The media's antenna was up the moment Cruise and Holmes started seeing each other. It seemed like a mismatch from jump. There's no shock that she was in over her head. Entertainment media suspects that EVERYTHING is calculated, but in this case they're right. She used the breakup as a springboard to her life post-Cruise. Because she wasn't a media whore previously, she gets benefit of the doubt that say, Kim Kardashian wouldn't.
"The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best when no one is watching."