When Tom and Samantha split, their son Colin was aged seven and their daughter Elizabeth was three.His divorce wasn't finalised until 1987, but by December 1986 (at the Three Amigos premiere, pictured), he and Rita had taken their romance public.Through the years, parents Tom and Rita have worked very hard to keep all of their kids, including Chet and Truman out of the spotlight.Tom said Rita shaped his vision of having a healthy home life: "Honestly, I married into a classic old-world family structure in which people like to spend time with each other and construct their lives so they can.“That hadn't been part of my existence up 'til then," he told Oprah."And you know what?
In the 13 years, Rita and I have been married, I've discovered there's no substitute for that."There's such an advantage to being involved in the day-to-day details of each other's lives.
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