anyone see Cruise's meltdown on "Today?" — Page 3

Well... I will try to see the movie only because it's Spielberg... and I'm a sucker for disaster flicks.

I actually thought the first part of the interview was kind'a cute. But he can be so condescending. Maybe he should treat my friend's bi-polar disorder.

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Today on Today: Tom Cruise Takes On Matt Lauer’s Thetans

OOOooo, Namo... that's scary!!!

I have always, always disliked Tom Cruise, and people could not understand why. Now they're starting to see what I'm talking about.

The man is a ignorant, arrogant fool. I couldn't even bring myself to watch it, so I read the transcript, and seeing it in print made it even more disgusting. When you keep calling the other person by his name, it's just so damn arrogant - He knows his name is Matt!! You don't have to end every single sentence with it!

Not that I was ever going to, but I will never see a Tom Cruise movie again.

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In case you didn't see bwaysinger's post over in the other thread- Cruise is the new Sith Lord.... :)

Cruise kills Oprah

What the hell would Tom Cruise say to someone who has schizophrenia? Take vitamins and exercise?

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"There's no such thing as a chemical imbalance"? Oh, is that so? I ought to show him my family tree, where depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder rum rampant. And speaking as someone who has been living with both those disorders for a good part of my life and only saw an improvement in the last 3 years after--guess what!--I went on meds, I can say for a fact that "vitamin therapy and exercise" as a treatment is total bulls**t.
F***ing a**wipe.

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I should've known, Forester.

Tom said that you can be Christian and be a Scientologist at the same time. Is that just a ploy to get people involved in Scientology and eventually forget about their original religion (if they have one) or is that true?

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I started this thread, because I was so stunned by his behavior with Lauer. Apparently, it's been quite the talk all day. A show biz pundit on Paula Zahn just reported that an apology to psychiatry may be overdue; 61% of those polled say they have worse impression of this narcissist.

I had lunch with a shrink friend, who didn't see TODAY, but saw the Oprah couch-bounce. When I told her how he spouted fire against psychiatry and psycotrophic drugs, she paused, then said "He's bipolar. And he's stopped taking his drugs."

She -- not a showbiz type, but practicing in Manhattan -- thinks the Oprah acting-out onward is one long manic episode, punctuated and fueled by his early mid-life career anxiety. (Have recent films really been blockbusters?)

She said Scientology has a history of ripping people off lithium and the like, and then leaving them stranded, with ol L. Ron's "philosophy" as the panacea as they white knuckle it and try to pick up the pieces. One side effect: increased sexual behavior and (temporary) grandiosity. She said watch for him to be admitted to a hospital in the next 3 months. Or more accurately, to take a long vacation to cover hospitalization.

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Updated On: 6/24/05 at 08:48 PM

I had to change the channel before he got to talking about depression because I knew it would get me to worked up. Ignorant people like him make me so angry, he has no right to comment on depression or any pschological disorders. I am clinically depressed and have OCD, it is a chemical imbalance. He has absolutley no right to comment on it the way he does if he is not a professional or has experienced it. I'm sorry but it's obviously a really close issue for me. I did not go to the hospital for OCD related panick attacks or start mild self injury because my body is functioning properly. I'm sorry if I'm sharing too much, I just get really worked up.

I don't actually know what it is he has to say about ritalin but it is definatley a drug that screwed my brother over so I can't argue too much about that but different things work for different people. Medications are not a joke and I hate people who think that are. I'm on prozac and everntually I will get off of it by taking other vitamins and supplements but ugh. People like him make me sick.

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Updated On: 6/24/05 at 10:58 PM

"I had lunch with a shrink friend, who didn't see TODAY, but saw the Oprah couch-bounce. When I told her how he spouted fire against psychiatry and psycotrophic drugs, she paused, then said 'He's bipolar. And he's stopped taking his drugs.' "

Huh. That's *very* interesting, Auggie...

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No, babygiraffe...you didn't share too much. People who buy into their own star status and think it empowers them with wisdom and intelligence many of us crazed. The unmitigated gall of Mr. Cruise has my blood pressure hitting triple digits, too.

I'd be the first person to admit that all drug therapy is not good or effective, but when it's not, it is usually due to faulty or careless prescribing and management by the practitioner. A good drug has to be managed well in order to be effective. And a good doctor will know when it's the wrong medication for an individual. But to make sweeping statement about there being no such thing as a chemical imbalance, or post-partum depression and to label all of psychiatric medicine as quackery, is unconscienable.

I am eagerly awaiting Tommy's BIG grande finale meltdoen, cuz it's comin' soon. And I hope it happens VERY publicly.

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