Tom Cruise skipped the Oscars on Sunday to avoid an awkward run-in with Nicole Kidman, DailyMail is reporting. Insiders said Cruise wasn’t at the ceremony due to his ex-wife being there - following their bitter divorce over 20 years ago. Cruise's “Top Gun: Maverick” was nominated for six awards, including the coveted Best Picture Award. Cruise and Kidman split in 2001, reportedly due to her refusal to join him in the Church of Scientology.