At 60, Tom Cruise experienced countless conquests. He was notably married to actress and producer Mimi Rogers from 1987 to 1990, then to actress Nicole Kidman from 1990 to 2001 and even to actress Katie Holmes from 2006 to 2012. Without forgetting his last love affair with actress Hayley Atwell.
But before marrying all these women, Tom Cruise had a brief love affair with another actress known to the general public: Melissa Gilbert, the unforgettable Laura Ingalls from the Serie The Little House On The Prairie (1974-1983). A story that dates back to the early 1980s.
He was a good kisser
In 2014, during his appearance on the show Watch What Happens Livethe 56-year-old actress had made crisp revelations about her affair with the actor of Top Gun: Maverick who was not yet the great actor we know today! “Actually, when I went out with him, his name was still Tom Mapother. It was when he first moved to Los Angeles and I think I was… 16 or 17 maybe ?”said Melissa Gilbert.
The actress of The Little House On The Prairie took the opportunity to reveal more details about her relationship with Tom Cruise: “I didn’t sleep with him. We got along, but honestly, there was no sex. He was a good kisser, but you know, he was a struggling, hungry young actor and I was working.”
Could this brief affair with Melissa Gilbert have marked the starting point of Tom Cruise’s many conquests? In an interview, the now 60-year-old said (jokingly) that on a first date with a woman, he would rather skydive than go to the movies: “You can’t even imagine! You know me, I’m 100%, otherwise, nothing. I can’t see myself doing things by halves”he confided.
Well the least we can say is that, even in love, the handsome Tom Cruise loves thrills!