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Moulin Rouge costar, Ewan McGregor. “I can’t believe people are saying there
was something going on between us,” Nicole said. “Ewan is a lovely guy and
he’s a friend. We spent a long time on Moulin Rouge. During all that time
Ewan’s wife, Eve, was there and she’s a mate of mine. It’s absolutely crazy.”
Another candidate was Nicole’s close friend Australian actor Russell Crowe,
because Tom had reportedly been angry to discover a series of e-mails between
them. When Iain Glen offered her a shoulder to cry on, the gossips went into
overdrive, causing his then wife, Susannah, to publicly exclaim, “Nicole’s an old
friend of mine, too. Nothing can be read into Iain speaking to her. It’s something
I approve of. He’s a friend of hers and so it’s all positively okay.”
Of more interest to Hollywood insiders was her friendship with orthopedic
surgeon Neal ElAttrache. ElAttrache was married to actress Tricia Flavin, whose
sister Jennifer was Sylvester Stallone’s wife, and had a thriving practice treating
athletes and celebrities at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic. After tearing her cartilage
during the filming of Moulin Rouge, Nicole began treatment at the clinic in May
2000, returning often for physical therapy. There were rumors all over
Hollywood that ElAttrache had become overly friendly with the injured actress.
When the gossip reached the ears of Sylvester Stallone, he was concerned that a
vengeful Tom Cruise might target the aging actor and destroy what was left of

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his career.
As a result, Jackie Stallone, Sylvester’s formidable eighty-year-old mother,
called an Italian family “sit-down” to get to the heart of the matter. According to
one insider, it was only after two of these sit-downs that Neal ElAttrache was
able to calm the fears of the Stallone clan. Stallone later confirmed that his
brother-in-law had struck up a friendship with Nicole during treatment and had
stayed in touch with her afterward. He told journalist Mitchell Fink, “I sat down
with him and I said, ‘Look, this story is breaking all over the place, you gotta
come clean with me. Did anything happen we should know about?’ And he said
no. Everything was fine and clean.”
There was a twist in this tale. In March 2001, Stallone contacted journalist and
former NYPD detective John Connolly, who had just published an article in
Premiere magazine about allegations of sexual harassment against Arnold
Schwarzenegger, now governor of California. Stallone, who loathes the former
bodybuilder, was eager to hear more unpublished scuttlebutt about
Schwarzenegger and offered inside information on his brother-in-law’s
friendship with Nicole Kidman in exchange. “It didn’t come off,” says Connolly.
“It was all getting too crazy and I didn’t want to get stuck in the middle.”
The debate about the father of Nicole’s child soon became academic. On
March 16 she was rushed to the Iris Cantor–UCLA Women’s Health Center,
suffering from heavy bleeding and sharp abdominal pains similar to those she
had experienced with her ectopic pregnancy a decade earlier. Doctors told her
that she was about three months pregnant but had miscarried; in fact, without
Nicole realizing it, the fetus had died several weeks earlier. While her loyal
driver, Dave Garris, waited in the wings, Nicole phoned Tom to break the news.
He sent flowers but did not visit her in the hospital.
Given the strain and her medical history, the miscarriage came as no surprise.
“We have a woman who is pregnant, with knee problems and who has been told
her career is over in Hollywood,” observed DiSabatino. “Lo and behold, she has
a miscarriage. I can only believe it was because she was so upset. She wanted a
child. She loves children.” Shrewdly, he advised her to save some of the fetal
tissue in case DNA tests were ever needed to prove the baby’s paternity. A story
was leaked to the National Enquirer about her decision to store the DNA.
It was a brilliant move, putting Tom’s camp in a no-win position. In order for
Tom to refute Nicole’s version of events, he would have to take her to court to
prove that the “World’s Sexiest Man” was not the father of his wife’s child.
Even Pellicano, who had a soft spot for Nicole even though he was working
against her, acknowledged that Tom had been outmaneuvered.
While Nicole was in the hospital, the religion at the heart of the rift between

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the couple laid its claim to her estranged husband. On March 18, news
organizations falsely reported that the Hollywood actor had severed his fifteen-
year association with Scientology, quoting a spokesman as saying that he had
left for “personal reasons,” but had given them a generous goodwill donation.
Within twenty-four hours, Tom’s lawyer Bert Fields was on the warpath,
denying that Tom had left the Church of Scientology or had any intention of
doing so. This rapid response was in keeping with previous stories that dared to
suggest a weakening of his ties with the faith that completely cocooned him.
Indeed, as Nicole pulled away from Scientology, Tom was becoming more
and more wedded to his belief in L. Ron Hubbard’s doctrine. As actress Naomi
Watts, one of Nicole’s closest friends, said, “Tom has always been far more into
Scientology than Nicole. He is somewhat of a fanatic; Nicole never wanted to go
down that road.” Nicole’s waning enthusiasm for Scientology, combined with
her ongoing Roman Catholic faith, sowed the seeds for conflict with her
husband. By turning her back on Scientology, she was in effect turning her back
on her husband. She had become a Potential Trouble Source, tainted by
association by her return to Catholicism as well as being the daughter of a
psychiatrist.
While Hollywood was rather shocked at Tom’s abrupt and clinical dismissal
of his wife, his behavior came as no surprise to former Scientologists. Peter
Alexander, onetime vice president of Universal Studios, was working on his
computer in the same room as his wife, Jolie, when a message came up on his
screen saying that she wanted a divorce because he was no longer as committed
to Scientology as she was. Then she promptly packed up their three children and
drove out of his life. Again, when Karen Pressley decided to leave Scientology
and reconnect with her Christian faith, she knew that her marriage was doomed.
Similarly, actor Parker Stevenson acknowledged the role of Scientology in his
1997 split from Kirstie Alley. “It doesn’t help. I’m Episcopalian, she’s a
Scientologist, it’s different,” he told People magazine. That same year, actor
Tom Berenger split from his Scientologist wife, Lisa, saying that his wife’s
religious beliefs had been a factor in the breakup.
As Nicole reconnected with Catholicism, she feared that Scientology would
attempt to discredit her. If she needed any reminder of the danger, a story in the