Posted on 11/25/2005 7:13:46 AM PST by Qwertrew
Tom Cruise has already claimed to know the history of psychiatry. Now he's working on getting acquainted with OB/GYN.
The couch-jumping thesp has acquired a sonogram machine with which to personally track the progress of the fetus currently incased in his fiancee Katie Holmes' womb.
Cruise revealed the purchase during an interview with Barbara Walters taped Oct. 30 for the veteran newswoman's upcoming special, Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005, scheduled to air Tuesday on ABC. "I bought a sonogram machine," Cruise told Walters. "I am going to donate it to a hospital when we are done."
Somewhat startled, Walters replied, "Wait, you are going to do your own sonogram?"
"Yes," Cruise replied, chuckling.
Sonogram machines, which use ultrasound waves to monitor a baby's development, can cost anywhere from $15,000 to $200,000. No word on how much Cruise shelled out to purchase his own.
Cruise told Walters he did not yet know the sex of his first genetic offspring.
"Barbara, I would tell you," he said. "I would say, 'I know if it's a boy or a girl, and I'm not telling you.' "
"So what do you see?" Walters asked. "A little baby," the actor replied.
Fascinating, indeed.
The War of the Worlds star also told Walters that he and Holmes would wait to get married until after their child's birth, though it's unclear exactly when that blessed event may occur.
"We are going to get married next summer or early fall," he told Walters. "We don't have a date set yet."
The affianced duo recently departed for Shanghai, where they'll spend a couple of weeks while Cruise films scenes for Mission: Impossible 3.
According to the Shanghai Daily's Website, Cruise and Holmes have been taking in the local sights, including the Chenghuang Temple, a resort featuring old-style architecture, as well as dining heartily on Sichuan cuisine.
Re your question on who is the father.
You've heard it here first. Put your tin-foil hat on but be prepared for it to be true. I think Ron Hubbard probably had some sperm frozen before he died and Katie Holmes has been impregnated with it. We have some Rosemary's Baby action going on. If that baby has red hair - you know I'm right!
Using the term "bastard" is punishing an innocent child.
Obviously you have forgotten when Tom left his wife, Nicole Kidman , and she took their store bought kids to Australia. Tom said he was happy about them being raised in Australia because the USA was an unfit place to raise kids.
That kind of raised my ire.
Dr. Turkeybaster.
I agree. Ultrasounds seem like such simple things, but are there risks to having them done so frequently? And is a professional reading any of those ultrasounds? Does Tom know how to look for spina bifida? hydrocephalus?
I feel like a little kid was just turned loose with an H-bomb.
Maybe Tom should get an x-ray machine and he could take an x-ray every hour and make a little movie out of it. Great experiment for a scientologist!
OMG Freepers you going get so sueee LOL!
Yes, I know how things are going in this country, but I still think the parents should be called "fornicaters" instead of the child being called "bastard". I would never use the term myself to shame a child.
S'okay - with those parents, he/she/it'll grow into it.
Heh, in this case.....Anyway. this one will have money to deal with the psychological fallout. Or Tom can just counsel it.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/bastardy
It _is_ a legal term. That kid's gonna have bigger problems to deal with while growing up rather than 'which side of the sheets' he was born on.
And don't FReepers also often complain about things wrong with America - public schools and such? In some parts of the U.S. I would agree with Cruise and wouldn't want to raise my kids in such locations.
I'm not defending Scientology, I simply don't understand where all the Cruise-bashing comes from. He seems like a fairly regular and nice guy - for Hollywood standards.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/nigger
This a "real term" too. I just think the terms are cruel to use. Don't want to argue, just MHO.
You are too right about Tom's kids having bigger problems:)
Some of the best:
http://www.snarkywood.com/2005/07/index.html
http://www.snarkywood.com/2005/05/katie_holmes_an.html
(whence comes Sheryl's quote: "Tom, just because you install a sparkly new door, doesn't hide the fact that your still in the closet.")
http://www.earlygirl.com/gbceight.shtml
(whence comes Sarah's quote: "That she is in the arms of Cruise at all makes no sense. He's twice her age, half her height, gay, and in a cult.")
I said "legal term". :)
Oh yeah Tom, an ultrasound will convince us that you're not crazy and gay.
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