According to an English friend who has recently returned
from visiting the pair in Boston, where they have relocated while Cruise works
on his film Wichita, the cause of irritation between the two is the star's
"insistence" on having another baby.
I'm told: "They are arguing a lot because Tom feels he is
getting on in age [he's 47] and he thinks Katie owes it to him and Suri to get
pregnant. He says he would be in his 60s while the child was young and that's
still just about OK to share in the child's life.
"Katie feels Tom is more wound up about this than he's ever
been and relations between them are at a really tricky stage. She's only 30 and
she's not sure about having another baby right now but then she feels guilty
about Suri being an only child, especially as she grew up in a big family
herself."
Fuelling the tension between the couple, who have been
married three years, are comments made, albeit unwittingly, by their mutual
chum Cameron Diaz, who is also staying in Boston for the filming of Wichita.
Adds my source: "Cameron is besotted with Suri and
innocently said to Tom in front of Katie how nice it would be for her to have a
sibling to play with. She didn't know what a hot potato the subject is between
the two and after Cameron left their house they had another argument."]
Or did Tom put Cammie up to it? I could see her doing a favor for her old friend. And I buy that Cruise is wily enough to use a third party to help get his point across! I think Katie knows she'll be even more stuck if she conceives another child - and I'm sure the fact that a second sibling is allegedly a contractual obligation doesn't really light her fire. I think Holmes signed her life away and is now regretting the moment pen struck paper. It'll be a lot easier to bolt with one kid when her time is up...

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