Seven years after Tom Cruise famously jumped on a couch during an `` Oprah '' taping to declare his love for Katie Holmes , the actor and actress are ending their marriage , Cruise 's attorney said Friday . Holmes filed for divorce Thursday , according to Cruise 's lawyer Bert Fields . `` Tom is very sad about it and is concentrating on the kids , '' Fields said . Why you think TomKat split . Cruise 's publicist , Amanda Lundberg , confirmed the pending divorce -- which was first reported by People , like CNN a division of Time Warner -- and urged people to respect `` their privacy to work this out . '' Jonathan Wolfe , an attorney for Holmes , called the issue `` a personal and private matter for Katie and her family . '' `` Katie 's primary concern remains , as it has always been , her daughter 's best interest , '' Wolfe said in a statement . Tom always wanted to be a father . The couple wed in Italy in November 2006 , seven months after their daughter , Suri , was born . Pictures of the family have often appeared in tabloid magazines in the years since , though the couple have steered clear of controversy and frequently appeared together at events . In the June edition of Playboy , Cruise , 49 , said he loved Holmes , 33 , as much as when they got hitched 5½ years earlier . `` She is an extraordinary person , and if you spent five minutes with her , you 'd see it , '' he said . `` I 'm just happy , and I have been since the moment I met her . What we have is very special . '' Cruise is one of Hollywood 's most recognizable stars , starring in `` Taps '' and `` The Outsiders '' before breaking out in the 1983 film `` Risky Business . '' He 's appeared in a host of widely seen films since , including Oscar-nominated roles in `` Born on the Fourth of July , '' `` Jerry Maguire '' and `` Magnolia '' and the hit action series `` Mission Impossible . '' Suri plays stylist for mom Katie Holmes . Holmes became known to America as an actress on the teen drama TV series `` Dawson 's Creek , '' which aired between 1998 and 2003 . She has since appeared in several productions , including the movie `` Batman Begins '' and TV miniseries `` The Kennedys . '' The two began dating in 2005 , and months into their relationship Cruise made headlines by jumping on a couch as an open-mouthed Oprah Winfrey watched because he could n't contain his excitement about Holmes . `` It just happened , '' Cruise said , according to a story on Oprah.com recapping the interview . `` She 's amazing , and I 'd think the same of her even if she was n't with me -- she 's just amazing . '' HLN : Yes , but ... what will Suri blog about ? Holmes mentioned on the talk show how she 'd grown up dreaming that she 'd someday marry the `` Top Gun '' star . Their marriage was Holmes ' first and the third for Cruise , who 'd earlier been married to actresses Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman . He had two children from his marriage with the Academy Award-winning Kidman before their divorce in 2001 . Tom and Nicole 's son is a budding DJ .
Holmes filed for divorce Thursday from Cruise , his lawyer says . Cruise 's publicist asks for privacy as the two work through their issues TL;DR ` Tom is very sad about it and is concentrating on the kids , '' the lawyer says . The two married in 2006 , seven months after their daughter , Suri , was born .