Lauren Bacall “Tom Cruise Is Vulgar”

Yesterday we observed that old people are allowed to be as mean as they like to youngsters. They’ve earned their right to slag their juniors off. Sir Sean Connery already knows this - most Hollywood producers are "idiots" according to him.

Not wanting to be outdone, notoriously forthright screen legend Lauren Bacall has got in on the act, calling the behaviour of Tom Cruise "vulgar".

Lauren Bacall (DVDs) is 80 years-old, but where most women of her age spend
their time complaining about how fiddly money is these days and
banging on about what a nice man that Phillip Schofield is, Bacall has
bigger fish to fry.

Obviously irked by the way that Cruise promoted War Of The Worlds -
by spazzing around on Oprah’s sofa, getting squirted in the face at a
premiere, proposing to Katie Holmes at the top of the Eiffel Tower and
angrily denouncing psychiatry on TV - Lauren Bacall obviously felt she
had to say something. So she did.

In an interview with Time Magazine, Lauren is quoted as saying “When you talk about a great actor, you’re not talking about Tom
Cruise. His
whole behaviour is so shocking. It’s inappropriate and
vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell
anything commercially, but I think it’s kind of a sickness.”

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Jamie Foxx.

This isn’t the first time that Bacall - star of 56 movies and once
married to Humphrey Bogart - has decided to spout off about younger
celebrities. Even though she’s co-starred with her in two of her most
recent films, Bacall angrily rejected claims that Nicole Kidman was a
screen legend. “She’s not a legend,” Bacall said. “She can’t be a
legend at whatever age she is… You have to be older,” said the older
actress.

We’re really enjoying these angry outpourings from old celebrities,
and we hope they continue. Just to make sure they do, we’re going to go
and wind up Bruce Forsyth.

Related stories:

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Hey Hollywood! Sean Connery Thinks You’re All Idiots!

[story by Stuart Heritage]