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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes split in June 2012.
Los Angeles:
Superstar Tom Cruise has mostlybeen silent about his split from wife Katie Holmes,but he has now opened up about the much-publicised divorcesaying he "did not expect it and was surprised when ithappened".
The actor admits he was surprised when Holmes filed fordivorce on June 29, five days before his 50th birthday,reported Us magazine.
"I didn't expect it," he confesses of the end of hisfive-year marriage to the star, with whom he shares daughterSuri, 6.
He also said he "had an unbelievable amount of time tothink about it" as he threw himself into his work. Thetakeaway from all that thinking was, "Life is a challenge."
"To be 50 and to have experiences and to think you have agrip on everything, and then it hits you - this is it, whatlife can do to you. Life is a tragicomedy. You need to have asense of humour," Cruise added.
The actor admits he was surprised when Holmes filed fordivorce on June 29, five days before his 50th birthday,reported Us magazine.
"I didn't expect it," he confesses of the end of hisfive-year marriage to the star, with whom he shares daughterSuri, 6.
He also said he "had an unbelievable amount of time tothink about it" as he threw himself into his work. Thetakeaway from all that thinking was, "Life is a challenge."
"To be 50 and to have experiences and to think you have agrip on everything, and then it hits you - this is it, whatlife can do to you. Life is a tragicomedy. You need to have asense of humour," Cruise added.