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Nicole Kidman finally recognises Bella and Connor in new speech

<p><span>On Monday night, Nicole Kidman accepted the Glamour Woman of the Year award.</span></p> <p><span>This win gave the Aussie actress the perfect opportunity to publicly acknowledge her two eldest children, Connor and Isabella Cruise.</span></p> <p><span>Bella, 24, and Connor, 20, were adopted by Nicole and Tom Cruise during their 11-year marriage.</span></p> <p><span>After Nicole’s divorce from Tom in 2001, she left the Church of Scientology and Bella and Connor stayed. Reportedly, this situation had put a strain on their relationship.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span><img width="499" height="375" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/45808/1_499x375.jpg" alt="1 (44)"/></span></p> <p><span>During Nicole’s 2017 Emmy’s speech, she was criticised after forgetting to acknowledge her two eldest children as she referenced her two daughters with Keith Urban, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.</span></p> <p><span>But this time, Nicole used her Glamour win to acknowledge all of her children.</span></p> <p><span>"I have four extraordinary children," she said in her speech.</span></p> <p><span>Nicole also thanked her “feminist mother” and her “caring, loving" father for making her who she is today.</span></p> <p><span>Nicole also acknowledged Keith and all the love and support he has given to her.</span></p> <p><span>"He gives me so much strength at times and he gives me so much love," she gushed.</span></p> <p><span>“I’m very, very fortunate and I know so many people in this room don’t have that, but I do have it and I want to acknowledge it because as much as I’m a strong woman, I need help and I need support."</span></p> <p><span>Nicole also took a moment during her speech to discuss the importance of supporting each other in the industry.</span></p> <p><span>“I think tonight we’re here to celebrate the phenomenal contributions that so many people in this room are giving to the arts, to culture, to exploration, to human rights. So, I just want to take this moment to say, let’s celebrate all of us and what makes us us.”</span></p> <p><span>Nicole wore a black Christian Dior dress and looked smitten posing next to Keith on the red carpet.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span><img width="500" height="670" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/45809/2_500x670.jpg" alt="2 (30)"/></span></p> <p><span>A pre-recorded message of Keith that played during the awards show gave us a glimpse into the first time he saw his wife.</span></p> <p><span>"What I remember very, very vividly was that it looked like she just floated across the floor. It stays with me to this day. There was a magical, celestial thing about her. To me, she embodies everything," he said.</span></p>

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Bella and Connor are furious at Nicole Kidman

<p>Hollywood star Nicole Kidman’s two adopted children, Isabella and Connor Cruise, are furious at their mother after she opened up about them during interviews in the lead up to her new movie, <em>Lion.</em></p> <p>The film is based on a true story about an Australian couple whose adopted son from India sets out to find the family he was separated from as a child.</p> <p>Kidman and her ex-husband, Tom Cruise, adopted Bella and Connor in the 90s, during their 11-year marriage.</p> <p>“I have adopted children and so this is sort of a love letter to them,” Kidman said.</p> <p>However, New Idea reports Bella, 23, and Connor, 21, are seething at their mother.</p> <p>“Bella and Connor have made their peace with the fact that Nicole left them the day she left Tom, so to hear her using them for publicity is infuriating,” a close source revealed to the magazine.</p> <p><img width="500" height="600" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/28117/1474509073716_kid-1_500x600.jpg" alt="Nicole Kidman (2)" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>Ever since Kidman and Cruise divorced, the Aussie actor’s relationship with her adoptive children has been rocky.  </p> <p>Kidman has said in the past that she wants to be closer to Connor and Bella.</p> <p>“They live with Tom, which was their choice,” Kidman told Hello! magazine in 2010. “I’d love them to live with us, but what can you do?”</p> <p>“I’ve chosen not to speak publicly about Scientology,” she told Vanity Fair in 2013. “I have two children who are Scientologists — Connor and Isabella — and I utterly respect their beliefs.”</p> <p>Kidman married Keith Urban in 2006. They have two children together, daughters’ Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.</p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/08/is-it-ever-okay-for-children-to-lie/"><em>Is it ever okay for children to lie?</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/08/how-to-encourage-kids-to-love-cooking/"><em>5 reasons why it’s important to let kids loose in the kitchen</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/08/expert-advice-for-coping-with-estranged-adult-children/">Expert advice for coping with estranged adult children</a></em></strong></span></p>

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