Leave Tom Cruise Alone, Say Other Rich And Famous People

C J Davies — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:00:41 +0000

Not everyone, it seems, shared hecklerspray's reaction to the recent Tom Cruise Scientology video (which happened to be a mixture of hilarity and genuine fear, particularly when he burst into the sort of laughter you'd expect from a Lord Of The Rings baddie. Or maybe Xenu himself).

A lot of Hollywood-types are getting mightily annoyed that the media has been poking fun at a pompous, overpaid millionaire with Christ-like delusions of grandeur and eyes so scary they should have their own Japanese horror franchise.

Major US magazine People has rounded up a bunch of celebrities who want to let the whole world – or just soccer moms thumbing through a copy at the checkout – just how goshdarn annoyed they are.

Among those branding this charade a 'sickening backlash' are Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Bruce Willis, Jim Carrey and Demi Moore. We're sure Katie Holmes would love to have chipped in too, but apparently she was too busy being shipped off to Hubbard Camp for yet more re-education.

Sorry. We meant to say 'shopping'. She was busy 'shopping'.

It hasn't just been the aforementioned video that's been irritating the Cruiser of late. Biographer Andrew Morton has released a controversial new book about Tommy-boy, which makes all sorts of sensational allegations, the most shocking of which states that – yes – he actually did think Days Of Thunder was a film worth making.

Professional gurner Adam Sandler yakked that:

"To see anyone's private life invaded and mocked like this is sickening. It's especially gross when it happens to a guy like Cruise, who's a great dad, a great husband and a great friend."

Dustin Hoffman, meanwhile, reckons that:

"Tom Cruise is an American and has the right to freedom of speech and freedom of religion."

And Ben Stiller really doesn't like those rumours about Katie Holmes being knocked up by an old cult leader:

"Imagine
having a baby and people talking about it the way they did. People lose
sight of the fact that Tom Cruise is actually a person. I feel for him."

The most baffling thing about all of this, however, is that no-one has used the really obvious defence: wouldn't you be a little mixed-up if your soul had been trapped in a volcano millions of years ago?

Honestly, from the way some people are talking, you'd start to think that Tom Cruise was some emotionally needy, none-too-bright narcissist who'd latched onto a con-job fake religion in order to deal with a number of troubling personal issues.

Which is obviously untrue.

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Leave Tom Cruise Alone, Say Other Rich And Famous People