Personal life

Holmes dated her Dawson's Creek co-star Joshua Jackson for several months, the relationship ending amicably. Holmes met actor Chris Klein in 2000. A Midwesterner like Holmes, Klein and Holmes were engaged in 2004, but in early 2005 Holmes and Klein broke off their engagement. Press accounts cited the distance imposed by their careers as a factor. In April 2005, about two months after her relationship with Klein ended, Holmes began dating actor Tom Cruise. 

They revealed their relationship at the Venice Film Festival where they kissed it up for snapping paparazzi, but neither Tom nor Katie will publicly state how they met. It's been rumored by gossip columnists and tabloids that Cruise "auditioned" several high-profile actresses to be his girlfriend before settling on Katie for the part. Holmes, a Catholic, began to "embrace" the Church of Scientology as a result of Cruise, a longtime and vocal member.

After weeks of dating, Cruise proposed to Holmes in the early morning of June 17, 2005 atop Paris's Eiffel Tower and she accepted.

Speculation was rampant in the press that the very public affair and engagement were merely designed to promote their upcoming movies, War of the Worlds and Batman Begins. A poll in People found that 62 per cent of readers believed the Cruise-Holmes affair was merely a publicity stunt. 

Gossip columnists dubbed the pair "TomKat", a portmanteau of "Tom" and "Kate" that recalled the "Bennifer" nickname given to the ill-fated liaison between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.  

Even the staid New York Times expressed doubts, publishing an article headlined "I Love You With All My Hype". Articles doubting the actors' sincerity noted that Cruise has been extremely private about his personal life and the flaunting of his new relationship was a marked contrast from his past behavior. The series of "bombs" (her word) Holmes has appeared in was also cited.

Concern has also been voiced about Holmes and her relationship to Scientology. Roger Friedman of the Fox News Channel claimed that Katie Holmes disappeared for sixteen days in April when even her own family did not know where she was. Allegedly, the last time she had been seen, Holmes had flown to meet with Tom Cruise for a possible role in Mission Impossible 3. 

When she re-appeared, Holmes stated she was in love with Tom Cruise and studying Scientology. The actress then fired her long-time manager and agent and acquired a new "best friend", Jessica Rodriguez, a prominent member of the Church of Scientology described as part of its "royalty". Rodriguez has been referred to as Holmes' Scientology "minder" as she follows the actress everywhere (literally, including the bathroom) and openly tells Holmes what to say during interviews. 

The reports have led to claims Holmes has been coerced or brainwashed into marrying Cruise and promoting Scientology. Fans of the actress have established a web-site, Free Katie, promoting this theory, the site claiming to be "devoted to rescuing sweet Katie from the clutches of the mad scientologist Tom Cruise!"

On October 5, 2005, People magazine broke the news Holmes is pregnant, quoting Cruise's sister and publicist. The child will be Holmes's first and Cruise's first biological child, presuming Cruise is indeed the father, which is a matter of serious debate in the press (He has two adopted children, Connor, 10, and Isabella, 12, from his marriage to Nicole Kidman) A 2003 Sunday Mirror profile on Holmes reported that she said she'd remain a virgin until marriage, but her actual quotes have not been produced.

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