anyone see Cruise's meltdown on "Today?"

This has all been ha-ha, like, all about self-promotion and gee, romance and love are wonderful.

But on Today, he revealed how seriously whacko he is. He took on Brooke Shields again with new fervor, and told Matt "No, Matt, no, you haven't studied the history of psychiatry like I have!" It was a rage-fueled meltdown, to such an extent that you'd swear he was an ADD kid who'd OD'd on Ritalin (his favorite new scapegoat for all the troubles of contemporary society). He made it freshly clear that Brooke is TOTALLY wrong, and actually stated "there's no such thing as a chemical imbalance." As a sidebar issue, self-promotional exercises like this -- when out of touch, isolated actor/stars assert their "knowledge" of a topic -- do not help the bigger image problem of Hollyweird. Spare me any more Scientology cult ramblings in the name of "the history of psychiatry." For what it's worth, I was Tom Cruise neutral until the last month. Now, I have to look away from the screen when the arrogant, ignorant SOB appears.

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Updated On: 6/24/05 at 08:44 AM

and actually stated "there's no such thing as a chemical imbalance."

Despite evidently having one himself. Bless.

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To quote Pearl Burris from Greater Tuna,"Vera, that boy's not right."

Updated On: 6/24/05 at 08:50 AM

It was one of those media mornings that remind us of our cultural fixation on celebrity at any cost.

We went from Lester Holt saying "late news from Iraq ... 5 female marines killed in Baghdad..." to Matt, "...and now back to my interview with Tom Cruise. He takes on Brooke Shields and Ritalin." It was surreal, an admittedly overused word, but also maddening proof of how much airtime we'll give anyone.

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He is an ass. And he is dangerous.

I buried my partner who took his own life because he suffered from clinical depression and resorted to the most dire behavior because of a chemical imbalance which was the result of a quack telling him to stop his meds and pull himself up by his bootstraps and face life like a man.

I have never had any respect for Tom Cruise. I now loathe him.

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Yes... the experience is something I wouldn't wish on anyone. Ever.

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Addy, your experience shows how dangerous this wacko it!

Meanwhile, the nutjob's film will be a mega-blockbuster! (the second time today I used the word "meanwhile" - watching too many reruns of THE NANNY!)

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I am boycotting everything Tom Cruise.

I'm with Millie on this, CM2. I think War Of The Worlds will be big but considerably less big than everyone is thinking/hoping/praying it will be. Cruise is alienating people left and right for one thing and for another Spielberg's films have been underperforming for a fair while now, especially his sci fi efforts (AI and Minority Report).

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Also, Cruise apparently gets a percentage of all the money this movie makes. So, if you spend $10 to see this movie, you are putting money directly into Mr. Cruise's pocket.

So let me get this straight, Chemical Imbalences don't exsist..........but alien life forms that have taken over our bodies without us knowing do?.......................riiiiiiiight.



Looks like Cruise has gone Bat Sh!t insane like our pal Mel Gibson.

Shame too cause I really thought he was making a turn after Magnolia.

(PS I just logged on to start this very thread, looks like I wasn't the only one who stared slackjawed at the screen whilst eating my Captain Crunch, with Crunch Berries Biatch!)

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Nazi science and aliens? Seriously? I looked it up on Wikipedia and the link is below.

This is an extract:
"By contrast, the governments of Germany and Belgium officially regard the Church of Scientology as a totalitarian cult; in France, a parliamentary report has classed Scientology as a dangerous cult; in the United Kingdom and Canada Scientology is not regarded as meeting the legal standards for being considered a bona fide religion. The nature and status of the Church of Scientology continues to arouse controversy around the world."

I think I'm with the Brits here

*Edited to add: It has a picture of the Church on Tottenham Ct Rd in London that I mentioned!!

Church of Scientology

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Updated On: 6/24/05 at 11:03 AM