Wow. Tom Cruise laid it all out on the line with Oprah. I think he saw this as his chance to clear the air and tell his side of the story for all the bad press he’s been receiving lately. It’s long, so let’s just jump right in!
On the couch jumping incident:
“I just felt that way, and I feel that way about her. I can’t even articulate it, to be honest,” he adds. That feeling, that connection. Just who she is and what she means to me.”
He says that what he said about Brooke Shield’s post-partum depression “came out wrong,” and that the incident brought the two closer:
“What I regret is even discussing Brooke in any way.”
On Scientology:
“It’s a minority religion, and I think that sometimes people misinterpret [it]. I think the best thing is for people to read about it themselves. I believe people have the right to choose what they believe in. The code of Scientologists says you respect the religious beliefs of others. That’s part of being a Scientologist, and that’s who I am as a person.”
On the leaked video in which Tom talks about Scientology. He says it was stolen:
“I was receiving an award that evening for global literacy. It was a very private moment. I’m actually talking to my congregation. It’s [taken] totally out of context.”
On keeping Suri hidden for so long:
“We just want to have our baby, have the kids and everyone get to know Suri, get the family up here and just chill and have that time that you never get back. You don’t ever get those moments back. Kate and I didn’t feel any need to [rush] it. We said, ‘Why? It’s our family.’ We just were on Suri time.”
On his marriage to Katie being fake:
“That’s laughable to me. You just know that they’re trying to sell it and spin it.”
On his reputation:
“Listen I, I feel like definitely things have been misunderstood, and there are things I could have done better. But then there’s also that world where you go, ‘Oh, it’s been spun to such an extent that … that’s a truth also. Knowing when and where to communicate, I think that’s important. A lot of times I was nervous giving interviews. Or I wasn’t sometimes as comfortable about things. And I realized that it’s okay. There’s stuff you have to just let go. I just have to do the best I can.”
Do any of these quotes make you see Tom in a different light?
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are said to be thinking about trying for another kid. Katie is the one who is feeling the urge to have another little one because Suri is just growing up too fast!
