Like Father, Like Son
Filed under: Tom Cruise
It looks like Tom Cruise's son is following in his footsteps.
But not when it comes to acting.
Nicole Kidman's "son" (who doesn't call her mommy) was at daddy Cruise's airplane hangar in Burbank, CA practicing with an instructor this past weekend.
Connor Cruise spent Saturday afternoon on a small prop airplane ready for his flying lesson.
And sources say that with the help of his instructor, Connor practiced taking off, landing, and cruising about three times in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
By the evening, Connor was done with his lesson, accident free.
Pretty impressive for a 13 year old.
As for age restrictions, according to the source, it's leagal for a 13 year old to take flying lessons as long as the child is big enough physically - such as being able to reach the pedals and all controls.
When he turns 16, though, Connor will be able to apply for a license.
Don't drink and drive…or fly!
[Image via WENN.]
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ASUDHIUASHDIUHADS NUMBER ONE AGAIN, THIS IS GETTING RIDICCCCCCCC
why is he black if both his parents r white? is he adopted?
FIRST
second!!
Maybe the "son" part with quotations was a bit much, no? A son is a son is a son…
third!!
Great a Barack mini-me. Nanoo, nanoo
seriosuly though perez….WHO GIVES TWO SHITTS
HOLLLLLLLLLLLLLA AT THE CRUISE'S!!!!!!!
No it's NOT IMPRESSIVE that some spoiled brat 13 year old who doesn't even show his mother respect is given shit-tons of money and is able to fly around in airplanes. Most kids could take lessons and do that shit if they had the $$$$
THe kid looks nothing like Grand Xenu or Nicole Kidman (he looks more like Tiger Woods)
Was he adopted, or did someone else get into NK ahead of Grand Xenu?
AW HOW CUTE
he looks like a scientist
Re: EuroM – you need to read your celebrities news, dude. Didn't you know that Tom and Nicole adopted kids when they were married. Some say it was the cause of the break up, that Nicole didn't want to have kids back then.
Yes, he was adopted dammit!
Re: lucy – Duh what the hell do you think yes hes adopted and aint nothin wrong about adopting a black child!!
Well blame Tom that Connor and his big sister, I forgot her name, doesn't talk to Nicole. Tom has custody and all of the influence.
Re: lucy – yes both BELLA AND CONNOR ARE ADOPTED…
i second lucy, why is he black? are we missing something here?
No problem with this. As long as its leagal.
tom cruise used to be sexy, omfgg..
WHAT HAPPENEDDD???? ;]
How on earth did you manage to earn a college degree with such horrid grammar? You need to spend a little time reading your posts before you hit the send button, numbnuts.
Why is the kid black????????????
and don't forget the state of the environment, this little fuck needs to learn to fly cause it's a major necessity…
why is he black?
OH!!! He's colored!?
sovro, lucy, what TROLL, you know the kid was adopted. Suspicion?
leagal - check the spelling… its LEGAL
Why is everyone calling first when they are clearly not… and what is the thrill at being first? Do you win a prize package?
You misspelled legal dumb ass.
Hmm, maybe Tom can teach him to fly to Nashville, and allow him to visit his new sister? Seriously, I hate how he pretends everything is fine with Nicole (as per his interview with Oprah). Sending Nic gifts doesn't mean shit if you aren't taking your children to visit her.
Re: lucy –
are you jessica simpson??
I don't understand how 13-year-olds can't drive, but they can fly airplanes.
I am assuming that you have never been a child of an ugly divorce. Whichever parent that gets the custody has the ability to indoctrinate their children with all their beliefs-invalid or not. It is the sad truth. Just because Tom convinced their kids to hate Nicole does not mean that she is a bad mother.
It is obvious that the guy is a control freak and I am not surprised that Nicole lost any favor that the children had for her originally. Eventually when your kids start treating you like a stranger it is inevitable that you will just give up the relationship. I am sure that she feels like shit that her kids hate her. But why is that her fault? Perez, you always take the men's side. Tom Cruise is a closeted gay and still you choose him. Why are you such a misogynist?
13 is too young to fly, Tom should just let him ride a bike like other kids his age, why do celebrities always have to be so different. Connor would be better off raised an atheist than a crazy Scientologist in my opinion.
that whole family is the devil
The cult of Scientology won't allow the kids to see their mom. That is what happens if someone leaves the cult. The rest of the family left in the cult is not allowed to talk to the member that no longer is in Scientology.
exscientologykids.net
PEREZ LEARN HOW TO FREAKING SPELL!!!! "it's leagal for a 13 year old to take flying lessons as long as the child is big enough" LEGAL!!! NOT LEAGAL!!!!! DUMB ARSE!!
THEY LOOK LIKE THE BLUES BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: joey – only in America.
plagiarism. you stole this from another news site dick. get off your fat ass and write something urself
Don't people think it's strange how this kid always dresses? I find it COMPLETELY scary. He just doesn't look right !!!!
I feel sorry for all three of Tom's kids. Katie Holmes is a robot.
okay, is it just me or does that little guy look black? why is a child of two white parents black? somebody lied to tom! lol
yeah..he's cute & all…BUT WHY IS HE BLACK?
TO AL THE IDIOT POSTER DUH!! HE IS ADOPTED HMM TWO WHITES DONT MAKE A BLACK..
NICOLE KIDS SHOULD BE ASHAMED KAIE HOLMES IS NOT THEIR REAL MOM NIC AND TOM ADOPTED THEM AND SHAME ON YOU TOM CRUISE FOR BRAINWASHING THEM I HOPE YOU ROT IN XENU HELL YOU PRICK……
Re: ME! – okay great. just found out he was adopted. i was so confused! lol
When I was 13, I was lucky if I got to meet the Captain and get those plastic gold wings before the flight. This kid is 13 and flying the fricking plane! Must be nice to get what ever you dream of as a child. I hope he appreciates what he has.
Nicole Kidman didn't convert to scientology while married to Cruise. Still, that's sad the kids have turned on her.
Just wait till they turn on Cruise for the brainwashing.
i didn't call my father 'dad' either, so does that mean that all of a sudden i'm not his son? fuck you perez, you're going down the drain.
tom cruise has a black son?!?!?!
Fun to see that te 13 year-old son is taller than his couch-jumping-sect leader-"i don't need Lithium" father
they dont call her mom because they have been brainwashed/hypnotised by the Cult of Scientology. I am happy that she was able to have a child - hopefully her new daughter will help ease some of the pain Tom Cruise and his cult have caused her. Google "YouTube Nicole Kidman Blackmail Scientology"
we did not have $$ but my brother started flying lessons when he was 12 - got his license the first day he was legally able to.
For all of you who are freaking about the 'rich celeb kid' flying, do yourselves a favor and check your local flight school about the cost of lessons. Its not bad. And flying a 172 isn't exactly luxury….
Oh, and HOLY CRAP people. I don't know that much about the celeb world, but even *I* knew that Tom and Nicole adopted their kids!!!!
Well good on Connor Cruise for pursuing his interests. As for your dig once against Nicole Kidman if you were up to date with the latest news you would know what you said about Connor not calling Nicole mom is a load of bull****. Connor himself was interviewed on the news and it was broadcast throughout the world where he commented on his mom's pregnancy excitedly and referred to Nicole as mom. Also the newspaper report of Connor and Bella supposedly not calling Nicole 'mom' was blown out of context. Nicole stated that sometimes Bella and Connor called her Nicole and she would tell them off. So stop reporting details which you know are bull**** in order to be cruel and nasty against an A list star who has done nothing to you. Or is that the problem? Is the fact that she is too classy and won't give you the time of the day is the thing that annoys you the most? Well Perez she is so out of your league and maybe Paris Hilton and those Z listers feed you gossip and make you feel important, but the reality is you are not important enough for Oscar winners to associate with. So get over it and stop attacking classy and genuinely nice people! Maybe then you might find some credibility in the gossip world when you start reporting true and accurate things….
man he is gonna be a handsome guy when he's older, you can tell. it's wierd how we never really ever saw them (him & his sister) until very recently???
Re: puto – ha, so true. there are banks closing in California right now. people are losing thousands of dollars because the FIC only insures up tp $300,000. we are in a fucking recession and THIS family is wasting money on flying lessons for a 13 year old!?
fuck that shit.
They are adopted!, man some people are just too dense to get anything! Am I wrong or not, but I once heard that connor and bella lived with tom's sister - neither tom nor nicole, their parents. So in my opinion both tom and nic are sorry parents if that is true.
I would NOT want a 13 year old flying over my house! Scary!
Re: tINKE –
uh, YES THERE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He doesn't call her "mommy" because he's been brainwashed by his psychotic, cult-worshipping adoptive dad who took him and his sister away from Nichole after the divorce. You're a moron if you don't know that. Nichole didn't give up those children willingly and the court most certainly did not give them to Tom because they deemed her unfit. Tom got the kids because he threatened to destroy her and possibly even harm her physically if she made ANY noise concerning their divorce proceedings. Scientologists are nothing more than mobsters. Nichole is only allowed to see those children once in awhile and ONLY for the purpose of making it look as though Tom is not keeping them from her but that, like everything associated with TC is a sham. Those kids have been taught to want nothing to do with her and she has been forced into allowing that to happen.
I think Tom had some chocolate girl in the past. The kid's face looks just like him.
It might be his real secret and not the gay one.
Yeah, i can see some similarities in bone structure. maybe the kid is half Tom's and some hot black woman.
Who the hell knows. The kid is rich, handsome as hell and beautifully BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Ashst – Although I disagree with your racial comment, I have also wondered whether Bella and Connor have had 'biological' input to put it nicely. If you look at the wedding pics of Nicole and Keith's wedding you will see a pic of Bella with her mum's sister Antonia and cousin Lucia. The resemblance between the 3 is uncanny. Maybe it is just a coincidence, but Bella certainly resembles Nicole's mother, sister and cousins from Australia.
Re: perez –
i agree with this.
tom C controls EVERYONE in his circle. THose poor kids. they
probably do hate nicole and its not her fault. so sad. Haven't any of you read the
book about tom cruise? It explaines EVERYTHING.
Free KATY, FREE SURI! FREE THE C and I!
I will never go see a Tom Cruise Movie again.
You can't legally get your license until you are 17. You can solo (fly without your instructor) when you're 16 but not with passengers and with all sorts of other restrictions. Good try though. And yes, I do have some idea what I'm talking about. I was an airline pilot up until 2 weeks ago but thanks to the Federal Reserve and George Bush, I'm now jobless.
well, he may be only 13, but he looks about as tall as Tom.
my friend has been flying since she was 10
and she just got her license at 16
now that's impressive
Re: lucy – YAH YOU DUMB FUCK! NICOLE AND HIM ADOPTED HIM WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED!
Re: Red Riding Hood – YOU ARE A NASTY FUCK!
Perez, I like your site but this is insane.
a) Nicole Kidman is not a MOM. She is a MUM.
b) Learn how to spell 'legal' before you start insulting people. Seriously, hitting spellcheck isn't a hard thing to do.
We're in a GAS CRISIS. Is flying lessons for children really necessary?
He a 13 year old , wearing a $4,000 suit . Should be in jeans a scruffy T
Tom Cruise is a freak and he is ruining all of his children. It is disgusting to see what that control freak has done to katie holmes. Katie is the new stepford wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tom Cruise is weird and creepy
good for him. I wish Tom Cruise was my dad.
legal*
looks like someone's spell check wasn't on.
wow, people are ignorant. connor is ADOPTED and BIRACIAL. once barack gets elected, you all will be forced to use your common sense more…
Isabella and Connor were adoptd. They are real Toms and Nicole's kids. There is just no such thing as real kids because there would be fake kids. Bella and Connor live with Aunt Casie in a mansion ( pd. for by Tom) AND SHE HOME SCHOOLS THEM. They do not live with Katie and Tom in the hotle sized home they just built. They rarely see Nicole. Tom got full custody with Nicole having occasional visition rights. How does Nicole let this happen, beats me. I would have had to have the kids joint custody.
Hoepfully ,Nic wil lse ethemmore often. Hoepfullly , she will quit the actress thing sa ssh ehas won her Oscar and make her life with her long awaited baby and keith Urban and his career.
Isn't there a gas crisis? Don't you think his kid should be normal maybe, and play soccer, or knit, or do something that doesn't result in war? Maybe Tommy needs a new brain, I think he might be going senile.
why does this kid always look like secret service
holy fucking scary shit, batman! i cannot fathom a 16 yr old heading my plane…nononononononononono, bad.
There's a thought. Who do Isabella and Conor live with?
Scratch that, just read Calli"s post.
it's me , that so fun
Is it me or does Connor looks JUST LIKE Tom Cruise!!? I think kids morph into whoever they live with! Zahara looks just like Angelina, doesn't she?! WEIRD!
Connor is only 13 and almost as tall as his dad - he'll tower over Tom by the time he's in high school! If his psycho dad even lets him go to public school -poor kid and his sister Isabelle are brainwashed into the Scientology cult!
He actually looks alot like Tom. Maybe there's something we don't know about this "adoption."
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i didn't know little conner is a nigga!! is he for sale??? someone needs to make my bed and mow my lawn.
Boycott all $cientologists, all their projects, and all those who support them. Your money will only end up in the hands of a dangerous cult.
Shouldn't he be back at the mansion cleaning the pool? After all, isn't that why celebs adopt the black ones….cheap labour?
All ihave to say is this!!!!!! I was watching Top Gun 2 days ago, awesome flick, and thought, "What the f happened to this cool ass dude." Now reading the 3rd paragraph of the gossip got more angry and pissed. This little dude has gained one thing from dad, no respect. That is your mom, say it! Without the2 of them were would you be. Not meaning to be rude to a kid, I have 2, but slow your role and respect the queen. If he doesn't want to call her mom or respect the fact he has alot because of her, and shit, him. Don't expect anything , financial rom her. Ilove Nic, BMX bandits baby. Dad is nuts, expect the truth!!!! If they ever make a 2nd Top Gun, as much as I digged the 1st, if Tom returned, f that movie. Lots of love P. VIVA LA CUBA