Katie Holmes ‘looked like a deer in headlights’ during Tom Cruise marriage, claims friend

She said Holmes’ maid of honour gave an “adorable” speech about their high school days, while Cruise’s best man, Scientology leader David Miscavige, gave a 30-minute speech about Tom and Katie becoming the most important couple in the world.

McCarthy said it left her shocked and that Holmes appeared to be smiling through it.She also claimed that at the rehearsal dinner the day before, she asked to hold the couple’s baby daughter, Suri, and the room went silent. “I got the Scientology stare,” she said, adding that she had never been so scared in her life.McCarthy said both she and Carrey were also approached about joining Scientology.

She called Cruise a “very nice human being” but said he seemed “programmed.”Holmes joined Scientology when she married Cruise.

She left after their 2012 divorce and removed Suri from the church too.

Katie Holmes 'looked like a deer in headlights' during Tom Cruise marriage, claims friend October 18, 2026.