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Topics: News, Celebrity, US News, Tom Cruise
Kit Roberts
Topics: News, Celebrity, US News, Tom Cruise
Fans have slammed Tom Cruise over his decision regarding a major milestone for his daughter Suri.
Suri, 18, was seen on Friday marking an important moment in her life as she graduated from high school.
The new high school graduate could be seen marking the special moment with her mom Katie Holmes, as well as several friends.
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Suri marked her achievement ahead of beginning at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she is expected to begin attending in the fall.
She wore a 90s-inspired white dress for the occasion, while her mom Holmes opted for a collared long-sleeve shirt and matching pleated pants.
Tuesday night also saw Suri ringing in another part of the milestone as she attended senior prom.
But on her graduation ceremony there was one notable absence as father Tom Cruise did not attend the ceremony at LaGuardia High School on Friday.
Fans have criticised the movie star's decision to not go to the ceremony.
Instead, Cruise was photographed attending the latest leg of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean in London.
Cruise was not the only big name spotted at the concert, with others reportedly including Liam Hemsworth, Hugh Grant, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, and Swift's boyfriend Travis Kelce.
But fans were less than impressed with Cruise's decision, and took to social media to share their thoughts.
One wrote: "Tom Cruise missed daughter Suri's graduation, but he didn't miss Taylor Swift's Eras tour."
Another referenced a recent decision made by Suri, saying: "Still WOW at Tom Cruise was partying at Taylor swift while his daughter big day graduating HS. No wonder she removed your surname."
A third said: "Tom Cruise skipped his daughter’s graduation to go to a Taylor Swift concert like the clown that he is."
A source spoke to Heat magazine about the relationship between Suri and her father, from whom she is estranged.
The source told Heat: "Tom is feeling guilty about missing so much of her life, but insists that he hasn’t completely shut Suri out of his life, and does get updates from time to time."
Cruise had reportedly made a deal to 'allow her and her mother to live their own lives because that was what Katie wanted'.
Suri recently appears to have made another change which distances herself from her famous father as well.
A playbill had her name listed as Suri Noelle rather than Cruise.
In the divorce settlement with Holmes, Cruise agreed to pay $400,000 a year until Suri turned 18, as well as paying for things like insurance and tuition.
UNILAD has reached out to representatives of Tom Cruise for comment.