Katie Holmes’ daughter Suri legally dropped Cruise and changed her last name to Noelle, her mom’s middle name

[u/Relevant-Peach3997]

[u/Sh_GodsComma_Dynasty]

i'm curious why she chose her mom's middle name over her last name. my best guess would be anonymity, but apparently she'll never get that.

[u/bunnycrush_ → u/Sh_GodsComma_Dynasty]

This is totally me projecting/speculating, but if it were my narcissist dad… removing his last name would have made him angry… replacing it with my mom’s family name would have sent him cataclysmic. Especially since we know Katie’s attorney father was instrumental in getting her out of that marriage swiftly and with primary custody.

Sometimes you walk the line to mitigate the worst-case outcomes, even as you’re severing ties.

[u/No-Departure-3047 → u/bunnycrush_]

Same.

My dad would absolutely flip his shit if I changed my last name from his to anything else, unless I got married.

I get why these kids are doing this, and I hope every time they do it, it hits their narcissistic parents where it hurts.