Tom Cruise shared a few words about Nicole Kidman in a new interview, marking the first time in more than 20 years that the Mission: Impossible actor has spoken about his ex-wife in the press.

How Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s romance began on a movie set and quickly led to a wedding. Why the couple spent 11 years battling tabloids to protect their marriage and family from rumors. What ultimately caused their high-profile marriage to unravel.

Tom Cruise spoke publicly about his ex-wife Nicole Kidman to Vanity Fair in 2002, just a year after the former couple’s divorce, and hasn’t said much since. At the time, the magazine asked Cruise why he and Kidman had split,