Katie Opens Up
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Katie Holmes has a new movie to promote, Mad Money, so she's doing the publicity rounds and opening up about life with Tom and that adorable robobaby Suri.
Here's a preview of her new interview with Parade magazine!
PARADE: Happy holidays. Do you look forward to this season?
KATIE HOLMES: I have always been a huge fan of the holidays. My birthday is December 18th, so it’s my favorite time of the year. I’m from a big family, and we always did a grand Christmas Eve with all of the relatives. We’d sing Christmas carols and open gifts. Really joyous. Last year was Suri’s first Christmas. It was so spectacular to share the holidays with her. It really meant the world to me. To be able to create a tradition for your children is one of the best gifts you can have.
How will you and Tom celebrate?
KH: My whole family and Tom’s whole family will go up to Telluride [Colo.] again. We ski. We have big dinners and laugh. We love cooking. My mom’s stuffing is my favorite. I’m a huge fan of pie, especially pecan. I will probably cook some garlic mashed potatoes and maybe a cheesecake. We always make a lot of sugar cookies with decorating and sprinkles. Suri will be in the dough everywhere. Tom has shown me the greatness of extra chocolate chips. Tom’s really good in the kitchen. He makes great pasta carbonara and lemon pasta.
With all that, how do you both keep fit?
KH: We ski a lot. And we’ll get back to normal eating in January, like everyone else.
Did you have fun shooting “Mad Money”?
KH: It was a blast. We got our morning female talk in the trailer every day.
Does Tom get the way women talk together?
KH: My husband has three sisters. He was raised by a single mother and has two daughters—and he’s a great father and husband. His first two children are incredible, really smart and kind. They call me “Mom.” So Tom understands the female bond, and he loves it. He was so excited for me to do this movie. He loved hearing all the stories.
Onscreen, you speed around on a motorcycle. Was that your first time?
KH: Actually, the first time I went on a motorcycle was when I met Tom. I had never gone on one before because my father is a lawyer, and he had seen a lot of accidents. With four daughters and one son, he said: “No motorcycles.” So finally, at age 26, Tom took me for a motorcycle ride.
Tom is a daredevil. Has he brought out that side of you?
KH: Definitely. Oh, we have so much fun. Tom has introduced me to so many new experiences. I have done things I never thought I would do, like climbing mountains and flying in the P-51 [a World War II fighter].That’s what is so inspiring about being with him—constant thrills and joy.
Is your daughter, Suri, a great traveler too?
KH: We don’t like to be away from her. She’s very aware. We take her to the park in each city and walk around. This summer, when Tom was working in Germany, she’d wake up and say, “Hello, Berlin.”
Everyone asks, “What’s Katie really like now?” How would you answer that?
KH: With everything that’s happened, I still feel the same. I’m really happy being a mom, being a wife. I understand the curiosity. It’s a reality for me, another dimension of awareness. I appreciate the man that I’m with and my family and my work. I feel very lucky to be able to say that. I mean, what we do in a week is extraordinary.
Did you expect such a busy and public life?
KH: I am up for it. I love adventure. We do a lot of things that I couldn’t imagine doing when I was younger. And yet, at the same time, I always wanted to see the world. It is a big life, and it’s exciting. I learn from my husband, and I learn things about myself. I learn about things from my daughter. She teaches me a lot. Every day I do count my blessings.
first
Bah Boring!
that doent even look like katie!!!
Do scientologists celebrate christmas?
first i hope
Bah! Boring!
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Not first.
B
who cares
C
she is hella creepy
FIRST!
so Tom's adopted kids call Katie "Mom" but call Nicole "Nicole". WTF?
BARFARONIES!!!
123ABC HE WILL B IN ONE OF THOSE
tom's first two kids call her mom?! aren't they like only 10 years younger than her?
not the best pic of katie……
dude perez u edited the little image of you in the welcome to perezhilton.com and made urself look skinnier how sad
Tom's kids call her mom? Didn't Nicole say that they don't even call her mom? That's gotta sting.
Love her!
Katie sounds really happy and healthy in this interview. Hopefully everyone will soon back off her and Tom and any insinuations that this whole thing is fake. Her interview in Vanity Fair, where Suri was shown to the world for the first time, was equally casual and confident. I like her and hope she finds all the happiness in the world.
She has grown up so much and she looks great! I can't wait to see that movie. It looks funny.
umm…. did you notice that Katie said Tom's kids with Nicole call HER "Mom" … that was such a bitch slap directed at Nicole, especially since Nicole came out a few weeks back and said her kids call her "Nicole"! what a bitch Katie is!
and why did suri say "hello berlin" every morning? i wake up in berlin every morning… never said it. my moring talk ranges from "not now", to " five more minutes" to "hello there beautiful stranger next to me, forgot your name, i'm sure last night was awesome if only i could remember, now would you mind leaving, i really have this important appointment thingy today" … but "hello berlin"? no.
Question they did not ask:
What's it like being married to man who believes that our souls are just alien ghosts brought here by the evil overlord Zenu and that all psychiatry is bunk?
I don't mind Katie Holmes, but that is a terribe picture of her.
I don't mind Katie Holmes, but that is a terribe picture of her.
I don't mind Katie Holmes, but that is a terribe picture of her.
I don't mind Katie Holmes, but that is a terribe picture of her.
I don't mind Katie Holmes, but that is a terribe picture of her.
What can I say after reading this?? My life seems even more dull than before… So jealous! I want to chill in Berlin with my kid!!
Her answers sound too specific and thought-out. Like, she's trying to overcompensate for the fact that everyone knows she and Tommy boy are freaks.
eu acho q a katie eh linda.
Tom's kids call Katie, Mom but call their mother Nicole Kidman by her first name.
I LOVE KATIE AND SURI….
BUT
Nicole must be PISSSSED that the kids call Katie mom and not her (as previously reported)
1.) an old bag
2.) a brainwashed kook
3.) and a closeted dyke.
yeah, thats about right. lol
this is sad Tom's kids call Katie mom, Nicole Kidman did an magazine interview last month where she said the kids dont call her mom ouch!
ewww. she looks like lisa rinna in that picture.
remember when she was "joey" on "dawon's creek".
i wonder if tom used to watch that show? he prob had a huge crush on dawson. mmmmmmm.
WOW! SHE LOOKS LIKE A DEMONIC BULL DYKE IN THAT PIC.
Dude, that's a scary ass picture of Katie. It looks like she's going to eat the other two!
How come no one brought up the fact that Tom's adopted kids call her mom but they call Nicole, Nicole? Nicole said the fact that they don't call her mom is something she hates. Yet, they call Katie mom?
Didn't Perez have a post a while back about how Nicole and Tom's kids don't call Nicole MOM and she hates that? But they call KATIE mom!? whats up with THAT!? And does Katie really talk like that!? All in perfect complete sentences that sound like she's a robot!? Its all too perfect, they remind me of that movie Pleasantville, and that's not a good thing.
LOL I thought that was Lisa Rinna until I had to look again to see it was Katie Holmes…kinda, anyway.
OHHH, ITS QUEEN LADYKE!!!
Sorry - a baby under 2 years old cannot "get up in the morning and say Hello Berlin" — what a crock.
who gives a damn about this alien pod?
Of course because their adoptive mom Nicole is no parent. She is not remotely in their lives! They need some mother figure for pete's sake!
Sure you both hate the fact you and Tommy boy can,t bear to be away from robo Suri,but what about the adoptees,no mention of the step kids at all.These two are a piece of work.Oh I bet Tommy is in touch with his female side.
Ohhh my goodness, if I were Nicole I would be so crushed that my own kids call me by my first name but call my husband's new wife Mom. I wonder what Nicole is or isn't doing…hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
HOLY SHIT!!!! Tom's kids call Katie "mom"???? What will Nicole think about that? Nicole recently gave an interview where she says the kids she adopted with Cruise don't call her "mom" they call her Nicole… OUCH! I wish Nicole hadn't signed a non-disclosure agreement, which I'm sure she did.. the things she could reveal about Tom and Katie's marriage!!!!
Of course the kids would call Katie "Mom". She is the one that is actually around. Nicole lives on a different continent than her kids!!!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
The programming is working well. Tom has me watching stepford wives. I know my place. Tom is such a….gerzert…split..buggle…buggle&*$..blam….whizzit…a very good husband who has…mizert..glomp..zing…(sparks begin to fly everywhere!!!)….and I love my ..blat%..blat$…blat@!$…..life….must re…program…batteries…low………
SHE JUST SOUNDS ROBOTIC WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT HER LIFE NOW, LIKES ITS ALL SCRIPTED AS TO WHAT SHES GOING TO SAY.
Is it me or does Katie look like Paula Abdul in that picture?!?
Is it me or does Katie look like Paula Abdul in that picture?!?
Damn…Mariah's airbrusher went all out on this one !!!!!!!
Re: SC – some babies start talking before the age of 1 dumb ass…
Katie looks great!
Wow, there's a whole lotta lesbian on that cover!
Nobody can make celeb life bland like TomKat.
That was the most contrived, unnatural interview I've ever heard.
No matter how normal she tries to sound, it will not help her career. No one will go see this movie. She just better hang on as Tom's eyecandy because she ain't going to have a movie career anymore.
how is the reaction from Nicole Kidman when she read "they call me mom"…?
so his kids call her MOM….hmmm wont baby mama #1 get mad cuz she made a comment a few weeks ago that they dont call her mom hmmmmmm
Tom's other kids call her mom? Nicole's not going to like that one bit!
I wonder when the last time was that we heard and uncensored comment from Mrs. Cruise? I see no reference to her own life, only his.
I am jealous of the things that they do, she rocks
in Vanity Fair nicole kidman says her kids w/ tom call her "Nicole", im supposed to believe they call Katie "Mom"
what a bitch
How sad to live a lie Ms. Holmes - you are a pathetic woman and a first rate liar.
Yikes - so they call Katie "mom", and they call their real/adoptive mom "Nicole". Very nice. Wonder how that happened?
WHAT?? CAN WE DISCUSS HOW TOMS KIDS CALL HER MOM??? WHAT? THAT'S INSANE!!!
I like Katie Holmes, but as I read the part about Conner and Isabella calling her "mom" and remembering that they call their adoptive mother "Nicole", i found myself saying "oooh burn…" I'm sure they will be all diplomatic about it, Nicole's people will release a statement, and Katie's people will release a statement saying that it was all taken out of context or she was misquoted… Who doesn't love some holiday drama???
As a Catholic I can NOT imagine being married to a Scientologist, much less a Tom Cruise-kind of Scientologist! Christmas must be an interesting time of year. I imagine them using little alien figurines on the Christmas trees as ornaments. Katies' family is super Catholic.. I wish they could clue us in about Christmas at the Cruise compound LOL
And what's up with Katie's scripted-like interview and flat-out dig at Nicole??? Poor Nicole, can't say anything either…. or else the Scientolo-loonies will come get her and make her death a fake suicide like that dude that tried to sell Tom and Kate's wedding pictures. Creepy!
That is sad they call katie mom but call Nicole…"Nicole", she just did an interview about that….how sucky is that…what control does Tom have over these people..
Katie looks like she's possessed by demons . W.T.F?
I didn't even recognize Katie in that picture. Nice teeth. On the other hand, Diane Keaton has looked the same for 20 years.
fuck her who cares but the bitch is out of line telling the world that Nicole's kids call her Mom. what an insensitive moron.
Katie is CATTY! You know she said that to rub it in Nicole's face. She and Tom probably brainwash those kids anyway…FREAKS.
I love how she says "we’ll get back to normal eating in January, like everyone else." Hate to break it to you Katie but nothing about you is normal so stop lying.
Wow. Nicole is going to be pissed about that whole, "They call me 'mom' stuff."
yah, what the hell is wrong with her face?
she sounds like she has her shiz together. i'm sort of impressed.
what a fantastic load of bullshit.
look at her listing all the fattening foods they'll scarf down and then "ski off"
lol
tom tom tom tom tom tom tom….cant this stupid bitch think for herself. every single sentence was tom this tom that. talk about brainwashed. stupid bitch wake up.
BLEHHHH!!!!! Perhaps next time someone asks her a question about HER, she could say something about HER, and, NOT Tom, the amazing super husband. I must say though, Tom has done a spot on job of reprogramming her