Nicole Kidman Wasn't Married to Tom Cruise...

16. I'm sorry but he deserves better then her. I think she was more into him then her own children. She's always observed with him out in public but never at her kids events, games, etc. We were all talking the other day and she was so pretty in Days of Thunder...look at her now! Matronly ewwww. I hope it works, since I don't like divorce but I see this one lasting a lot less then Tom will be with Kate! Go Tom...Nicole rode your coattails for a long enough time. Let her ride Keith's now.

Posted at 8:45PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Julie

17. Whether she was or was not married to Cruise is no longer an issue. At least SHE GOT MARRIED first before a baby came into the picture and hasn't flaunted her personal life like so much trash like Cruise. He really sets an example for our youth, now doesn't he? Course he's in good company with Pitt

Posted at 8:45PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Annette

18. Nicole showed no respect by getting married in a white dress with the veil over her face and her father giving her away. Come on Nicole, incase you don't know white is for purity and the veil over the face means virginity. How crazy and ridiculous is for her to do all that. I hope she didn't bought the catholic church with her money, just to show Katie parents that she can marry in the c. church and their daughter can not. A divorced woman, doing what she did, I wonder how many people are laughing at her. Show some respect and leave the white dress the veil over the face and the father giving the bride away for virgens, girls that are getting married for the first time.

Posted at 8:47PM on Jun 26th 2006 by pab

19. To Phillip, re: your marriage in Canada:
My husband is a Canadian citizen, and we were married in Canada. We came back to the U.S. to live, and applied for his permanent residency, the process for which was completed about two months ago - everything came out fine, and he's got his permanent residency card. We've never had a problem with any U.S. official recognizing our marriage as legal. According to the USCIS, the current U.S. law recognizes most marriages performed in other countries (there are a few countries that are exceptions, and of course the U.S. does not yet recognize homosexual marriages), as long as the marriage was performed legally in the country in which it took place, and that country recognizes it as legal.

I am not saying that your marriage is not legal, or that that is why it is not recognized here, however as the law currently stands, that is the most common reason for a marriage not to be recognized. You did not state the reason why the marriage isn't recognized here, so I'm just speculating.

Posted at 8:51PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Lil

20. Go girl. Teddy Kennedy was married the first time in the Church and remarried, so what is the deal there? I don't think her first marriage to Cruise should be recognized by the Church, either. This one is in the eyes of the Church and the Lord.

Posted at 8:56PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Marshal Tess

21. I guess it's like the song says..................she bought the stairway to heaven. She probably got around the issue of the first marriage with a huge donation to the church. That aside........I wish them the best of luck.

Posted at 8:58PM on Jun 26th 2006 by rusmct

22. Nicole was LEGALLY married to Cruise, but not SACRAMENTALLY. In the eyes of the Church, since they did not have their marriage blessed by the Catholic Church, it was not a SACRAMENT. There is a difference, religiously speaking. Look up Canon law or ask a priest. One of the reasons Tom & Nicole's marriage dissolved had to be his belief in Scientology. The Catholic Church would not have excommunicated Nicole. I am assuming that she confessed her non-sacramental marriage in the sacrament of reconciliation. This would have to be one of the steps she would have to take in order to be married by a priest. There are seven sacraments in the Church and marriage is one of them. She couldn't just walk in and ask to be married in a Catholic ceremony. There are a lot of steps to go through before a ceremony can be conducted. I hope this clairifies some of the confusion.

Posted at 8:59PM on Jun 26th 2006 by CA Jensen

23. I'm catholic and I'm so tired of the media trying to comment on catholic issues, which they so often obviously are not knowledgeable on. News flash---whether it was in Australia or France, the Catholic church does not technically recognize a marriage outside the Catholic church. If it was not recognized in the first place, there is nothing to annul later on---I hope that's common sense!! The Catholic church would only require mere proof of the legal dissolution of that non-Catholic marriage to comply with the "laws of the land" per se. To the author of this article, NO LOOPHOLE, EL STUPIDO---JUST THE FACTS!!!!!!

Posted at 9:00PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Nunya

24. Kidman heading to botox city...


Shame i it's true.

I hate that. I hope Tom can take his 200M$ right back! plus the properties he gave that carrerist for the divorce!

Posted at 9:07PM on Jun 26th 2006 by botox party

25. Best wishes to the both of you!!! I'm so happy for you:)

Tom and Nicole were not married in a Catholic church, not married by a priest, it was not a Catholic ceremony. It is absolutely correct that the Catholic Church does not recognize the marriage. They of course know she WAS married but NOT by the laws of the Church. Since that did not take place, the Catholic church indeed does not recognize it a religious Catholic sacrament. The Church does NOT excommunicate ANYONE for marrying outside of the Catholic faith. My husband and I are Catholic as well. We have relatives who have married someone that is not Catholic. They were not allowed to be married in the Church. There is a lot of paper work that is involved. One also has had to receive their First Holy Communion, which is about the age of 7, as well as having a Confirmation, which is a ceremony which takes place in one's early teen years, to even be allowed to be married in the Catholic Church.
Hope this sheds a little light on the subject.

Posted at 9:17PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Tina

26. Actually Nunya, the Catholic church does recognize marriages in a Christian church - doesn't have to be Catholic.

Posted at 9:19PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Kathleen

27. Actually Nunya, the Catholic church does recognize marriages in a Christian church - doesn't have to be Catholic.

Posted at 9:21PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Kathleen

28. Kidman heading to botox city...


Shame i it's true.

I hate that. I hope Tom can take his 200M$ right back! plus the properties he gave that carrerist for the divorce!

Posted at 9:21PM on Jun 26th 2006 by botox party

29. I was raised Anglican and Catholic having a semi Catholic father and a VERY Anglican Mother.....Mum says the Catholic Church does NOT recognize SCIENTOLOGY as a a true faith or belief.....like it does various sects of Prostetantisim and Judaism and the Orthodox faiths. I have a bit of trouble with it myself. Take this as you will.......But Scientology seems a bit "off the wall" as did L RON HUBBARD........... wasn't he already supposed to return to the land of the living?????????? Well, where is he?????????????? We have even experienced the Second Coming of Christ yet.......I certainly don't expect Hubbard to appear before that. NO wonder Nicole could remarry---that "church" is just plain "wacko" like someone else we know.

Posted at 9:33PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Dylan

30. tmz is a sight for people who flunked out of journalism school to come and die a slow and spellchecker free death, there is no story here, there never was, they're all mental whores who suck the life out of would be good stories until nothing but the skeleton of foolishness is left to rot on this website and seep into your brains

Posted at 9:33PM on Jun 26th 2006 by youwishyouhadthisbutudonthaha