OneLostGrl
I'm going against the grain- I'm going sane
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I don't buy into tabloid fodder. I don't know Katie and Tom, so I wouldn't know what their marriage is like.
It SEEMS to me, by looking at their pictures together, that this is a happy and loving family.
I viewed the BRAVO interview of Tom that was done a couple of years ago; it was long...approx. two hours. He seems like such a nice man. He opened up about his family's problems when he was growing up...talked about his dad's illness and his reconciliation with his dad at the time of his dad's death. He had a difficult childhood.
I think the Scientology issues so many people have with Tom somehow impair the image of Tom's personal life to the public. The public doesn't LIKE the fact that Tom is a Scientologist. I sometimes wonder if all the negative crud that gets spewed out there is simply because of Tom's affiliation with this group.
I cringed when I saw Tom's interview with Matt Lauer. Tom did a lot of damage to himself during that interview...it was a mistake. He came across as crass and just a darned know-it-all. Personally, though...and no mud slinging...I agree with what Tom said, I just didn't like Tom's attitude when he was speaking to Matt.
I think Tom feels so strongly about those issues that he couldn't contain his emotions during that interview. I understand that, because I'm like that myself. It's hard to reign yourself in when you feel so passionately about something. I honestly feel that, overall, Tom's a really nice man, but that ONE interview really did him in.
I've stated over on other threads that I used to work in the entertainment field. I've met several so-called big wig celebrities; some of them were really nice and sweet...others were incorrigible and horrid to be around. I've never heard one negative word about Tom from anyone that's ever worked with him.
Anyway...I still wish both Tom and Katie all the best in the world. They look happy and healthy...I hope their marriage lasts and hope they can truly find peace in this world, away from the prying eyes of the public and the camera lens.
What Tom has done to his own reputation has nothing to do with tabloids and everything to do with Tom! The public doesn't dislike the fact that Tom is a Scientologist, if that were the case he'd have been hated for years! What the public hates is the "negative crud" Tom "spewed" about the millions of them who have a very real disease called mental illness and/or PPD!!!!
Yeah, I cringed while I watched the interview you refer to as well (but I do not feel this was the only time Tom made himself look bad), but certainly not because I felt bad for Tom but because I could have said his lines with him, pretty much word for word- they are Scientology scripted, not Tom Cruise's passion and I have heard the same lines from my brother for years. They sound just as disgusting coming out of Tom's mouth as they do coming out of my brothers.
You said
I understand that, because I'm like that myself.
But I'm just not seeing that in your post! You are able to share your opinions without being rude and you didn't pass judgment on anyone, you also did not attempt to make anyone feel that they were stupid or uneducated. You certainly didn't attempt to place yourself above anyone else here simply to make yourself look or feel better. You did not come across as mentally unstable and I don't see your foot prints on my sofa.
I simply wish Tom would stop "spewing negative crud" about very real, life threatening diseases he knows nothing about other than what Scientology tells him! But, I, too hope Tom and Katie have a long and happy life together and I wish them all the peace in the world!
*GaSp* Imagine, all this nice stuff from someone on Psychiatric medication!