Tom Cruise keeps paying for daughter Suri despite 14‑year public absence

Tom Cruise has continued to meet the financial terms of his divorce settlement with ex‑wife Katie Holmes, paying his daughter Suri $400,000 annually until she turned 18 and now covering her university tuition at Carnegie Mellon with about $65,000 each year. Suri turned 20 on 18 April and has lived a largely private life in Pennsylvania, rarely appearing in public with her father. The last confirmed sighting of the pair together was in August 2012, a few months after the divorce was finalised. Media speculation has linked their long‑term distance to Cruise’s involvement with Scientology, but neither Cruise nor Holmes have commented on the personal relationship.

Despite the financial support, Cruise has not been seen with Suri at milestones such as her high‑school graduation, prompting ongoing public discussion about the father‑daughter bond.