Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s Split Scared Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith So Badly They Took the Most Extreme Measure

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s divorce after a whirlwind romance and a decade of marriage came as a shock to everyone. One minute, they were one of the most powerful couples in Hollywood, and the other, they were no longer together. To this day, the reason behind their separation remains a secret from the world, but that does not include Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Cruise and Kidman’s separation already grabbed a lot of attention and remains a topic of discussion to this day. So, not revealing their reasons seems the best call. Their divorce scared Cruise’s estranged friend Will Smith and his wife so much that threw caution to the wind and reached out to the former couple to find out what exactly happened that led them to take such a huge step.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were alarmed by Tom Cruise’s split with Nicole Kidman and sought answers

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman met for the first time while working on the movie Days of Thunder. The couple fell for each other almost immediately and were married by the end of the year. Kidman’s career took a hit but she does not hold Cruise responsible for that. She began working to get back on track and succeeded. Unfortunately, this was when her personal life went into shambles as she and Cruise decided to separate.

The year was 2001 and Kidman had to be in the public eye for the promotion of her movie Moulin Rouge! Luckily, she survived it or at least that is what people thought happened. Among the millions of people who were shocked by her divorce, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were also two who had tied the knot in 1997.

The Smiths are not divorced, but they separated in 2016. So, their marriage lasted for almost two decades and a secret to this was that they met high-profile Hollywood couples to find out what went wrong for them. According to Daily Mail, the Independence Day actor revealed that they had also talked to Cruise and Kidman.

Every time somebody in Hollywood breaks up, Jada and I go and find out why. With Bruce and Demi, we spent hours talking to them. And Tom and Nicole – hours, just trying to understand what happened.

Talking to Cruise and Kidman was more-or-less of a risky step for Smith because he was friends with the Mission: Impossible star. Discussing such a sensitive topic with a friend when he is going through a divorce or has just gotten one posed a bit of a threat to their friendship, but the Men in Black actor took that risk regardless.

What happened to Will Smith’s friendship with Tom Cruise?

Both Will Smith and Tom Cruise were at the peak of their careers in the 1990s when they became friends. In an interview with Newsweek, Smith revealed that he was shocked by Cruise’s behavior towards him at first because he could not believe that The Mummy star did not think of him as a competitor.

For years, they were the best of friends despite never having worked together. However, that seemed to have changed after the infamous slapgate at Oscars 2022. While neither of them has officially said anything about their friendship in recent years, a source close to RadarOnline.com divulged that there was a strain in their relationship in December 2022.

Will has approached Tom several times, trying to reconnect and see if they can hang out and brainstorm on some projects together. [..] Will has even offered to fly to London if that’s more convenient, but Tom isn’t biting and doesn’t even write him back.

The insider claimed that the Rain Man actor did not want to get embroiled in a controversy due to his association with Smith so he thought it best to keep his distance. The source further claimed that Smith was not the only one Cruise was keeping his distance from and that he was also avoiding his other friends from Hollywood.