Faith-Fueled Friction

As time passed, speculation swirled regarding the true cause of Cruise and Kidman's separation. Amidst the customary rumors of infidelity and other misconduct, one notion loomed larger than the rest—that Cruise's deep involvement in Scientology was pivotal in dismantling the once inseparable couple.

Cruise once remarked about his faith, "If you're a Scientologist, you see life, things, the way they are, in all its glory, in all of its perplexity." Yet, there had long been whispers of a darker side to this belief system.

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