Tom Cruise’s estranged daughter Suri, 18, shares big announcement in rare statement-Rebecca Sayce-Entertainment – Metro

Suri Cruise is heading off to university (Picture: Backgrid)

Suri Cruise has announced the next big step in her life as she’s set to attend the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University in September.

Suri, 18, the daughter of Hollywood icons Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, revealed the news in a rare TikTok post where she and a group of friends each wore a sweatshirt from their chosen college.

The video, set to the tune of Abbi Sutphen’s Always Remember You, has the caption: ‘LaG commitment day.’

Carnegie Mellon’s School of Design is one of the oldest and most highly ranked programs in the US, and it’s believed the 18-year-old is leaning towards studying fashion.

‘She is a smart girl, and she is turning into a very intelligent mature young woman,’ an insider told the Daily Mail.

‘She has a very close group of loyal friends, and she knows exactly where she comes from.’

Shortly after turning 18, Suri revealed the next big milestone in her life (Picture: BrosNYC/BACKGRID)

Suri has announced she will attend Carnegie Mellon University (Picture: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

She shared the news in a Tiktok video with her friends (Picture: Broadimage/REX/Shutterstock)

Katie Holmes and her ex-husband Tom Cruise welcomed their only child in 2006 (Picture: Neil Rasmus/BFA/REX/Shutterstock)

Top Gun icon Tom, 61, and Dawson’s Creek’s Katie, 45, welcomed Suri on April 18, 2006, the anniversary of their first date.

Suri is reportedly extremely close to her mum, but it’s believed she hasn’t seen her dad for 11 years.

It’s claimed that the Mission Impossible actor helps his daughter financially, but no longer sees her after he and Katie divorced in 2012 and she left the Church of Scientology.

Tom also has two children from his marriage to Nicole Kidman – Isabella, 31, and Connor, 29 – who he is believed to see regularly and are both members of the Scientology church.

Their divorce settlement stated that the actor agreed to pay his ex-wife $400,000 (£314,200) a year until Suri turned 18, and he will pay for all her college fees.

The agreement states that although he might not see his daughter, he has to cover ‘medical, dental, insurance, education, college and other extracurricular costs.’

Tom reportedly has not seen Suri in more than 10 years (Picture: Sipa/REX/Shutterstock)

He previously said he hasn’t completely shut the door on a relationship with his daughter
(Picture: REX/Shutterstock)

Katie has not spoken publicly on their rift (Picture: James Devaney/Getty Images)

Around the time of the divorce was the last time Tom was publicly pictured with Suri, taking her to Disney World in 2012.

At the time, a spokesperson said: ‘Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and is concentrating on his three children.’

It’s reported that Tom has not seen Suri in the 10 years since, with the pair being no contact for the last three years.

A source told Heat magazine: ‘Tom is feeling guilty about missing so much of her life, but insists that he hasn’t completely shut Suri out of his life, and does get updates from time to time.’

Katie has not commented on Tom’s relationship with their daughter and has stressed the importance of allowing Suri to maintain her privacy.

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