    @ricknelson947 Рік тому +27

    Just thinking out loud. David has hidden his wife away from the world. Tom has run off both of his wives. Both Tom and David, standing facing each other can look straight into each other’s eyes. Maybe there’s a little more than just a bromance going on and scientology is being used to keep it on the DL.

    • @Milk427
      @Milk427 Рік тому +1

      Don’t think that has not crossed my mind too. I wouldn’t be surprised at all. If they did….. good on them for finding someone.

    • @TheArielski
      @TheArielski Рік тому +2

      TC has been married and divorced THREE times - Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes.

  • @KDSima
    @KDSima Рік тому +9

    You have both hit your strides. We have been watching Growing up in Scientology since the early days, when you were doing interviews with Mike Rinder. It was always been great, now… they are even getting better.

  • @amandalhartle
    @amandalhartle Рік тому +17

    I truly believe that she used the information about Tom and David to escape. I guarantee that's why she hasn't spoken about it

  • @racheld7528
    @racheld7528 Рік тому +14

    Honestly I would love to hear a tell all from both Katie and Nicole if ever possible.
    I know Nicole it may be harder since at least Conner is in Scientology and I am assuming her daughter Isabella is as well.
    But maybe she can write it and it’s something that can be released later.
    But it would be interesting to hear it all in their own words.

  • @tammywozmoak6349
    @tammywozmoak6349 Рік тому +20

    Toms girlfriend IS David Miscarriage!😂😂

  • @BushaBandulu
    @BushaBandulu Рік тому +10

    Siri LOOKS LIKE Tom.

  • @mindMyBlues
    @mindMyBlues Рік тому +6

    another interesting conversation ... looking forward to the next ones - thanks

  • @tiredofit4761
    @tiredofit4761 Рік тому +14

    He’s always been creepy to me. Knowing he joined Scientology sealed the deal on me not liking anything he does. I feel for his wives. He seems to like young nieve women. He’s so narcissistic. Katie and Nicole were lucky to get out but you see how he controlled the outcome. To this day neither say anything negative about him or the church! Nicole lost children she loved. It’s sad. You can see he hasn’t even seen Suri in years! What kind of dad is that?!

  • @matilda4406
    @matilda4406 Рік тому +3

    thank you for making all this public, the "cults in the community", etc

  • @cheriedance8529
    @cheriedance8529 Рік тому +2

    You guys are great!!

  • @carolannid2390
    @carolannid2390 Рік тому +10

    Loved this! Both parts! Thank you both for your great content!

  • @natk4017
    @natk4017 Рік тому +40

    Hey Aaron. Wanted to chime in on infertility since my husband and I are going through treatment. You're absolutely right, people with infertility issues most often do have the ability to concieve at certain points or with certain treatments. Someone could be infertile for decades and have a treatment that results in a successful pregnancy, especially with the money they have. Really hard to hear about fertility stuff for me right now so I can't watch this one to the end unfortunately. But just wanted to support what you said.

    • @fluffdumpling8515
      @fluffdumpling8515 Рік тому +5

      On the other hand, Suri was born very soon after they 'met'. When did they have time to do 'fertility treatments'? I believe Katie was pregnant with the boyfriend before Tom. He was dark haired and tall. Suri is tall. Tom is 5'7" wearing lift shoes.

    • @cecilyerker
      @cecilyerker Рік тому +2

      @@fluffdumpling8515 I think Suri is his child biologically. Her facial bone structure is similar to him when he was really young and started acting. And kids often turn out to be taller than their parents, my brothers are five plus inches taller than my dad because of my mom’s genes. It makes sense that they had to do fertility treatments to conceive.

    • @lisajay9512
      @lisajay9512 Рік тому +2

      Good luck with it all Nat and take care of yourself.

    • @natk4017
      @natk4017 Рік тому +1

      @@fluffdumpling8515 I have PCOS which is a sub fertility disorder. I can concieve any month just like any woman, I just ovulate a lot less and a lot less frequently. So potentially I could get pregnant from a one night stand the chances are just much much lower than na average couple. Many infertile couples won't even need treatment and will concieve naturally on a long enough timeline, it's just that couples don't like to take that risk of never having a baby, so they do treatment. This is one of if not the most common form of infertility, but they still have a small chance of natural conception.

    • @alicelong3613
      @alicelong3613 Рік тому +2

      I had to do IVF cuz hubby got blown up in Iraq and has TBI, so his hormones are whack. It worked for us, keep the faith!

  • @rosita1200
    @rosita1200 Рік тому +3

    I have read the whole Bible and believe in God and his son Jesus, and its truly amazing. I can see where some churches have changed the teachings, religion does not twist or trap people, it's people who use it incorrectly to gain power.

  • @Emer205
    @Emer205 Рік тому +1

    You two are great together!! I like you, individually, as well but together you are even better.

  • @satutoivonen9679
    @satutoivonen9679 Рік тому +14

    Ah, A-A-Ron, that happened to me too: was in great shape before covid and then all the stress and weirdness had me just not care and I blew up like a balloon. Sucks so bad. So I feel your frustration. Tell me if you ever figure out how to get back on the wagon. 🤠

    • @linato1855
      @linato1855 Рік тому +6

      I have medical reasons for my weight gain. Only lost some on starvation diets and soon put the weight back. Last December I started the Keto diet and loving my desserts, I’ve lost nearly 30 lbs. Worth a try….💪🏻

    • @lizardgirl72
      @lizardgirl72 Рік тому +1

      Lina To ❤️ the keto lifestyle

  • @lulumoon6942
    @lulumoon6942 Рік тому +2

    Glad to have found Part 2, thanks.

  • @joycewedel9084
    @joycewedel9084 Рік тому +4

    Thank Goodness Katie was smart & wise enough to get out & not telling Terrible Tom she was leaving otherwise he'd have put her in some Scientology Dungeon forever & would have never allowed her to see her daughter Suri & he would then make Suri join the Sea Org. Scientology is EVIL!!!

  • @Ceelle2
    @Ceelle2 Рік тому +1

    83 years old. It marks 70 years since the first Bar mitzvah

  • @awakenyewhosleeprealityisn4860
    @awakenyewhosleeprealityisn4860 Рік тому +26

    Don’t forget that Tom’s first wife Mimi characterized Tom as a “monk”.

  • @aleratz
    @aleratz Рік тому +2

    This host is pure Gold!

  • @benjaminperez1149
    @benjaminperez1149 Рік тому +3

    Shows how important a father is in the family.

    • @benjaminperez1149
      @benjaminperez1149 Рік тому

      @@demi8890 In other words, you consider yourself fatherless. Fathers is the plural, tbh.

  • @zdrumdude
    @zdrumdude Рік тому +8

    If you have to flee or escape your church……you may be in a cult🤷‍♂️ that’s just me😂

  • @clearopt
    @clearopt Рік тому +6

    I wonder if Tom Cruise got any king of reprimand for Katie's escape. You know - for not being able to control his woman.

  • @farmgirl-nursedoc
    @farmgirl-nursedoc Рік тому +3

    Love both of you guys!!!

    • @AndrewGold1
      @AndrewGold1 Рік тому +2

      we love you all too, the show's nothing without you all

  • @dor4376
    @dor4376 Рік тому +3

    Suri, if you watch this - your mom and grandad did sth amazing! They really love you 👏 and now you have a nice life ahead!💙

  • @annem7806
    @annem7806 Рік тому +3

    Baptism, First Communion (1st grade), Confirmation (6th grade) Marriage, Ordination (priests, nuns) Last Rites.

  • @Serai3
    @Serai3 Рік тому +15

    Now I know what to say to Tom Cruise if I ever run into him. 😆

    • @wendypham3658
      @wendypham3658 Рік тому +2

      He’s a monster !! Just walk away like Katie 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 Рік тому

      @@wendypham3658 Nah, I'm gonna have my fun, sorry.

  • @nicenancy7694
    @nicenancy7694 Рік тому +2

    Sure, Tom, I'll clean the bathroom with YOUR toothbrush.

  • @lauratrommer811
    @lauratrommer811 Рік тому +15

    Kids are a lot more aware than what you guys give them credit. I had friends that were secular humanists. They had a son and decided they would not discuss their lack of religion with him and allow him to make his own mind up when he became more aware. I was driving a car with them and their son was still small enough to be sitting in a baby seat. His friend who was several years older was sitting next to him. They wanted to get together the next day and play on Sunday. And a friend said well when are you done with church so we can play tomorrow. And my friend's son turned to them and in his little baby fat face and said we don't go to church we don't believe in God. All of us tried to keep from cracking up cuz we don't want to laugh at the at the children. But also because this plan had gone awry. Kids are indoctrinated or learn about their parents believe from the moment that they are able to identify mom and dad.

    • @annemccarron2281
      @annemccarron2281 Рік тому +4

      Isn't it a parent's resonsibility to raise their children with the values they feel are right. Either you raise them with religion or you raise them as atheists. A good parent doesn't give a child no direction. I've always thought "letting the child decide for himself" as a cop out for being a negligent parent.

  • @kristendavis7870
    @kristendavis7870 11 місяців тому +2

    How in gods name did she get herself in this mess! She had to know what she was getting into.

    • @orchidz5426
      @orchidz5426 26 днів тому

      I believe Katie knew but didn't care. She wanted fame and status. Plus, she wanted to be A list star like Nicole Kidman. Of course it didn't happen because she has no talent or appeal. She felt stuck in the marriage and got out.

  • @Texasbama2
    @Texasbama2 Рік тому +9

    I wouldn't be surprised if they still have eyes on her and she doesn't even know. Phone tapped, surveillance, stealing her trash, scientology neighbors etc like they have done Mike and many others.

  • @kyilmaz2
    @kyilmaz2 Рік тому +1

    Aaron your the best..great talk show. I look forward to all your shows. This is really great, amazing.

  • @audreyroche9490
    @audreyroche9490 Рік тому +8

    I feel sorry for any kids who been in sciencetology

  • @prettyinpinky5937
    @prettyinpinky5937 Рік тому +1

    Those assist things sound so wild, especially as a parent cause your natural instinct is to comfort and cuddle!

  • @foley15136
    @foley15136 Рік тому +8

    Dude! There _has_ to be at least one Scientologist on that jury. One that will mysteriously become a bit wealthier after the trial.

  • @bethmcnaughton2503
    @bethmcnaughton2503 Рік тому +2

    Hey Aaron & Andrew, Fantastic video 👍

  • @merp9211
    @merp9211 Рік тому +7

    The controlling nature of Scientology reminds me of Cruise’s movie, The Firm. I wonder if he’s noticed the parallels.

  • @kalyncaldwell3565
    @kalyncaldwell3565 Рік тому +2

    I wonder if she left the way she did because Tom and Mickywitz had plans for Suri to go to a Scientology school vs a traditional school. She did leave when suri reached school age.

  • @Stitchycatlady
    @Stitchycatlady Рік тому +16

    Andrew, as a 6ft woman, I completely get the reaction when you see someone taller than you, but only women in my case. My dad is 6’ 6”, so I’m used to seeing men taller than me.

    • @AndrewGold1
      @AndrewGold1 Рік тому +3

      yes i can imagine that, rare is the woman taller than you, and rare is the man taller than me - apart from your dad! thanks for watching :)

  • @jenniferwells9032
    @jenniferwells9032 Рік тому +2

    And she also saved her life👍and I too did same. Not a hand was laid on me, but I had never been so scared of any man than I was my ex husband 👿😡

  • @VAPIDISM
    @VAPIDISM Рік тому +10

    I hear Tom has been working on a new movie about the life of a man with chronic constipation. Its called Motion Impassable.

  • @KimberleySanchez
    @KimberleySanchez Рік тому +5

    I like the energy you two have - good video! Started watching Andrew through Shaun Atwood. It's great so see some of my faves collab.

  • @southernborn1358
    @southernborn1358 Рік тому +5

    I read once that Connor & Isabella were children born into some Scientology families, and Tom wanted kids-so those kids were taken from whomever their parents were, to give Tom what he wanted.

  • @southernborn1358
    @southernborn1358 Рік тому +5

    Ok, on the second Bar Mitvah-first, I’m not Jewish, nor am I well versed in the theology. Last year, I watched a British produced documentary series about the large Jewish population in an area of London. It really was interesting-these people are working hard to maintain the lifestyles and old traditions of a Jewish family & and a Jewish COMMUNITY. Which I thought was great! In this series, one of the subplots was of an old man in his 80’s from Poland. When his father saw the imminent German attack coming, Dad told him (and he was YOUNG to run on his own) you can stay with us, but you may die. I want you to RUN and try to survive. Paraphrasing of course. So he ran, and his entire family was taken to concentration camp and killed. He made it, ended up marrying, had a family, a good business, etc… however, he never got a Bar Mitzvah. He had several grandkids, and his special one was Benny, who was about to have his Bar Mitvah. The story explained that Benny wished to share his Bar Mitzvah with his loving great grandfather. Again, not positive on the “great”. The elders of the synagogue met and granted the 80 year old Holocaust survivor his own Bar Mitzvah, small with close family I think.
    This may not be the same thing as what you are speaking about, but maybe it started a trend?

  • @Leslie-karren
    @Leslie-karren Рік тому +9

    With regard to the Covid vaccine, Tom would have insisted anyone near him was vaccinated because of his work. So it makes complete sense that anyone his was in contact with would have to have taken the shot, because he's just ALL that. Also, I think with regard to Surie's age, at 6-7 is when kids really start to understand and make their own decisions, therefore can be brainwashed, so Katie acted as a great mother bear and got her out.

  • @lisacolledge7624
    @lisacolledge7624 Рік тому +2

    I love you two ❤️ ♥️ 💓 Brilliant stuff.

  • @lunkis3233
    @lunkis3233 Рік тому +9

    Love the videos with you two.

  • @thomaslund6013
    @thomaslund6013 Рік тому

    Thanks! Yes Brothers

  • @debbielacombe5717
    @debbielacombe5717 Рік тому +4

    They got Katie's silence, She got Suri

  • @sonyaseybold9137
    @sonyaseybold9137 Рік тому +1

    I really enjoy the conversation with the both of you 😍

    • @AndrewGold1
      @AndrewGold1 Рік тому

      thanks, we're nothing without you guys sonya

  • @donnamyers7274
    @donnamyers7274 Рік тому +7

    Suri IS Tom Cruise's child 100%. She looks exactly like him. More like him than Katie as she's gotten older.

    • @TheNiteSkye
      @TheNiteSkye Рік тому

      Her eyes and smile but everything else is Katie