In a few years, when Tom trades Katie in for another woman, will it really matter?

THE FACT THAT THEY LOVE HER AND FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO CALL HER MOM IS BEAUTIFUL.

I AM A STEPMOTHER ALSO AND IT IS VERY HAD TO WIN THE AFFECTIONS OF TWO TEENS.

I SAY MORE POWER TO HER I HOPE I CAN SOMEDAY HAVE THAT WITH MY STEP CHILDREN.

Jane- To be fair, Katie is actually pretty close to 30. She just recently turned 29. Therefore, I don’t think it’s a bit silly to think that Isabella might consider her a mother figure (I do agree that she probably doesn’t consider Katie to be her mom. After all, she already has mom-Nicole).

I also find the idea that Katie might have been reading from a script completely ridiculious! Just because she is a Scientologist doesn’t mean she reads from a script during her interviews.

I mean, Jenna Elfman is also a Scientologist, and I’ve never seen her accused of reading from a script in her interviews. I must ask, why are people always criticizing Katie and Tom? The only celeb I see criticized as much as them is Angelina Jolie.

That said, I also don’t think Tom is trying to make it seem like he, Katie, Bella, Connor, and Suri are the “perfect family”. They just happen to be very happy together, and there’s nothing wrong with that! I have noticed that, in most of the interviews Angie and Brad give, they have nothing but positive, happy things to say about each other and their kids….and yet no one ever accuses them of trying to be the “perfect family”!

I AM Sorry, but so many of you are making a fuss about nothing.Please someone tell me how katie was disrespectful, wrong and outlandish in this interview cause I don’t see it. All i see is people being judgmental and trying too twisting peoples words to make it more gossip worthy. When has it become “Cruel and unnecessary” for someone to say that there step children calls them mom.I pretty sure that katie wasn’t aware how TABOO it was and that it had to be kept hush hush.I think alot of you are upset that katie has a close relationship with connor and Isabella, which is so sad. connor and Isabella are not 2 they can decided what they want to call katie, it is not crazy or insane for them to call them mom. So many mothers are there say they would be heart(maybe soo), teenagers would never do that(there are alot of things teens do), need to stop and say that one your not commor and Isabella, 2 they are not your children, and 3 stop making something negative when its not. One does anyone know that this comment is going to really be hurtful to Nicole(not you)but Nicole Kidman, because its seems like so many people know all her emotions

Demi and Bruce’s children call Ashton MOD for My Other Dad. I love that. Ekaterina, I agree w/ you in that I have always SUSPECTED that scientology played a role in the divorce of Tom and Nicole, and subsequently has played a role in the custody of the children. I absolutely believe that Nicole is extremely private and doesn’t even like speaking much about her children in any way to the public for obvious reasons. Remember she was devasted by the divorce. She spends as much time w/ the children as Tom, we are just not seeing outings and hearing interviews. Erin, I agree w/ you. I think that the interview w/ Kate was a long one, and I’d like to think that she just goofed and lost her tact. And I know it sounds cynical, BUT could her answers to known questions have been approved ahead of time by her scientology mentor? Who knows. But I have to say the comment left a bad taste in my mouth as my own children have a step-father(whom they adore) and step-mother they will not even visit or speak to.

I think media outlets, especially those American ones probably took Nicole own comments that her kids didn’t call her ‘mom’ completely out of context. No one calls their mother ‘mom’ in Australia. It’s only North Americans that call their mothers that. Nicole did say that they call her ‘mum,’ and that she joked that when she hears Nicole from their mouths she said ‘HEY.’ It could be that Katie is mom, as Nicole is mum.

There is nothing wrong Katie taking a role with her step-children, although child psychologists do advice that main parenting decisions by done by the actual parents, not the step-parents, as it tends to confuse child, and can lead to further psychological problems. It would be more natural that Katie will be having more problems if she trys to parent those children, instead of just trying to be their friend. It is very unusual for a child to bond with a step-parent so much that they consider them their parent.

Nicole has been their mother all of their life, and they do visit and stay with her throughout the year. I have read plenty of interviews with Nicole where she talks very lovingly about her kids, and it seems that she does have a close relationship with her children. I think she is far more private now than what Tom is, who seems to want to pass off Katie and him as the perfect family.

Because of their cult…oops I mean Religion, Katie may have been reading from a script to make out that her relationship with her step-children is much closer than what it really is. It is unlikely that Isabella, who as a teenager is not exactly to consider a 20-something woman as her mother – that concept is a bit silly.

I have read all comments but in my opinion, I think we can’t really know what goes on in their private lives unless we lived with them. Interviews can turn out to be what the interviewee never intended. I am sure this interview is not verbatim and it is the interpretation of the magazine, Katie could have said it after being prompted by the interviewer but here it sounds random. In the beginning Katie said the kids called her Katie and if they wished they would call her mum but that is up to them. They do call Nicole Mum and her comments were clearly taken out of context. These are not very young kids and they are capable of making their own decisions. I doubt any one is forcing them.

Wait wait … look at ALL the other celeb mothers !!! They are always/often around their kids ! Nicole is the one never seen with Bella and Connor : are All the other mother on the earth sooo bad or is nicole an odd woman??? I’ve nothing against her BUT …

Cruel and unnecessary for Katie to mention that Bella and Conner call her “Mom”. That is a private matter and shouldn’t have been mentioned in the interview…It appears that she said that on purpose and it was harsh and disrepectful to Nicole and the kids.

Well…I do not think it is very fair to say that Tom seemed to want kids more than Nicole or that her children are not on her top priorities. I do not get it though because she is judged for not being pictured with her children and yet Tom is pictured mostly or always with Suri.

I really cringed when I read that they call Katie “mom.” She seemed to just put it in there out of spite almost. It sounded too odd to me. And what if Isabella and Conner did not want anyone to know because how it would affect their mom. I think I feel bad because I would not want my children( when I have children) to call another woman mom.