Restrained Or Needs To Be Restrained? Tom Cruise Interviews
by Jack Ryan
Apr 18, 2006
Insisting he was 'restrained' during his now infamous interview with the normally uninteresting TV host Matt Lauer, Tom Cruise says he "wasn't ****ed" when he claimed to know the history of psychiatry.
The actor shared his Scientology beliefs with the world when he bluntly slapped down the sciences of psychology and psychiatry on the "Today" show while criticizing the use and users of prescription anti-depressant drugs.
During a promotional interview for his film "War of the Worlds" last June, Lauer turned the subject to Cruise's recent bashing of actress Brooke Shields, who revealed she sought medical help to overcome postpartum depression after the birth of her first child.
After roundly telling Lauer, "You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do," Cruise was the fodder of comedy skits and morning news mockery. Add to this the couch-jumping incident on Oprah, and you've got a recipe for crazy.
In the May issue of GQ magazine, Cruise tells readers he wasn't angry and managed to control his strong emotions on the subject.
He says, "I thought I was pretty restrained. I've been ****ed off about things, believe me. I thought it was a terrific interview. I wasn't ****ed; I just was intense on wanting to communicate."
Too bad his intensity seems like mania.
On the baby front, papa-to-be Cruise is holding seminars to help Katie Holmes and his family and staff prepare for the coming of baby Holmes-Cruise.
The actor says in his interview, "We've been doing seminars ... so that everybody in the family understands ... what Kate's going through and for Kate to understand it. We've also been studying what happens after the birth and how to take care of the baby."
The "Mission: Impossible III" star claims "everybody" who comes in contact with Holmes has been educated on the impending birth.
Speaking on ABC's "Primetime," to be aired tonight, Cruise also slammed reports that he plans to enforce the Scientology belief that birth should be silent and drug-free. Cruise says the silent, drug-free birth rules are just a guideline:
"If she needs medicine, she needs medicine."
"She does what she's gotta do. A quiet birth is basically just respecting the mother."
On the same show, Cruise says baby Holmes-Cruise will not be raised a Catholic, and that his bride-to-be is a full convert to Scientology. Apparently, the couple has no plans of raising their child, due this month, any other way.
It was the first official confirmation the former "Dawson's Creek" star has switched to Scientology, and Cruise maintained the move has not caused a rift with her Catholic parents, as some publications have reported.
According to Father Cruise, anyone of any religion can be a Scientologist, as he said, "No, I mean you can be Catholic and be a Scientologist. You can be Jewish and be a Scientologist." Cruise, however, is a purist. "But we're just Scientologists."
In other Tom news, a report in this morning's Scoop reads as follows:
Tom Cruise has been sitting down with a lot of reporters lately — but one recent chat didn't go so well. The "Mission Impossible" star walked out of an interview with Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet Sondag after the conversation turned to his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman.
The conversation was all smiles until reporter Bjorn Benkow insisted that experts say that dyslexia cannot be cured by Scientology as Cruise has claimed. There was an awkward pause, then Cruise burst into laughter. "I'm going to, in any case, admit that you have the courage of a madman," according to our translator. "This is something no journalist has dared say to me face-to-face. . . . Scientology is a religion without divinity. Its teaching is a spiritual liberation from life's problems that can only be reached through advice, courses and deep studies. Your cynical media colleagues cast doubt over all the good that we do by spreading a bunch of hocus pocus about us."
Then the reporter mentioned Kidman and the two children that she and Cruise adopted. "Now you've gone over the line," Cruise replied. Then, according to Benkow, one of Cruise's two bodyguards put his hand on the reporter's shoulder, and Cruise said: "Now, unfortunately, I have to end this, Mr. . . . ?"
"Benkow," the reporter replied.
"Whatever," Cruise replied. "I have to move on."
Yesterday, the American College of Radiology (ACR) slammed the actor for doing at-home ultrasounds, according to the New York Daily News.
"Cruise's claim to be qualified to perform unsupervised ultrasound exams on his fiancé, Katie Holmes, because he 'read the manual' that came with the machine is irresponsible, potentially dangerous, and ... may incorrectly influence others to place their unborn children at risk by performing such exams with no medical supervision," the college said in a statement.
Cruise told Barbara Walters in November that he had bought a $200,000 ultrasound scanner for home use. But the machine causes vibrations and a rise in body-tissue temperature, which could pose risks.
A spokesman for Cruise declined to comment.
But ACR Chairman James P. Borgstede said doctors "receive years of specialized education and training in order to safely and effectively perform these exams. Others should not think that unsupervised use of medical equipment is completely safe and should, under no circumstances ... emulate Mr. Cruise's reported unsupervised use of ultrasound equipment."
Originally Posted by mrowl
