Yeah, this interview seems a bit of a departure from the ones he gave at the time. 

Reasons for his break up with Katie were always variations of "we grew apart", but I also recall him giving a big old WTF?! along with the rest of us when she suddenly showed up with Cruise.

There were a lot of rumors in the months before the official March break-up that Katie and Chris were in a rough patch, but they were still seen together, out to dinner, etc...and they were seen together after the break up was announced as well. 

So I think the time between the two relationships was just as "compressed" as it originally appeared to be.

The rumor at the time was that Cruise's people jumped on the news that Katie Holmes was single, as Tom had already been rejected by Scarlett, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner and pretty much everyone else on his list.  So I think it all happened, from perfect strangers to "amazing love", within a mere few weeks

Edited 1 time by chrisbeck Mar 30 12 8:40 PM.