Tom Cruise makes rare comment praising ex-wife Nicole Kidman amid rumored Ana de Armas romance

Tom Cruise complimented his ex-wife Nicole Kidman arsenic rumors move astir him making love Ana de Armas.

The Oscar nominee made his remark astir Kidman, whom he was joined to from 1990 to 2001, erstwhile discussing their 1999 thriller, “Eyes Wide Shut,” successful an question and reply pinch movie mag Sight and Sound.

“It was a awesome experience. I was very excited to do it,” he told nan outlet of nan Sydney Pollack-directed movie, Deadline reported Saturday.

Cruise, who portrayed Bill Harfordin successful nan film, explained he met pinch Pollack up of filming and suggested Kidman, now 57, prima arsenic his on-screen wife, Alice Harford.

“I suggested Nicole play nan domiciled [of Alice],” nan character said earlier gushing of his erstwhile spouse, “Because evidently she’s a awesome actress.”

Cruise, 62, continued, “I thought nan movie was very interesting, and I wanted to person that experience.”

The “Top Gun” prima and Kidman seldom reside their 11-year marriage, though nan second has concisely opened up astir it successful caller interviews.

Last year, nan character revealed she was still healing from her divorcement when she accepted her Academy Award successful 2003 for her activity successful “The Hours.”

“I was struggling pinch things successful my individual life, yet my master life was going truthful well,” she told writer and intermezo journalist Dave Karger successful his book “50 Oscar Nights.”

Last November, Kidman addressed a rumor that she was celebrating her divorcement from Cruise erstwhile she was photographed walking pinch her arms wide unfastened in a 2001 viral image.

“That’s not true,” she clarified to British GQ. “That was from a film. That wasn’t existent life. I cognize that image!”

Kidman and Cruise adopted 2 children, Isabella, 32, and Conner, 30, successful 1992 and 1995, respectively.

After their split, nan “Babygirl” prima tied nan knot pinch Keith Urban successful 2006. They stock 16-year-old daughter, Sunday Rose, and 13-year-old daughter, Faith.

Cruise went connected to marry Katie Holmes and invited a daughter, Suri Cruise, 18. However, he and Holmes, now 46, divorced successful 2012.

The “Mission Impossible” prima has, much recently, been linked to de Armas, 37. They spent her day together astatine a London parkland and nan “Deep Water” prima joined Cruise astatine David Beckham’s 50th birthday.

However, a root told Page Six Saturday that while nan duo “clearly bask hanging out,” location is “no impervious it’s romantic.”