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/
He doesn't drink.
He's against drugging to remedy psychological 'issues' (Ritalin, etc).
He didn't get violent (or even profane!) when the water got squirted in his face.
Why waste good dilithium crystals on going after this loon? Let him wallow in his intellectual void.
"You threw garbage on my family."
Call me crazy, but isn't Tom correct in arguing that we as a society throw gobs of drugs at anyone who's feeling blue??
That point aside, Tom and Matt's verbal battle is more moronically entertaining than that of the two monsters in "The War of the Gargantua."
That would be my position personally. I think American society is overmedicated, yet I also believe that some people have clinical conditions that medication helps.
But if Cruise were to say faith in God as his answer, rather than medication, I'd go along with him. But he only thinks what he does because of a cult, sadly...
"At one point Cruise told Lauer, “You’re glib” and said Lauer didn’t know what he was talking about."
CAn't argue with him there.
Plus to my knowledge, Cruise doesn't go around bashing Bush, the WOT, or the country that makes him rich. I find him nutty and his religion, but I'll take him (not literally) over most of the Hollywierdos.
That may be so, but there are millions of people who are taking these drugs unnecissarily.
And, Crusie is right on one thing for sure...these drugs often treat the symptons, and ignore the causes.
That is what Scientology teaches, so it would have been a fair question. Not bloody likely any reporter is going to ask it, though.
YYYEEEEEAAAAARGGGGHHH!!!!!
Oh man, Marilyn McCoo was one of my earliest school-boy crushes.
I think he's a weird guy, but, frankly, I question her mental facilities more than his!
Exactly! Cruise is exercising his Constitutional Right to religious freedom and not harming anyone. Quite the contrary he has demonstrated himself to be rather gentlemanly, albeit opinionated, which he is again entitled to be. Some FReepers are demonstrating what the DUmmies accuse us of being: intolerant.
Yeah, but it would have been funny if Matt retorted, "Yeah, and you're gay."
Those Sue Storm/Medusa wrassles used to fill a young boy's head with ... improper thoughts.
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