Katie breaks Tom’s heart to end the Tomkat saga

TOMCRUISE and Katie Holmes are calling it quits after five years of marriage. ‘‘This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family,’’ Holmes’s attorney Jonathan Wolfe said.

‘‘Katie’s primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter’s best interest.’’

Cruise’s lawyer Bert Fields said Holmes filed for divorce on Friday.

Cruise, 49, wed the 33-year-old Holmes in 2006 in an Italian castle after publicly declaring his love on The Oprah Winfrey Show, emphatically jumping on her couch.

The couple have a 6-year-old daughter, Suri, who has herself become a staple of the tabloids and celebrity magazines.

Their plan to divorce was first reported by People magazine.

‘‘Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and concentrating on his three children,’’ Cruise’s representative, Amanda Lundberg, said.

‘‘Please allow them their privacy to work this out.’’

Cruise and Holmes had a whirlwind romance— the Dawson’s Creek actress confessed she had a childhood crush on the Top Gun star— and were engaged at the Eiffel Tower. An elaborate wedding followed before a Church of Scientology minister.

‘‘I can’t be cool. I can’t be laidback,’’ a starry-eyed Cruise said on The Oprah Winfrey Show. ‘‘Something happened and I want to celebrate it.’’

But the couple’s romance was instant fodder for the tabloids, which chattered about everything from the couple’s fights and Suri’s clothing, to Holmes’ conversion to Scientology.

Cruise, now starring in Rock of Ages, was previously married to Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, with whom he has two children.

— AP