Holmes befriended strangers after divorce

KATIE Holmes loved the way strangers “became friends” after her divorce from Tom Cruise. The 41-year-old actress went through an “intense” period of scrutiny when she and daughter Suri, now 14, moved to New York following the end of her marriage to the

Mission: Impossible actor but she’ll always be grateful for the kindness of those around her.

She said: “That time was intense. It was a lot of attention, and I had a little child on top of it.

“We had some funny moments out and about in public.

“So many people I didn’t know became my friends and helped us out, and that’s what I love about the city.

“There was one incredible moment when I think I actually cried. Suri was six or seven, and she was spending the night at a friend’s house while I was seeing the ballet at Lincoln Center.

“At 10 o’clock I got a call, ‘Mommy, can you come get me?’ I got a cab and went down to Battery Park to pick her up. She was exhausted. She fell asleep on the way home, and when we pulled up to our building, the cab driver opened the door and helped me not wake her. He helped carry her to the building. He was so kind.”