Tom Cruise Explains Oprah Couch-Jumping Incident
Posted on May 25, 2010 @ 12:32PM
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.
"Afterward, wild things were being said about me, and once they're in the ether, there's nothing you can do about it. It felt like being the new kid in the schoolyard again and the other kids are whispering and whispering about you and suddenly you hear what they're saying, and you think, What? That didn't happen. Look at the reality of the situation."
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He also debunked that the public speculation about his personal life and mental stability were the reasons he parted ways with Paramount Studios.
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"There was a confluence of events. My deal with Paramount was up and it wasn't extended. At first it was, Huh? I don't get it. But people have misconceptions about that whole thing, too. Sumner Redstone and I are friends. It's a business."
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I think people are way critical. Tom is a good person, a good actor, a good father, a humanitarian. If you're going to be so down, then look at what you're doing in life and see if what you are doing matches up. It's easy to complain.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 5:53pm
~giggling~ as you criticize posters here.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 7:19pm
OMG--why is everything under the sun a freaking scandal---okay , so he was happy and he decided to show it by jumping--Do you know how many Good news in my Life , i have jumped over ?-why is everything a scandal-Jeez
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 4:29pm
He is creepy.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 4:27pm
To me it seems like he's always "on". Always trying to convey what he wants people to believe about him. I'm always left with a "he's being fake" feeling.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 4:17pm
I agree too!
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 5:41pm
1000% Agree. Everybody knows he's fake except him.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 4:21pm
He seems like such a nice guy, but scientology really has changed him for the worse. I used to love to watch his movies, but the movies he has done in the last 5 years do not interest me at all.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 2:21pm
He has been into Scientology since 1990
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 5:45pm
he is one weird duck.
Posted Tue, 05/25/2010 - 12:45pm