News of how much Tom Cruise paid Mimi Rogers in their divorce settlement only broke because the latter had made a joke about it. It wasn’t just any joke, though — this particular quip could have seen her lose the $4 million, stat.
To refresh, in March 1993, Rogers appeared in Playboy. In her interview with the magazine, she made a few allusions to the divorce, none of which mentioned David Miscavige. For starters, she hinted that she’d got a pretty good payout, even if seeing it being dissected in the press was tough. “Finances aside, divorce just sucks,” she said. Rogers also joked that the marriage had ended over Cruise wanting to become a monk and practice celibacy. “He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument. Therefore, it became obvious that we had to split,” she said. Almost immediately after the interview was published, she backtracked, telling “The Tonight Show” that she had been joking (via the Evening Standard). The real kicker? Sources told the Evening Standard that she had been told that speaking about the relationship would compromise the $4 million settlement, and that was why she was so determined to set the record straight.
Unsurprisingly, Cruise has never addressed the issue, so it’s not clear if Rogers did end up losing the settlement. However, Celebrity Net Worth estimates that Cruise’s first ex-wife is worth $10 million today, so we’d say she’s doing alright either way.
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