Highlights

• Mimi Rogers once blamed lack of bedroom activity for divorcing Tom Cruise.
• Rogers joked that she wasn't intimate with Cruise.
• Some observers believed Rogers changed her story about Cruise for money.

When people list the biggest movie stars ever, Tom Cruise almost always gets included, since he has starred in many blockbusters. Thanks to Cruise's success, there is a lot of interest in things like how he looks in public, how old he was when he performed stunts, and how rich he is.

Despite all the interest in Cruise, there is one subject most of his fans know very little about, his first marriage to Mimi Rogers. With that in mind, fans will likely be shocked that Rogers once said Cruise wasn't very active in the bedroom before she changed her story.

This article will reveal what Mimi Rogers said about divorcing Tom Cruise because of his lack of bedroom activity. Then, the article will look at when Rogers changed her story about her divorce. Finally, the article will touch on the theory some observers have about why Rogers took back her Playboy comments.

Mimi Rogers Once Blamed A Lack Of Bedroom Activity For Her Divorce From Tom Cruise

In 1993, Mimi Rogers posed for a Playboy pictorial and was interviewed for an issue of the magazine. During the wide-ranging interview, Rogers had a lot of fascinating things to say about her life and career up until that point in her life.

Still, the most notable part of the discussion, as Fandom Wire quoted in a 2024 article, was when Rogers spoke about her divorce from Tom Cruise. According to what Rogers told Playboy, her lack of bedroom activity with Cruise led to their divorce.

"Well, here's the real story. Tom was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. At least for that period of time, it looked as though marriage wouldn't fit into his overall spiritual need. And he thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument."

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After making those comments to Playboy's interviewer, Rogers went on to elaborate on why her lack of intimacy with Cruise was such a big problem. Based on what Rogers said to the outlet, her needs weren't met by her physical relationship with Cruise.

"My instrument needed tuning."

Mimi Rogers Took Back Her Comments About Tom Cruise Being Celibate

If there is one thing that the internet and text messaging has taught the world, it is that it is easy to misconstrue the meaning of text. After all, one person can send a completely earnest text only for the receiver to take their words as completely sarcastic.

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According to Mimi Rogers, she was the victim of the same kind of thing years before text messaging became common.

Within days of Rogers' issue of Playboy being published, she spoke to The Evening Standard about her remarks about Cruise. While speaking to that outlet, Rogers clarified that she meant her comments about her lack of bedroom activity with Cruise as a joke.

As a 2001 article from The Telegraph reveals, Rogers didn't make her comments comparing Cruise to a monk in a vacuum. Instead, Rogers only made those remarks after Playboy asked her if she was the one who was done with Cruise.

Also during Mimi Rogers' 2001 Telegraph interview, she revealed what she hated most about the coverage of her marriage to Tom Cruise. "What did annoy me was the age thing. Every six months, [the press] seemed to add another year to my age. If we were still married, the press would have me in my 60s by now."

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The Telegraph's article also quoted a mostly forgotten part of Rogers' Playboy interview. Before Rogers made her comments about having a lack of bedroom activity with Cruise, she mocked the idea that she was the older woman who got tired of her younger man.

"Is that the story, that I was bored with that child and threw him over, chewed him up and spat him out?"

Putting Rogers' comments to Playboy in the fuller context seems to change her meaning.

When Rogers claimed that Cruise was like a monk, she made those remarks in reaction to the suggestion that her age caused their split. Given that Rogers has stated that she was bothered by the coverage of her and Cruise's ages, it makes sense that she would respond to that suggestion with sarcasm.

Some Observers Have Claimed Mimi Rogers Changed Her Story About Her Divorce From Tom Cruise For Money

In April 2024, Nicki Swift published an article about Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers' divorce. Based on the claims of that article and reports from the time of Cruise and Rogers' divorce, some observers believed she changed her story about their divorce for money.

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According to reports, Cruise paid Rogers $4 million as a part of their divorce settlement. However, it was reported that the settlement featured a clause that stated she wouldn't get paid if she disparaged him.

As a result of that reporting, some observers believed Rogers changed her story about Cruise to get $4 million.

In reality, there is absolutely no evidence that Rogers clarified her comments to Playboy to protect her settlement payment. On top of that, Rogers' statements when taken in the full context seem to back up her claim that she was legitimately was joking during her Playboy interview.

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