Tom Cruise 'has no part' in daughter Suri's life as she applies to college trends now
Katie Holmes' 16-year-old daughter Suri has already started applying to colleges with the help of her mother - but the teen's famous father Tom Cruise won't have a hand in helping her, because the actor 'has no relationship' with his child.
A source close to Katie, 44, tells DailyMail.com exclusively that Suri, who turns 17 next month, 'has sent some applications out' and is 'leaning towards' studying fashion at Fordham University in New York City - a choice that would make her style-savvy mother Katie very pleased.
'Suri is applying to schools all over the place. [Katie] really does want her to stay in New York so they can be close to each other,' the insider shared. 'Katie takes great pride in her but is also extremely overprotective.'
While Katie is taking an active role in helping her daughter with college applications, the teen's father, Mission Impossible star Tom, 60, will not play a role in the process - having been estranged from his daughter since 2013, one year after he and Katie divorced.
Katie Holmes' daughter Suri (seen in 2022), 16, has already started applying to colleges - and is leaning towards studying fashion in New York City, a source has revealed to DailyMail.com
However Suri's father, famed actor Tom Cruise (seen together in 2012), 60, won't play a role in helping his daughter choose a college because the pair 'do not have a relationship'
At the time of their split, it was reported that Katie had chosen to end the couple's marriage over fears about raising her daughter as a Scientologist - a religion that Tom is incredibly dedicated to.
Her decision to quit the religion, as well as the marriage, caused a major rift between the former spouses, which has seen Tom and Suri's relationship become increasingly distant over the years.
'Suri does not know her father anymore and she has not spent time with him in a decade,' the insider shared. 'She does not go to see his movies and he has no part in her life.'
However, the source notes that - while Tom won't have a hand in helping Suri choose where she goes to school - he will pay her college tuition costs, per his ultra-secret divorce agreement with his actress ex.
According to their divorce documents, Tom agreed to pay Katie $400,000 a month until Suri turned 18 years old, the insider shared.
The documents also state that Tom agreed to pay all of Suri's expenses, including 'medical, dental, insurance, education, college and other extracurricular costs.'
'Tom has always maintained his responsibilities when it comes to financial obligations to Katie and Suri,' the source told DailyMail.com.
However, the Mission Impossible actor has not maintained a presence in Suri's life.
'Suri does not know her father anymore and she has not spent time with him in a decade,' the insider said of the teen's relationship with her dad (seen with Katie in 2006)
Katie is eager for her daughter (seen in 2019) to attend college in New York - the city where she has been raised - so that the pair can remain close, the source added
Katie was awarded full custody of Suri after she divorced Tom after six years of marriage in 2012 and the pair have an incredibly close bond (seen in 2018)
DailyMail.com has reached out to Tom's spokesperson for comment.
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