Why Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes ended their ‘secret relationship’

THE couple, who never confirmed they were an item, have broken up and a source close to Foxx says it’s because he didn’t want to go public as a couple.

It’s over between Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes.

THE secret relationship between Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx is apparently over.

The couple, who never confirmed they were an item, have broken up, according to a report, and a source close to Foxx says it’s because he didn’t want to go public as a couple.

The source said, “Jamie wants to continue to act like the carefree guy he is in public. Eventually, the question had to come about whether he was committed enough to the relationship.”

Reps for both Holmes and Foxx couldn’t be reached.

Holmes and Foxx’s alleged long-term romance was one of Hollywood’s biggest open secrets for several years.

Reports emerged last month that shed light on exactly why the pair were keeping their alleged relationship under wraps.

Katie Holmes at the Avra Madison grand opening party in September in New York.

Jamie Foxx speaks onstage during the Hillary Clinton: She's With Us concert at The Greek Theatre in June.

Radar Online reported that Holmes’ divorce from ex-husband Tom Cruise included one strict clause: She was not allowed to officially ‘date’ for five years after the papers were signed.

“Katie signed a clause in her quickie divorce settlement that prevents her from embarrassing Tom in various ways, like talking about him or Scientology, or publicly dating another man for five years after the divorce,” Radar quoted a source as saying.

“She’s allowed to date, but she cannot do so in a public fashion, and she’s not supposed to let any boyfriend near their daughter, Suri,” the insider said.

“Katie wanted out of the marriage so badly, she agreed to the terms — and got $4.8 million in child support, plus another $5 million for herself.”

Cruise and Holmes were wed in 2006 the same year their daughter Suri was born. Their divorce was finalised in July 2012 — so if Radar’s report is accurate, Holmes could be free to date publicly next year.

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise at the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

Holmes and Foxx were either ignoring or at times flat-out denying rumours of a romance for three years, but it took a loose-lipped famous friend of Foxx’s to finally confirm their pairing back in June.

Speaking on the Allegedly podcast, former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Claudia Jordan was asked about her relationship with Foxx.

“[He’s a] good friend of mine. Never [hooked up with him],” she said.

When asked about his relationship with Holmes, Jordan said, “He is very happy with her. I like that he seems very happy.”

She later backtracked on her statements, claiming she had been talking out of turn.

This article was originally published on The New York Post

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