Fact Check: The Real Story Behind Ana de Armas, Tom Cruise, and the Fourth Marriage Rumor
After months of rumor-fueled headlines, Ana de Armas and Tom Cruise have reportedly called it quits, with a source telling The Sun the pair split after less than a year together.
Quick catch-up on the Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas situation: after months of photos, whispers, and very public helicopter rides, a new tabloid report says the two quietly called it quits after less than a year. None of this is official from either camp, but here is what has actually been seen, what has been said on the record, and what is just rumor territory.
The breakup claim (and how serious to take it)
UK tabloid The Sun says the pair split because the spark faded and that they plan to stay friends. The report frames it as adult, mutual, and not dramatic. For what it is worth: Cruise is 63, de Armas is 37, and this was never publicly acknowledged as a relationship to begin with.
What we actually saw out in the wild
- February: Page Six ran photos of them having dinner on the night before Valentine’s Day.
- March: They were photographed at London Heliport, cited by PEOPLE.
- April: TMZ posted shots of the two in a helicopter.
- Early May: They showed up at David Beckham’s 50th birthday party together, per Daily Mail.
Why everyone assumed they were working together
Multiple outlets, including PEOPLE, floated that Cruise and de Armas were tied to a Doug Liman project. De Armas told Good Morning America she was collaborating on multiple things with Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie, and, yes, Tom Cruise. And Cruise himself publicly hyped her action spin-off Ballerina.
"She is very, very talented... Ballerina is gonna crush."
The messier rumor stuff, all heavily caveated
RadarOnline ran a string of anonymous-source claims in September about friction behind the scenes. Their reporting said de Armas struggled with constant comparisons to Cruise’s exes Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes and that it made her feel insecure. One source pointed to fans noticing she had liked a post mocking Kidman’s appearance (which she allegedly chalked up as accidental), and another claimed both Cruise and de Armas found it creepy that Holmes supposedly liked a post linking the two of them, as if she was watching from afar. Again, this is tabloid-sourced and unverified, so treat accordingly.
Those same reports framed de Armas as wanting a fairytale ending while people around Cruise were skeptical. For context, Cruise has been married three times: to Mimi Rogers (1987–1990), then to Kidman less than a year after that divorce, staying together for roughly a decade, and to Holmes in 2006 before their split in 2012.
The prenup chatter
Another RadarOnline item claimed Cruise had marriage on the brain but would only propose with an ironclad prenup ready to sign, calling him a micro-manager and a control freak via their unnamed source. The idea, per that reporting: have a detailed, non-negotiable agreement drafted before popping the question so it is handled immediately and without drama. The reasoning, the source said, is that he has been burned before and wants to protect himself. The same piece pegged his net worth around $600 million and de Armas at roughly $20 million, citing Celebrity Net Worth.
So where does that leave things?
If The Sun is right, the relationship chapter is over but the two remain friendly. If not, we will find out soon enough. For now, the only on-the-record pieces are the photos, the work chatter, and Cruise’s praise for de Armas’s Ballerina. The rest is rumor until someone involved decides to go public. I will update if that happens.