Five years after he shocked the nation with is over-exuberant appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show,  Tom Cruise explained why he jumped on her couch and described his disbelief about the fallout.

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"What happened, happened... I wanted the audience to be happy just like I wanted to make my sisters and my mother happy when I did those skits as a kid. But I'll take responsibility for my actions," he told Esquire Magazine.

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