What to make of the reported love affair between Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas?
Many questions swirl around the supposed romance of these two A-listers. Is it just a PR stunt, similar to how Cruise’s supposed romance with Hayley Atwell, his “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” co-star, could have all been publicity for that movie.
Both Cruise and de Armas have big movies coming out in the next few weeks they need to be promoting. Cruise, 62, premieres the expected final installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise at the Cannes Film Festival next week. Meanwhile, the Cuban-born de Armas, 37, stars in the John Wick-adjacent action thriller, “Ballerina,” which opens June 6.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 01: Ana de Armas attends CinemaCon 2025 – The State of the Industry and Lionsgate Presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, on April 1, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for CinemaCon)
But the Daily Mail has been pushing the story that Cruise and de Armas, 37, have been romantically linked since Valentine’s Day. They’ve been “jet-setting around together” between Madrid and London, where they “narrowly escaped swarms of paparazzi outside David Beckham’s 50th birthday bash” last weekend. The Daily Mail said that Cruise even plans to take the Bond girl as his date to the Cannes screening of “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.”
Cruise and de Armas “are clearly willing to give their budding romance a chance,” the Daily Mail said. However, they face serious challenges, the publication acknowledged.
There’s the age difference, of course. But a bigger potential roadblock has to be Cruise’s well-known adherence to the controversial Church of Scientology, as the Daily Mail reported.
Over the past 20 years, news reports have portrayed Cruise as one of the most powerful people in the cult-like organization, and all three of his ex-wives practiced Scientology when they were married to him. Mimi Rogers reportedly introduced Cruise to Scientology, but quietly left the organization sometime after their two-year marriage ended in 1989.
Both Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes reportedly dedicated themselves to studying the teachings of founder L. Ron Hubbard, but Scientology insiders have revealed that the organization was a factor in the demise of their respective relationships with Cruise — which should be a red flag for any woman getting involved with him.
After Kidman reportedly refused to devote herself to the church, Scientology leaders worked to hasten their break-up in 2001 and reportedly turned their children against her.
Dr. William Harford (Tom Cruise) and Alice Harford (Nicole Kidman) in Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut.” (Photo by Warner Bros)
Meanwhile, multiple reports say that Holmes filed for divorce in 2012 because she was concerned about the church having an outsized influence over how they raised their daughter, Suri. Holmes got full custody, and Cruise is known to be estranged from his daughter, now 19, because she did not become a Scientologist.
“Tom’s controversial past would be enough to make any potential lover put up the guardrails,” the Daily Mail reported.
An insider told the Daily Mail that de Armas is “enamored” with Cruise, but her friends are torn, and her Catholic family members have concerns about his unconventional beliefs. “His Scientologist beliefs are not a deal breaker for Ana. She knows her family wouldn’t approve, but she is her own woman,” the insider said.
US actor Tom Cruise holding his daughter Suri greets his wife Katie Holmes after she finished running the New York City Marathon in New York 04 November 2007.(TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
De Armas also seems somewhat attracted to complicated men or situations. She and Ben Affleck, her co-star in the erotic thriller “Dark Water,” became paparazzi favorites while they dated and lived together in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 lockdown.
More recently, de Armas faced massive backlash for dating Manuel Anido Cuesta, the 26-year-old stepson of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who is widely regarded as an authoritarian leader, overseeing a repressive regime in the communist island nation.
This image released by 20th Century Studios shows Ben Affleck, left, and Ana de Armas in a scene from “Deep Water.” (Claire Folger/20th Century Studios via AP) Claire Folger/20th Century Studios via AP
“While Cuba is experiencing one of its worst crises in decades, marked by daily blackouts, rampant inflation, and a massive exodus that drains the nation, this regime official strolls comfortably through Madrid, the capital of capitalism, enjoying a romance with a Hollywood star like Ana de Armas,” wrote Luis Flores, a columnist for the English-language digital news outlet CiberCuba.
“From Ben Affleck to a dictator’s son, what a crazy life,” someone wrote on the FauxMoi reddit thread. “Filled with choices, some bad choices, and some choices where you have to question your humanity.”
The Oscar-nominated de Armas may be making another questionable choice in dating Cruise — if they are in fact dating. An “insider” told Radar Online that she and Cruise have been working together “on a project” and “get along.” But this source said de Armas told them that there’s nothing more to their relationship than that.
But the Daily Mail is pushing another narrative, publishing photos of the two disembarking from a helicopter at an airport in London, then reporting that they “danced the night away” at David Beckham’s star-studded birthday bash at a posh London restaurant.
“They are spending so much of their time together and Tom has feelings for her. She is Tom’s type,” a source told the Daily Mail.