In 2023, retired NFL player Derrick Brooks shared a rare photo of Tom with both Connor and Bella at a Tampa Bay Lightning hockey game, which marked the first time the actor star was photographed publicly with his and Nicole’s kids in over 15 years.
The Babygirl actress, whose divorce from Tom was finalized in 2001 after over 10 years of marriage, has rarely spoken publicly about her relationship with Connor and Bella.
“I’m very private about all that,” Nicole told Australian magazine Who in 2018. “I have to protect all those relationships.”
The Moulin Rouge! star added that Connor and Bella are “adults” who “are able to make their own decisions,” and that includes their participation in the religion they share with Tom.
“They have made choices to be Scientologists and as a mother, it’s my job to love them,” she said. “And I am an example of that tolerance and that’s what I believe—that no matter what your child does, the child has love and the child has to know there is available love and I’m open here.”
Look back at Connor and Bella over the years…
