anyone see Cruise's meltdown on "Today?"- Page 2

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:04am

Just another example of an actor who's allowed to get away with clinically imbalanced behavior because he's an actor, not a banker, teacher, nurse, etc. I've known one or two in my time. It's amazing to me.

[morosco]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:04am

I saw it. I'm glad I did. A few years from now I can proudly say that I witnessed what was to be the start of Tom Cruise's crash and burn.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:05am

Once again, dangerous.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:10am

I have never been a fan of Tom's and would never pay (or waste my time) to see any movie that he's in. He's a freak.

[robbiej]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:16am

Well...it just goes to show what a good (or bad) publicist can do!!!

I agree that what he is saying is dangerous. But I also can't help but get a thrill out of watching this very public self-immolation!!

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:24am

"self-immolation" Beautifully put. Perfect description.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:27am

I'd go for a little spontaneous combustion about now.

[robbiej]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:32am

What no one's told Tommy-boy yet is 'STAY IN THE CLOSET, FREAKBOY!!! WE DON'T WANT YOU!!! WE HAVE ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH WITH THAT FREAKASS MAYOR OF SPOKANE AND HALF OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP!!!'

And that's my good deed for the day.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:32am

This is so unlike me in a thread and not a PM but, I love you NYAdgal.

Tom has "studied the history of psychiatry." Sure. While training for 9 months in martial arts and 13 months to be a pilot and teaching children with learning disabilities and auditioning girlfriends and on and on and on.

Here's an interesting tidbit I picked up on a website. Children raised in Scientology don't ever seem to go on to academic careers of distinction, even with the "study tech" that is so "incredible."

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:39am

It's all so Montgomery Clift.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:49am

He is sick. And If I have to watch him on TV gushing about how much he love Holmes - I might vomit.

He has no right to bash Brooke Shields. She is being the mature one throughout this situation and I give her credit.

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:54am

Brooke Shields is showing classy restraint. She needs to hire a couple of Teamsters to go over there and beat the hell out of him.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:00pm

While I will agree that Brooke is being classy by not striking back, how bad will her child feel though when it grows up and realizes when it was a newborn mommy wanted to throw it out. There's a good 25 years of therapy for ya!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:08pm

I am looking forward to Brooke's response. She read him the riot act last time.

[robbiej]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:10pm

And I'm looking forward to the day Cruise gets so riled about psychiatry that he poops himself on camera.

[bunchamuncha]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:10pm

Someone needs to crush up some Paxil and put it in his red bull.
Good Lord, Katie Holmes....I wish someone would ask her what she thought of Cruise's take on post-partum.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:13pm

She thought nothing cause Cruise's manager is paying her alot of money not to think or speak or mention the Hatian "Pool Boy".

[Forester]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:16pm

I have a feeling that Spielberg is hitting his head against the wall right now. He's probably thinking, "whats's next?"

[robbiej]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:17pm

2015

And the Oscar goes to...

Kate Holmes

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:19pm

I wonder if Tom will ever father a child and have to live with the Mother while she suffers from PPD. He and Nick adopted (which is wonderful, don't get me wrong) but I wonder if he would be saying the same things had she given birth to those kids and gone through what so many Mothers go through.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:23pm

excellent point Forester. I wonder if, and if not, why not, Senior Speilbergo has called Cruise and told him to shut up. Talk about negative press. Of course in our media saturated/celebrity obsessed culture it won't matter. Cruise and Speilberg = big opening weekend. Cruise is at a point where the only reason people would stop seeing his movies if he were putting babies on spikes.


People will still pay to see him because he was "Top Gun!"
and I have to admit I'm sure I will see the movie. Cruise is a psycho but if Speilberg knows one thing, it's how to make an entertaining popcorn flick (however thats a whole different thread which I won't even bother to start).

[RobbO]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:32pm

i cannot wait to see war of the worlds. i'm just sorry that those freakin' aliens got to tommy. don't you all see, he's possessed! possessed i tell ya. that and his sister is his new publicist - tommy started chatting up scientology a lot more in interviews once he fired his old publicist and his sis took over....

[Forester]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:33pm

I've wonder the same thing Carl. I'm sure Spielberg is not happy with the publicity. Especially since it's detracting from the film. However, like they say, no such thing as bad publicity.

[bunchamuncha]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 12:33pm

Cruise doesn't have the power to give anyone an Oscar (he can't get one himself) he just puts people on radar and hopes he's picked someone that blows up so that people will discuss their career as opposed to their relationship with Tom.

What's frightening is Cruise's insistence at his "knowledge" of psychiatry. Even the Scientologist's refuse to back what he says. How come he picks on Brooke Shields as opposed to Alex Rodriguez? Who also recently discussed publicly his mental treatments.
His comments are on line with Rosie's "people that lie get cancer" considering how chummy the two of them are, I'm not at all suprised.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 6/24/05 at 1:03pm

Here's the video of it.
Tom and Matt Lauer