Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman‘s notoriously private daughter, Isabella, is back in the spotlight.
According to journalist Tony Ortega in his blog The Underground Bunker, the 26-year-old appeared in a March 19 promotional email containing her photo and a lengthy message about the benefits of Scientology training.
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While detailing her “success,” Isabella encouraged other members to do an “internship” to become an auditor at the London location.
She wrote:
“I became that annoying girl in the org who would just talk endlessly about how incredible training is and how phenomenal the internship is. I’m sure a few people couldn’t deal just like I couldn’t. But I won’t stop with that because now I KNOW… We all need to do this. It’s hard work. It’s a lot of effort. It’s a few melt downs and running to the bathroom to have a mini episode, but it is worth everything because you will get through… The internship, for me, is what made me a Scientologist. I don’t just believe the tech works now. I know without any doubt that it does.”
Towards the end of her message, Isabella thanked her famous dad, and his sister Cass Mapother for their “endless support.”
“Thank you to my Dad for everything. To Cass… I would have drowned in my own problems if you hadn’t been there to sup me or get me through the preliminaries… It took a whole family and org to get me here. So thank you to all for the endless support. And to those who saw me in my moments. Thank you for seeing me to the end. This isn’t just my product but yours as well.”
However, while talking to The Daily Beast, Ortega SLAMMED Isabella’s use of the word “internship.” He said:
“It doesn’t mean what we use the word internship for. It’s just a practical training to be an auditor. So what she was doing was, she was being observed questioning somebody else. That’s why she’s talking about how hard it was to get through. Because if you do anything wrong, you’ve got to go back and do that whole exercise all over again. And it’s brutal. It’s physically brutal, it’s mentally brutal—they will spend hours and hours…I remember I talked to one guy, he spent weeks on a process just learning to turn the e-meter on. This is how obsessive they are… So that’s the kind of thing she’s been through. It’s really demanding, but she’s saying this has changed her life—but then, she has to say that. She wants to convince you that this expensive internship she just went through was worth it (and it would be something like 14 or 15,000 pounds just for that internship).”
According to the 2015 documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, the church allegedly targeted Kidman in fear that she was turning her then-husband, Cruise, against them. Per the film:
“The Church of Scientology used a number of intimidation tactics to force Cruise to split from Nicole Kidman… Furthermore, [Marty Rathbun, an ex-Scientology official] says the Church of Scientology ‘re-educated’ Cruise’s adopted children with Kidman, Connor and Isabella, into turning against their mother so that Cruise could retain custody.'”
While speaking to Who magazine in 2018, the actress gave a rare comment about her two kids — who reportedly grew up in the church — with ex Cruise. She said:
“They are adults. They are able to make their own decisions. They have made choices to be Scientologists and as a mother, it’s my job to love them.”
In 2015, Isabella married Max Parker, whose best man is from one of the most prominent Scientology families in the U.K. — per Ortega.
24-year-old Connor was spotted in January 2019 leaving Madeo restaurant in Beverly Hills. Per People, he lives in Clearwater, Florida near the Scientology headquarters, and is into “deep-sea fishing.”
Tom and Nicole adopted Connor and Isabella during their marriage, which ended in 2001. Kidman is now married to Keith Urban.
Additionally, Cruise shares 12-year-old daughter Suri with ex-wife Katie Holmes, while Kidman has daughters Sunday Rose, 10, and Faith Margaret, 8, with Urban.
Read Isabella’s full message (below):
“WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS.
Wow. What an accomplishment.
I’ve written this success many, many times over in my head. I want to get it just right. But now that it’s time and I’ve forgotten many of my mentally penned notes, here comes the real one.
This journey started with my training, and even that was a bullbait. I knew I needed it but every fibre of my being fought me on it. Said I was the PC, that if I did it I’d get nothing from it and many more delightful little criticisms. I was overwhelmed before I started.
Finally I got through that and what a ride. It was incredible but I was BIs at the end. I had gotten SO much out of it but there was something missing and it really was messing with me. Hard. I couldn’t figure out what it was.
The next thing was internship and lord knows I was not into it. I tried to get into it but it was even worse than the training. I had so many reasons and excuses as to why I didn’t need to do it and how it just wasn’t right for me.
It turned out it was exactly what I needed. I dragged out the testing and correction, just made it through the drilling and then finally began my auditing adventure, and wow, I wasn’t prepared. This IS what I had been searching for. The missing piece. Suddenly everything began to make sense. My metering… Wow. It became clear I actually knew my metering. Even to the point of having any slight doubt on a read. I know it wasn’t a read. Beautiful thing about drilling, of course. The tech that I felt was wavering and on the verge of disappearing from my mind became part of me. I know it. Like really know it to the point that it’s just there man. I never thought I could know something like that.
I became that annoying girl in the org who would just talk endlessly about how incredible training is and how phenomenal the internship is. I’m sure a few people couldn’t deal just like I couldn’t. But I won’t stop with that because now I KNOW.
We all need to do this. It’s hard work. It’s a lot of effort. It’s a few melt downs and running to the bathroom to have a mini episode, but it is worth everything because you will get through. This is a gift to yourself and so many others. It doesn’t matter if you aren’t going to be an auditor or aren’t going to join staff. If you are going to make it as a being for the long run you NEED this. That’s the truth. You won’t stay Clear or OT without it. So stop messing around and get going.
The internship, for me, is what made me a Scientologist. I don’t just believe the tech works now. I know without any doubt that it does.
Thank you to my Dad for everything. To Cass. To Tash. I would have drowned in my own problems if you hadn’t been there to sup me or get me through the preliminaries. And every other single person from the C/S to the Qualifications Sec, who has taken even just a minute of time to help me get through. It took a whole family and org to get me here. So thank you to all for the endless support. And to those who saw me in my moments. Thank you for seeing me to the end. This isn’t just my product but yours as well.
Thank you to [chairman of the board, Scientology leader David Miscavige] COB. This wouldn’t be here without you. I can’t even begin to describe. It would take me a few centuries.
Thank you to [Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard] LRH, on so many levels. I’d need another few centuries to even find the words.”
[Image via Will Alexander/WENN.]