The latest update in the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorce battle is that the latter has tried to stop her divorce from the Mission Impossible star turning into a public battle, by telling him that 6-year-old daughter Suri must be a priority for them both.

The 33-year-old spoke to Tom for the first time since their split after he wished Suri good night. According to a friend she told the actor: “Let’s just try and get through this for the sake of Suri. It’s not about us – she has to be our priority,” she said.

According to a source, the conversation between the estranged couple was brief and civil. “It was brief and very civil. Both appreciate that things can’t descend into all-out war. They are trying to be adult about things not least because there are children to think about.

Tom and Suri have talked several times since the split so it was only a matter of time before Dawson’s Creek actor on a phone belonging to one of her assistants. “It’s not ideal but as long as Tom gets to speak to Suri he doesn’t care. It breaks his heart to have to speak to her on the phone – and not face to face – but hopefully that will change soon,” the source said.

Let’s see where this decade’s most talked-about divorce battle goes!

Source: TNN