The TomKat/Suri Conspiracy Timeline

It's been 86 days since the birth of Suri Cruise -- and about a split-second since the latest conspiracy theory about Hollywood's most elusive baby.

New rumors surface by the hour -- that Tom and Katie are holding out for a better magazine photo deal, that Scientology is involved in the mystery, that Suri doesn't even exist!

So what has fueled the rumors? TMZ has created a timeline that may explain why Suri is becoming a national obsession.


Take a look at these pictures. On March 25, Katie, who was eight months pregnant at the time, looked ginormous. But then, on April 5, 13 days before she gave birth, Katie seemed to shrink.

And there's more.




We have video of Katie shopping at Barney's in Beverly Hills just days before her delivery. Katie spent hours inside on a wild shopping spree, and there's buzz that one of the items she purchased was a pair of size 26 Chip and Pepper jeans (which translate to a size 2) -- a bit odd for someone who had a long way to go to regain her figure.

And, of course, there was the never-ending public appearances by TomKat. The paparazzi followed them continent by continent, as the couple was bursting with joy over their impending arrival. But everything changed on April 18, with the birth of Suri.

These are the only images we could find of Katie post-pregnancy. And, of course, zilch on Suri.

And, as TMZ first reported, there are items of curiosity on Suri's birth certificate.

So you ask, why the conspiracy theories? As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

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46. if you ask me....i think their kid my have down syndrome or is mentally retarded or something....that's the only reason i could really think of them not allowing the baby to be seen....then later they will adopt a newer kid and pass the old Suri off to the state....I really wouldn't put it past him....He likes everything Beautiful and even if he doesn't have a movie to promote to keep his kid outta the spotlight, his own friends haven't seen this kid....that's funky.....I guess he feels some type of way since Nicole got married before he did (wuss)

Posted at 9:46PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Aisha

47. Has Katie's parents seen the baby?....that would solve the mystery of it all. Afterall her parents are pretty no nonsense with regards to Tom. And if things were peculiar they would not stay silent. If they saw the baby then I suspect they don't want Suri to be exposed to the media and any nasty comments they'd make about Tom. Why would new parents want to put up with such horrible criticism right after the birth of their child?

Posted at 9:47PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Denise

48. The side by sides are amazing. I would probably never had noticed the difference with out those. There is something amazingly wrong about it all.
I didn't even attempt to by clothes in my old size because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to fit in them for several months. Of coarse, I never did have the money to spend on clothes that I knew I wouldn't be wearing for months... that is just silly unless you are stupidly rich.
I get that they may want thier privacy, but they we the ones flawnting the pregnancy every chance they got (especially Tom) everywere they went, now all that we can do is speculate on if she even had the baby? Which I did look at the livejournal post that was in #11 comment made by MLC.. they do look like real strecth marks, but the thing I can't figure out is how long before that picture did she have the baby... my stretch marks didn't turn purple for a few months then they took what seemed like for ever to become an almost scar looking marks on my tummy.
So she might have had a child, but when, and were is it? Why would any good parent leave thier child in such an important developmental/bonding stage? Do they not want the poor child to not feel protected and loved? Parents that don't spend time with thier children end up not being loved by thier own children and they wonder why.
I still want to know if Katies parents have had time to bond with the new addition to the family.. Tom may not want them in Kates life any more, but they are still her parents and they have a right to see thier own granddaughter.
Tom could just fall off the face of the earth and Kate and her real family would be happier and we might just see her and the baby out. Tom needs to disappear.

Posted at 9:50PM on Jul 12th 2006 by JessicasMomma

49. The side by sides are amazing. I would probably never had noticed the difference with out those. There is something amazingly wrong about it all.
I didn't even attempt to by clothes in my old size because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to fit in them for several months. Of coarse, I never did have the money to spend on clothes that I knew I wouldn't be wearing for months... that is just silly unless you are stupidly rich.
I get that they may want thier privacy, but they we the ones flawnting the pregnancy every chance they got (especially Tom) everywere they went, now all that we can do is speculate on if she even had the baby? Which I did look at the livejournal post that was in #11 comment made by MLC.. they do look like real strecth marks, but the thing I can't figure out is how long before that picture did she have the baby... my stretch marks didn't turn purple for a few months then they took what seemed like for ever to become an almost scar looking marks on my tummy.
So she might have had a child, but when, and were is it? Why would any good parent leave thier child in such an important developmental/bonding stage? Do they not want the poor child to not feel protected and loved? Parents that don't spend time with thier children end up not being loved by thier own children and they wonder why.
I still want to know if Katies parents have had time to bond with the new addition to the family.. Tom may not want them in Kates life any more, but they are still her parents and they have a right to see thier own granddaughter.
Tom could just fall off the face of the earth and Kate and her real family would be happier and we might just see her and the baby out. Tom needs to disappear.
Sorry for the double post.. there are two names on this computer and they both start with J so I picked the first one.... I am JustAnotherMom here. JessicasMomma is a name I use for something else... not that any one cares. lol

Posted at 9:57PM on Jul 12th 2006 by JustAnotherMom

50. Well, having four children, what you wear can make a difference, and also the closer to giving birth, the baby drops lower as you reach the end!

Posted at 10:05PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Robin Foti

51. These pics bring back so many Alien Tomkat memories.

Posted at 10:11PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Mystery not solved

52. The baby had probably dropped by the later picture. Speculation is more fun, though.

Posted at 10:20PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Miera

53. How crazy is all this talk. This is just a smart publicity move on their behalf. Who cares if they got 3 million or 4 million for pics of Suri. It is not like they need the money. It wouldn't even put a mark on their bank accounts.
Now as for the changing belly.... any doctor will tell you the shape of a woman's beely at that stage in pregnancy can change by the hour, depending on the position of the baby inside. I had the same thing happen with 2 of my kids. They were breach and my stomach looked deformed up to a few days before birth. Also, some women have very large portruding stomachs up until the baby drops inside.

This is so ridiculous

Posted at 10:21PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Carolyn

54. Look, the Bers (a real person I know) looked bigger at 8 months than just before she delivered. Why? Because just before she delivered, the baby moved from higher up in the belly to lower down in the pelvic area (the birth canal). This made it look like she lost weight and she even said she felt lighter. And for all those prosthesis buffs, Katie gained weight in her face, which is harder to fake. So, moral of the story - real baby, but paranoid Tom.

Posted at 10:22PM on Jul 12th 2006 by John

55. I agree that if the baby DOES exsist it will always have to deal with talk that it may not be Katie and Tom's biological child together. That's gonna hurt. And Tom and Katie are the cause of this. They are making more problems for this child in the long run. Lordy lordy... can someone please just break in to the house?! All these secrets have me annoyed.

Posted at 10:25PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Michelle Calles

56. of course this baby is fake. tom has only one testicle and could never know Nic up yet suddenly, the world's greatest person and dad is suddenly having a baby with a girl he doesn't even know. That baby was all basketball and know that the lobotomy is over, Katie can just go about in a haze thinking "Suri,what's that? Obviously those weridos have been waiting for their space ship baby to be delivered by L.Ron and he must have got caught up in space travel on April 18, so they are jsut waiting for the ship to land with the perfect child of scientology for its king Tom and Katie can wander around 1/2 there agreeing with everyone for the public.

Posted at 10:28PM on Jul 12th 2006 by susanne burton

57. I think Tom is not the father, she had the baby in February (Maybe in Tahiti or Australia) and pulled major strings to fake the April birth.

Posted at 10:30PM on Jul 12th 2006 by miller

58. Well we all know Tom Cruise is gay. Didn't everyone hear about the big cover up after he was caught in bed with Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20?
This whole Katie thing is to cover up that. His agent told him to pick among a bunch of celebs and he picked Katie!

Posted at 10:38PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Julia Gulia

59. This is a bizarre story, but ... I don't remember the last time I heard a non-bizarre story about Tom Cruise. Katie Holmes has now become something of a freakshow along with the cruise-man. I bet she never thought that this would be the outcome (in terms of public opinion) when she first hooked up with him. She probably thought she would be a dark-haired version of Nicole Kidman, classy and soon- nominated for an Oscar. I think Katie sold out to get some fame. In that way, she's more like the husband in Rosemary's Baby.

Posted at 10:41PM on Jul 12th 2006 by KTWeirdedOut

60. how about this - suri is a clone of either l. ron hubbard or tom cruise

they needed a young filly to incubate the "alien"

and now there is something wrong with the clone - like there is something wrong with all clones

katie was brainwashed - she was young and someone she worshiped said he loved her

Posted at 10:48PM on Jul 12th 2006 by suricrusie

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