Nicole Kidman’s kids she shares with Tom Cruise appear to skip actress’ AFI Life Achievement Award despite hopes they would support her – after daughter Bella ‘liked’ her mum’s post about honour

Nicole Kidman’s hopes that her adopted children, son Connor, 29, and daughter Bella, 31, would attend the Life Achievement Award ceremony in Los Angeles were dashed this weekend.

Bella and Connor are the only children Nicole shares with her ex-husband Tom Cruise, with the couple adopting their daughter in 1992 and their son in 1995.

The Hollywood couple married in 1990 and divorced in 2001. Tom now shares another daughter, Suri Cruise, 17, with ex-wife Katie Holmes, and Nicole had two children, Sunday Rose, 15, and Faith Margaret, 13, with her second husband Keith Urban.

Nicole, 55, was reportedly keen for Connor and Bella to be present as she became the first Australian to receive America’s highest honor for a film career.

But despite hoping all four of her children would be together for the big party, neither Connor nor Bella showed their faces at the event hosted by the American Film Institute (AFI).

It’s unclear where Connor and Bella spent their Saturday night, as the siblings are notoriously private on social media, but neither was pictured at the event that saw their famous mother make movie history.

Although Connor, who is believed to be ‘extremely loyal to his father’ Tom, 61, Nicole did not appear to show any public support for her achievement, daughter Bella liked one of her mother’s Instagram posts about the award.

Ny Breaking Australia has contacted Nicole’s representatives for comment.

Last year it was reported that Nicole hoped all her children would be present – ​​Connor, Bella and her two daughters Sunday and Faith – when she received the Life Achievement Award.

“Nicole knows that Connor is extremely loyal to his father, so she doesn’t expect him to come, but the invitation is there for both of them,” a supposed source shared. New idea in June.

‘It is an event that they can celebrate together with the rest of Nicole’s family. Nicole tries to limit her expectations, but clings to the hope that Bella will make it.’

The Hollywood star was reportedly keen to have the children she shares with ex-husband Tom Cruise present as she became the first Australian to receive America’s highest honor for a film career. Pictured: Isabella Kidman Cruise

But despite hoping to have all four of her children together for the big party, son Connor, 29, (pictured) and daughter Bella, 31, showed off their faces at the event hosted by the American Film Institute (AFI).

Tom and Connor have occasionally been spotted attending sporting events together, while Nicole has previously said she prefers to keep her relationship with her children private.

Little is known about Nicole’s current relationship with Bella and Connor, as they reportedly remained “loyal to their father” following her divorce from the Top Gun star in 2001 – meaning they were raised in the controversial Church of Scientology.

Nicole has refused to talk about religion or her family ties over the past year, but is said to have been absent from many of her children’s life events, including Bella’s wedding at London’s Dorchester hotel in 2015, despite living in the city at the time.

The Big Little Lies star hasn’t been publicly pictured with her eldest two children since 2007, and she was reportedly “devastated” after the couple failed to attend her father’s funeral in 2014.

It’s unclear where Connor and Bella chose to spend their Saturday night, as the siblings are notoriously private on social media, but neither was pictured at the event that saw their famous mother make movie history.

Connor, who is believed to be “extremely loyal to his father.” Tom, 61, (right) did not appear to show Nicole any public support for her achievement

However, daughter Bella was seen liking her mother’s Instagram posts about the award ahead of the big night

In 2018, while accepting her Golden Globe for Best Actress, the Nine Perfect Strangers star thanked her biological daughters and second husband Keith Urban — but didn’t mention Connor or Bella.

The actress rarely speaks about the couple, saying she wants to keep the relationship private, but has spoken about how they “chose Scientology” and “don’t call her a mother.”

Despite Bella and Connor not attending the Moulin Rouge actor’s big night this weekend, the event wasn’t a total failure as she was supported by husband Keith and their daughters Sunday and Faith.

She was also accompanied by her sister Antonia, brother-in-law Craig Marran and her niece Sybella Hawley.

Faith and Sunday glowed with childlike pride as they stood next to their mother, who was dressed in a glittering gold Balenciaga dress for the event in Los Angeles.

Despite Bella and Connor not attending the Moulin Rouge actor’s big night this weekend, she was supported by husband Keith, their daughters Sunday and Faith, sister Antonia and niece Sybella Hawley. All depicted

“Deeply moved by all the support around the world that I have seen and heard,” Nicole wrote on Instagram with a photo from the stage.

“Thank you to all of you and to the @AmericanFilmInstitute for including me in this illustrious group of honorees – now let’s have some fun!”

Husband Keith paid a touching tribute to his wife, sharing a photo from her on Instagram with the caption, “In a career still in full flight, tonight the @americanfilminstitute will honor my wife as the newest member of this extraordinary brotherhood.

“Babygirl, I’m so proud of you, and as much as I come off as the biased husband, I’m going to let the list of past awards speak for me.”

He went on to mention Orson Welles, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Alfred Hitchcock, Elizabeth Taylor, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep and more.

The Australian actress was thrilled that the AFI honor was “beyond my wildest dreams” when she was announced as the recipient.