Hell yeah, let’s all cut off our toxic family members. Good for her.
ToughOk4114 on
Atta girl! I wish her the best. They seem like such a sweet mother/daughter duo
Whyeff89 on
This article would have been just as effective without outing her new legal name. She’s owed her privacy.
sehrbear301 on

neon-antlers on
Dropping my father’s surname when I became an adult was the best thing I ever did. It felt like becoming my own person.
Gojir4R1sing on
Asshole dads getting shafted in 2026.
GalacticaActually on
May she have peace and happiness.
drunkcowofdeath on
Her mom’s middle name? Interesting, I wonder why she went with that? Privacy?
AngelinaJean on
Good for her! He abandoned her, never saw her, now it’s payback time. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Sh_GodsComma_Dynasty on
i’m curious why she chose her mom’s middle name over her last name. my best guess would be anonymity, but apparently she’ll never get that.
makoshark281 on
I wonder what actually caused the end of the relationship since the last time he was photographed with her was September [2013](https://www.mynbc5.com/article/tom-cruise-visits-local-mountain/2654912). I’m also curious about the rest of his family. Depending on how deep they are in, would the CoS have had his other two kids and family shun him if he kept contact with suri? Or was/is he a big enough donor that it wouldn’t have mattered?
Imtryinjennifer on
All the Hollywood a listers being exposed as deadbeat dads
BumbleBreezeSun on
I love that Katie looks like an eccentric high school art teacher here.
prismmonkey on
Suri: I want a new identity and a fresh start.
Media: No. So anyway, here’s her new name, where she lives, and you know what? I’ll just give you her phone number while we’re here . . .
I don’t need this much information about celebrities’ children.
perpetuallyyanxious on
whenever I start enjoying the Mission Impossible movies too much, unfortunately I do love them, I do remember that Tom Cruz is a raging Scientologist who will never ever denounce that cult. Fuck Tom, Cruz, and fuck Scientology.
sikonat on
She’s done an Angelina who dropped the Voight to just be known by her French inspired middle name which became her surname.
LetThemGraduate on
I genuinely thought that was a picture of young Katie at first!
I wonder if Brad Pitts team begged them to run this so it could be a kid who isn’t his for once in one of these articles, as it doesn’t sound like she has just legally changed her name, or even that the press just found out about it.
this_is_bs on
A juxtaposition with his other kids who are estranged from Nicole.
llittlellama on
I have a friend that wanted to do this for her daughter (and change both their last names to that of her middle name) buuuut she would need to ask her ex and knew that would never happen. So it’s great to see daughters growing up and doing it for themselves. I love this for Suri and any/all daughters/sons of the men who wound up being better sperm donors than dads.
MsThrilliams on
Let all celeb gen z kids be free from the shackles of their weird ass dads if they wish
p333p33p00p00boo on
I love this trend
Repulsive_Job428 on

MoogOfTheWisp on
I say it every time, but Katie must have had some absolute dynamite to get Tom to sign off on their separation agreement. It was something like 10 days from her leaving, him being blindsided, him lawyering up and saying the case should be heard in California instead of New York, the first lawyer meeting, and the deal being agreed. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when what she had was pulled out of a briefcase and laid on the table. And it’s never leaked – they must have kept in incredibly tight, like only the people who were in the room know the full story.
waenganuipo on
I just changed my surname to my Mum’s surname. A lot of admin, but feels super good!
dogandthecity on
I have an asshole father I’m estranged from and I was thrilled to change my last name after marriage. I love this for all these kids doing this now.
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Perfect!

Good for her!
Hell yeah, let’s all cut off our toxic family members. Good for her.
Atta girl! I wish her the best. They seem like such a sweet mother/daughter duo
This article would have been just as effective without outing her new legal name. She’s owed her privacy.

Dropping my father’s surname when I became an adult was the best thing I ever did. It felt like becoming my own person.
Asshole dads getting shafted in 2026.
May she have peace and happiness.
Her mom’s middle name? Interesting, I wonder why she went with that? Privacy?
Good for her! He abandoned her, never saw her, now it’s payback time. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
i’m curious why she chose her mom’s middle name over her last name. my best guess would be anonymity, but apparently she’ll never get that.
I wonder what actually caused the end of the relationship since the last time he was photographed with her was September [2013](https://www.mynbc5.com/article/tom-cruise-visits-local-mountain/2654912). I’m also curious about the rest of his family. Depending on how deep they are in, would the CoS have had his other two kids and family shun him if he kept contact with suri? Or was/is he a big enough donor that it wouldn’t have mattered?
All the Hollywood a listers being exposed as deadbeat dads
I love that Katie looks like an eccentric high school art teacher here.
Suri: I want a new identity and a fresh start.
Media: No. So anyway, here’s her new name, where she lives, and you know what? I’ll just give you her phone number while we’re here . . .
I don’t need this much information about celebrities’ children.
whenever I start enjoying the Mission Impossible movies too much, unfortunately I do love them, I do remember that Tom Cruz is a raging Scientologist who will never ever denounce that cult. Fuck Tom, Cruz, and fuck Scientology.
She’s done an Angelina who dropped the Voight to just be known by her French inspired middle name which became her surname.
I genuinely thought that was a picture of young Katie at first!
Suri RN:
https://preview.redd.it/mdqt1wiepufh1.png?width=810&format=png&auto=webp&s=3c5a384b6748097d13131510fe4fe25573ae0ce6
I wonder if Brad Pitts team begged them to run this so it could be a kid who isn’t his for once in one of these articles, as it doesn’t sound like she has just legally changed her name, or even that the press just found out about it.
A juxtaposition with his other kids who are estranged from Nicole.
I have a friend that wanted to do this for her daughter (and change both their last names to that of her middle name) buuuut she would need to ask her ex and knew that would never happen. So it’s great to see daughters growing up and doing it for themselves. I love this for Suri and any/all daughters/sons of the men who wound up being better sperm donors than dads.
Let all celeb gen z kids be free from the shackles of their weird ass dads if they wish
I love this trend

I say it every time, but Katie must have had some absolute dynamite to get Tom to sign off on their separation agreement. It was something like 10 days from her leaving, him being blindsided, him lawyering up and saying the case should be heard in California instead of New York, the first lawyer meeting, and the deal being agreed. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when what she had was pulled out of a briefcase and laid on the table. And it’s never leaked – they must have kept in incredibly tight, like only the people who were in the room know the full story.
I just changed my surname to my Mum’s surname. A lot of admin, but feels super good!
I have an asshole father I’m estranged from and I was thrilled to change my last name after marriage. I love this for all these kids doing this now.