Posted on 06/24/2005 11:51:03 AM PDT by gamarob1
NEW YORK - Tom Cruise was all smiles talking about his movie and his fiancee on NBC’s “Today” show, but the smile disappeared when Matt Lauer mentioned Cruise’s earlier criticism of Brooke Shields for taking anti-depressants.
Cruise got very serious and kept saying “Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt” every time Lauer said he knew people who were helped by anti-depressants.
Shields took them for her post-partum depression. As a Scientologist, Cruise doesn’t believe in those kinds of drugs or therapy of any kind.
At one point Cruise told Lauer, “You’re glib” and said Lauer didn’t know what he was talking about. The star launched into a detailed discussion of the use of the prescription drug Ritalin.
“It's very impressive to listen to you,” Lauer replied, “because clearly, you've done the homework. And you know the subject.”
“And you should,” Cruise retorted. He also told Lauer, “You don’t know the history of psychiatry. I do.”
The NBC anchor told Cruise he had known people who had been helped by psychiatric drugs. Cruise then accused Lauer of advocating the use of Ritalin.
Lauer asked Cruise how he could get more people to understand Scientology, the controversial religion practiced by Cruise and other celebrities like John Travolta.
“You just communicate about it," Cruise said. “If I want to know something, I go and find out. Because I don't talk about things that I don't understand.”
full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8344309/
Cruise has been on record as saying that it's a psuedo science.
Big talk, from someone whose entire belief system revolves around the purported existence of Really Mean Invisible Space Aliens. :)
I believe in Karma. One day Cruise is going to need anti-depressants or lithium.
Just you want, "henry higgins, just you wait."
Your insulting Mental Midgets.
I thought the consensus around here was that America was over-medicated on psychotropic drugs, and that too many children were on amphetamines like Ritalin.
What can they do, send the starship enterprise after him or blast him from the death star?
Wayta go Tom! Someone needs to put these self-righteous TV hosts in their place now and then.
want = wait
spastic fingers.
It ain't my consensus ;)
It's like saying "I don't believe in China because I've never been there!" Yeah, children might be over diagnosed or medicated, but I've seen too many,
I mean WAY more who've been helped by psychotropics etc. Including family, friends and myselr. There isn't a comparison between life before or life after.
Like I said, some folks would like to see the return of Bedlam and snake pits....
heck, lets just get rid of eyeglasses too while we're at it.
I still like Cruise better than Lauer. Lauer thinks he is an intellectual but he is a narcissistic little girlie man.
Wait. I thought Al Gore did that ?!?! .. Maybe I'm thinking of something else........... hmmm
Somewhere, Steven Spielberg quietly weeps.
This little discussion carried all the intellectual heft of Moe chastising Larry for accidently wallpapering over Curly.
Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks or maybe that intellectual Michael Moore?
The head honchos of the Church don't believe that crap, a simple car accident would do the trick.
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