'She's a new woman': Katie Holmes is 'blissfully' happy after split from husband Tom Cruise
Katie Holmes is said to be 'blissfully happy' since her split from Tom Cruise.
According to a family insider, Holmes - who was pictured out again today in New York with daughter Suri - is more content than she's been since she met the 50-year-old movie behemoth.
Claim to have spoken to the friend, who told them: 'She now gets to see her family more, feels free to concentrate on her career and is no longer living in fear of Scientology.
'Katie is a new woman, she feels refreshed, free of Tom and doesn’t have a worry in the world,' an insider told the website.
'When before she used to fret if she was ever single, now she’s happy to be alone. Katie’s enjoying her independence and is working on herself right now.'
The source went on to say that Katie is enjoying spending more time with her family, 'something she couldn’t really do when she was married to Tom'.
The friend claimed Tom would control who she saw and often wasn't approving of her family.
'Tom also influenced what movies she appeared in, so she was unable to steer her career in the way she wanted to,' the family friend added.
'Now, she has full control over what she wants to do and that freedom is exciting for her.'
Apparently Scientology was also a 'huge fear' for Katie, who was raised a devout Catholic and she 'never committed herself to it fully,' the friend went on.
The insider said: 'It was a relief for her to be finally rid of Tom, but she was filled with some guilt over the way she did it.
'When she first met Tom, he whisked her off her feet and she was head over heels in love with him. But soon his controlling nature took all the fun out of their relationship.'
Holmes, 33, filed for divorce from Cruise on June 29 after five years of marriage. They signed a top-secret divorce settlement just a few weeks later, giving her full custody of Suri.
