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Tom Cruise threatens to fire workers who don't social distance
https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2020/film/news/tom-cruise-yells-mission-impossible-7-crew-covid-19-guidelines-1234854675/amp/ ^

Posted on 12/16/2020 6:31:41 AM PST by MalPearce

“We are the gold standard. They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us. Because they believe in us and what we’re doing. I’m on the phone with every f—ing studio at night, insurance companies, producers and they’re looking at us and using us to make their movies. We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf—ers. I don’t ever want to see it again. Ever!”

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: covid; scientology; tomcruise
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I'm in 2 minds on this. The industry is already on its knees and the "hairdry treatment" is warranted if Cruise is pulling 18 hour days to ensure the studio stays open. Insurers and unions won't tolerate open disregard for social distancing, and if they pull out it could result in a complete shut down. But if the workers are being tested then chances are there's minimal risk if two coworkers end up in close proximity.
1 posted on 12/16/2020 6:31:41 AM PST by MalPearce
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To: MalPearce
We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf—ers.

No you're not.

2 posted on 12/16/2020 6:33:57 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: MalPearce

Tom Cruise is a little Covid c*@# mouthpiece, it was probably staged...


3 posted on 12/16/2020 6:34:05 AM PST by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: MalPearce

Publicity stunt.


4 posted on 12/16/2020 6:36:13 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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Well, I guess he doesn’t give 2 F*&k’s about the people in the restaurant industry, the bowling alleys, the skating rinks etc. Hollywood, big box, grocery chains, malls (in MI) all get a free pass while people in the service industry are getting put out of business. F Tom Cruise and every single person in Hwood. This crap needs to end now!


5 posted on 12/16/2020 6:36:28 AM PST by TheRake (If they can force you to wear a mask, they can force you to do other things. Just the beginning.)
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To: MalPearce

Gee, Tom sounds a little like Len Grossman.


6 posted on 12/16/2020 6:38:09 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Beave Meister

He isn’t concerned about covid.
He’s concerned about breathing in body thetans, thus rendering him no longer “clear”.

I like the MI movies. Reacher too.


7 posted on 12/16/2020 6:39:22 AM PST by EEGator
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To: MalPearce

Tom Cruise is a drama queen.


8 posted on 12/16/2020 6:40:17 AM PST by semaj (Death to Traitors)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Who’s the Key Grip?”
(raises hand)
“Punch him in the face really f****** hard!”

Great role.


9 posted on 12/16/2020 6:41:07 AM PST by EEGator
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He sounds upset, how would he act if he owned a Restaurant??


10 posted on 12/16/2020 6:41:08 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: marcusmaximus

It wasn’t a publicity stunt. Cruise was right to lay in to them assuming they weren’t following the rules. Insurance companies and Covid regulations have that industry on a tight leash.


11 posted on 12/16/2020 6:43:53 AM PST by cornfedcowboy ( )
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I agree that Cruise was right. Yes, I know his history with kooky stuff. I worked in the film industry. He has this all on his shoulders now. Read the transcript without the video. He knows if this $1 million production goes down the drain the entire film industry, that has many, many good paying jobs for regular workers is GONE.


12 posted on 12/16/2020 6:52:06 AM PST by Pigsley (Ca)
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Sorry. $100 million.


13 posted on 12/16/2020 6:53:08 AM PST by Pigsley (Ca)
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To: MalPearce

Crazy TC made some good movies. Love him or hate him that’s a fact.


14 posted on 12/16/2020 6:54:58 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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“... it was probably staged..”

Everything Cruise does is staged. He has no capacity to being just a person. He is a hype....that’s all.

When he made his jaunt over to the middle east during the gulf war and into Saudi, one of my troops I trained in the states for the downrange assignment, and they borrowed from, was his escort. He told me Cruise was boring and except for his almost childlike attitude about what was there, he was a blank slate. And all the pictures and noted actions that were done were all staged. He is a “nothing” as a person. His whole life is a fantasy for him. And it is created either by someone else or by pure luck.

wy69


15 posted on 12/16/2020 6:56:24 AM PST by whitney69
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I don’t think anyone in my life has been the star of more blockbusters. His IMDB is crazy.


16 posted on 12/16/2020 7:02:00 AM PST by EEGator
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In audio obtained by The Sun, Cruise can be heard saying: “We are the gold standard. They’re back there in Hollywood making movies ... I’m on the phone with every f—ing studio at night ... We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf—ers. I don’t ever want to see it again. Ever!”

“... Cruise said ... '... I have told you, and now I want it, and if you don’t do it, you’re out. We are not shutting this f—ing movie down! Is it understood? If I see it again, you’re f—ing gone.' "

Well, if I were on that set, I would have asked him: "Hey Tom, don't you think you're overacting a bit?"


17 posted on 12/16/2020 7:12:34 AM PST by gw-ington (The Office of the President-Elect gw-ington and Vice President-Elect Loch Ness Monster)
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““You can tell it to the people who are losing their f—ing homes because our industry is shut down”

How about the people who’ve lost their life savings following you into Scientology, Tom?


18 posted on 12/16/2020 7:17:44 AM PST by BobL (I'm Boycotting the Georgia Elections to 'Teach the GOP a Lesson' (by destroying the country))
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The actors are next to one another all the time.
Hugging and kissing and talking and yelling at each other.
Why are they not all dead?

Just another example of the fake pandemic.


19 posted on 12/16/2020 7:26:48 AM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: whitney69

I’m an actor, I use to live in Los Angeles. I’ve never worked with Tom cruise, but I’ve worked with other big name stars. I’ve never seen more phony people on and off a set in my life. I believe every word your friend said. I’ve had good friends of mine who just changed for the worse and some who changed for the better when they got a taste of fame.


20 posted on 12/16/2020 7:33:41 AM PST by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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