Cruise was only kidding
News sites take placenta-eating comment out of context and report it as fact
canada.com Published: Tuesday, April 18, 2006
The Web is buzzing with the shocking “news” that Tom Cruise plans to eat the placenta after his girlfriend Katie Holmes gives birth.
Cruise’s comment – a joke he made during an interview with GQ – is being taken out of context and reported as legitimate news. Some sites are going so far as to quote medical experts on the topic of placenta-eating.
Cruise, 43, told GQ: "I'm gonna eat the placenta. I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I'm gonna eat the cord and the placenta right there." When it was pointed out that it would be a big meal, Cruise replied: "OK, maybe I won't."
Asked about the comments by ABC's Diane Sawyer, the star replied: "Yeah, we're going to do that - a whole family thing. Isn't that normal and natural? No, we're not eating it."
But most sites aren’t making note of the fact that Cruise was kidding.
“Tom Cruise is reportedly planning to eat the placenta and umbilical cord after fiancée Katie Holmes gives birth to their child,” reports mtv.uk.
iAfrica.com declares: “Tom Cruise is intending to eat Katie Holmes' placenta after his fiancée has given birth to their baby.”
“Hollywood actor and Scientologist Tom Cruise is planning to eat Katie Holmes' placenta,” reports Ireland’s rte.ie.
Britain’s itv.com says: "Sofa leaping father-to-be Tom Cruise has revealed his latest bizarre plan - to eat Katie Holmes' placenta.”
At least one online news source “gets” it. At the Info About News site, the placenta remark merits only a passing mention deep down in a story about Cruise.
“Oh, and he made a pretty nifty joke about eating the placenta,” reads the site. “Really, it was funny.”
© CanWest News Service 2006
????? all this stuff about the quietness, for the baby....what about the feelings of his exwife and children ??? there surely is no silence about him, or his love-lust life , I think the whole thing is sick! would she be all smiles and lovey dovey if he were a construction worker, a mine worker, a car mechanic, etc, when she wouldn't have the money for all her baby furnishings, and had to go to Goodwill to get a crib? Niave and stupid if you ask me.