People are freaking out that Nicole Kidman snubbed her adopted kids at the Emmys

The INSIDER Summary:

• Nicole Kidman won an Emmy for her performance in "Big Little Lies."
• In her speech, she gave a shout out to her husband and two children with him.
• She omitted mention of her two adopted children with her previous husband, Tom Cruise.
• Some suggest it's because of their place within the Church of Scientology.
• Contact with Kidman is said to be taboo within the organization.
  

Nicole Kidman won an Emmy for her leading role in HBO's "Big Little Lies" Sunday night. She thanked her husband, Keith Urban, and her two children with him.

She omitted, however, her two children with her previous husband, Tom Cruise, who she divorced in 2001.

"I have two little girls, Sunday and Faith, and my darling Keith," Kidman said in her speech. "This is yours. I want my little girls to have this on their shelf and to look at it and go, 'Every time my mommy didn't put me to bed, it's because of this. I got something!'"

Here's the speech:

People are surprised by Kidman's omission of her adopted son and daughter with Cruise, Connor and Isabella Jane, who are both in their 20s. Some suspected it was because of their connection with the Church of Scientology.

According to former Scientologists, Kidman is designated as a "Suppressive Person" within the church.

The term is used within the organization to refer to people who doubt its teachings. According to "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief" by New Yorker journalist Lawrence Wright, members of the church are ordered to sever all ties with "Suppressive People."

An anecdote about Kidman's status as a "Suppressive Person" came up in ex-Scientologist Leah Remini's book "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology." She recalled a time that she rode in a car with Isabella and Connor after Cruise's 2006 wedding with Katie Holmes. Remini asked them if they'd seen Kidman recently.

"Not if I have a choice," Bella said, according to the book. "Our mom is a f------ SP."

In a 2016 interview, though, Kidman suggested her relationship with her adopted children with Cruise had somewhat mended.

"I feel [love] for my own children who are adopted. It’s not about anything else other than, 'I wanted you,'"she told Town & Country magazine in an interview for her movie "Lion," which is about adoption. "It’s that deep and personal, and whatever your journey is, I'm here to love and support you. That’s what I connected to."

Connor Cruise also said in a 2014 interview that he was close to Kidman, and Isabella reportedly became closer with Kidman after her marriage that year.

Kidman's omission of Connor and Isabella in her Emmys speech suggests it's possible their relationships have worsened in the past year.

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