psychoticstate wrote:

The only thing that Tom "helped" her in was media exposure. Had she remained Katie Holmes, supporting or bit part actress, she would never be subject of this much attention, exposure and media speculation. Never.

ITA there. If she had married Chris Klein and had a kid with him, I seriously doubt that either would merit more than a 3 line blurb in any of the celebrity magazines.

In one sense, MTP did make her a star-a tabloid star.