Jada Pinkett Smith and other friends of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes‘ have revealed what life is like in the high-profile relationship - and they insist it is incredibly normal.

Internet entrepreneur Sky Dayton told People magazine: “When you come over, the first thing [Katie] does is say, ‘Are you hungry? Let me make you something’.”

He added that their favourite activity is family movie night: “Tom and Katie will get in the kitchen and make this amazing popcorn with chocolate. Suri is there playing. Kate feeds her a bottle and then Tom feeds her.”

Another friend of the couple, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, says he can’t believe the stories about Tom and Katie that are written in the tabloids: “We’re shocked when we read that stuff. Kate is bright and has opinions.”

Jada Pinkett Smith also insists that Katie hasn’t become the Scientology Stepford wife as made out by the media. Jada told the publication: “I think everybody has this image: ‘Poor little Kate, she doesn’t have the strength to take care of herself’. People don’t know that behind all that grace is a tiger. I’ve witnessed it! I’ve had conversations with Kate personally where the tigress comes out of her, that fight.”

“I can see how people wouldn’t see this, but when you look at Kate now [compared to] when she first met Tom, she’s more confident and more knowing who she is than ever before. You can see it in her pictures. She looks more beautiful and more confident and more assured. I’ve watched that metamorphosis – how Kate has blossomed into this woman. Because her life changed very quickly, she moved from one person into another.”

“People think Tom and the Church of Scientology got something on Kate? They don’t. Kate is running her own show. And she’s a great mother. The kids – Connor, Bella, Suri – are some dynamic children and are extremely happy. And her husband is very, very happy.”

“They are a happy family. And they’re strong. The forces they have right now are amazing. They’re like any other loving family that just wants peace and harmony and to be able to thrive in a nurturing environment, in an energy that supports their union. And at the end of the day it’s really nobody’s business.”