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On June 23, 2005, Tom Cruise joined Matt Lauer to discusses his new film "War Of The Worlds," his new relationship with Katie Holmes, and Scientology.
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Tom Cruise's Heated Interview With Matt Lauer | Archives | TODAY

[@southpole4105]

Cutting the camera to Katie Holmes made this the weirdest, most awkward interview I’ve ever watched.

[@MeWe-fh1lu]

I'm like what is she doing?

[@TruthAplomado]

Did you notice her signaling to the camera 'help me'?

[@jessefulton8841]

South Pole odd choice, really odd

[@jessiem276]

Didn't last long with Katie...wonder why?

[@boredom2022]

Y

[@horadriccubicaltitan820]

The actor playing Tom Cruise is awesome

[@thebigs6405]

No one else can do him better

[@jking317]

Uncanny

[@noemiel3154]

You mean the lizard

[@thebigs6405]

@@noemiel3154 lizards know how to blend in too. The camolean for example

[@fightdhr8866]

Clone

[@vanle3828]

As someone who's on antidepressants and briefly studied psychology, I agree with his points to an extent. Biological treatments are reductionist and don't address the root causes of many disorders.

[@johannagrace7768]

The problem is that Tom Cruise is promoting an alternative that is even worse than the psychiatric meds. Scientology turns people into sociopaths. I know this because my father told me. He was a Scientologist for 30 years and cannot undo the damage.

[@tompilkington7379]

The roots are dead aliens in our bodies. Truth. according to Scientology that’s what he believes. Zenu, the intergalactic warrior is at war with space psychologists! That’s their beliefs.

[@myaknirufesco-ryckexgajithov]

@@tompilkington7379 That's just a metaphor for the scientific process of spiritual emanation with roots in Hollywood-mythological nomenclature.

[@natirasohumana]

Except he's criticizing Brooke Shields for taking anti depression pills for post partum because of this single point. What's the root cause she has to find to take care of her baby?

[@thatsright1648]

He doesn’t seem to spout off about that stuff anymore.

[@kalebmanning4425]

Remember 20 years ago when Tom Cruise was speaking out against the pharmaceutical industry and the media told you he was insane?

[@uniquegod1997]

no

[@_Code_3]

He’s still insane even if he was right about pharmaceuticals. Stopped clock and all that

[@oneforallah]

@@_Code_3wait another 20 years ig ? after Epstein Island and all that has been revealed about Hollywood and Elites u still think he's lying ? bro Matt is a sold out journo they dgaf about anyone.

[@CorpusFisty]

He’s speaking out against psychology and medicine because those are things Scientology is explicitly opposed to. Things Scientology claims to supersede.

[@julievanderleest]

Wasn’t he all about getting different vaccines though? Those come from pharmaceutical companies as well.

[@1banez]

When Tom is starting to repeatedly call you by your name, you know you're in for a trouble.

[@yeahboye]

And more importantly, you know he’s just floundering

[@flyme2themoon720]

He really has a god like complex..he read some books so now history,science and all others acheivments mean nothing...A true narrsasist to the core..i cant stand him!!

[@mzgg9826]

He’s so condescending

[@denitristan8287]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@strikerbowls791]

@@flyme2themoon720 Then stop watching videos with him in them

[@mrginga4044]

No woman can love tom cruise as much as tom cruise does

[@ravsinghrajput2105]

You are suppose to love yourself....

[@itslikethat5456]

@@ravsinghrajput2105 No, not that much. Loving yourself that much makes a person controlling and selfish. That's a stupid statement.

[@neshisoysa]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@lloydbishun6713]

It is like that... You have to love yourself unconditionally, completely. No one will do it for you. Also if you do it half-assed, depression and and self-hate will overcome you twice as fast!!

[@YOTSUBA_desu]

It's like that Pathetic mindset, you should be the most important person to yourself

[@borbgorbon]

Can't help but feel like they cut out what he said to make Tom upset

[@8rr725]

I noticed a lot of editing.

[@donaldsmith5667]

Matt Lauer is so smug in this interview. Tom Cruise was more than courteous and professional the entire time.

[@pimpompoom93726]

Lauer is a schmuck.

[@Makkino]

I feel like Tom thinks he's in a movie all the time.

[@the.real.dj.android4404]

😆

[@natpolkabunny]

And a laugh track

[@trashboity8773]

Obsessive Mental Actor Syndrome - OMAS

[@TheTruthKiwi]

Well, he kind of is, or was then anyway. Everyone was watching him and wanted to know about his personal life. Can you imagine being out in public where most strangers know you and everyone acts differently around you. It'd be like you're in a movie or some alternate reality.

[@Benderthegr865]

99% of actors are always acting

[@babayaga1767]

you are watching two psycopaths trying to out psychopath the other

[@MrAtomicAardvark]

general mayhem most accurate comment about this

[@aleenarobin39]

amen

[@Andrew2841]

lol

[@rageofchaos]

Haha

[@simplyimpulse2894]

IM LAUGHING SO HARD

[@patrickw9706]

Tom Cruise is 100% right

[@anodynic749]

As someone who's taken Ritalin for a number of years: My personal experience is it change my life for the better. But in saying that, I can still see 100% where Tom is coming from and he brings out a lot of solid points. Just because these psychiatric medications work for some people as perscribed, that doesn't mean it's the "end all be all". Despite being on the medication, I can understand where he's coming from when he talks about it masking the real issues

[@tompilkington7379]

He believes dead aliens are inside us and that’s what gives us psychological problems.

[@Jantonov1]

The trouble is it's all or nothing with him.

[@tompilkington7379]

@@Jantonov1 well, I think the trouble is he’s a Scientology nut job. Psychologist are the enemy because Zenu has been battling psychology in all across the universe.

[@jrose7381]

@@tompilkington7379 while holding two tin cans reading stress levels

[@piscesempress1978]

made me a zombie, my mom took me off and ive been off of it since Childhood.

[@katevielle4263]

Man.. Imagine this Tom Cruise on the Joe Rogan podcast. That'd be golden.

[@peterdisgusting]

Kate Vielle I wish

[@polvorin15764]

Joe mentioned this in recent podcasts like last mma podcast, he said he never goes behind people, it works out alone all the time who comes, he never did or will pursue people to come to the show unfortunately... Tom would be awesome as a guest. Let’s hope joe keeps growing and we might see it one day...

[@stephendexheimer7914]

That would be great but since Joe has had Ron Miscavige, Louis Theroux, and Leah Remini on the podcast I’m pretty sure Tom won’t do it. Hopefully one day Tom will

[@JD-dr3rg]

It would be just two people talking at the same time arguing. Imagine if he went on real time with bill maher, now that would be a Payperview spectacular.

[@Battlefox64_RL]

just came from there. weird how youtube works lol

[@Nofe20]

The eyes closed whispering “Matt…Matt…”. I die every time.

[@mrluvit8232]

😆🤣😆🤣

[@shittygitty71]

linda linda linda... listen linda

[@tdow9689]

-Come over an see The Audio Recording Where Amber Heard Almost Died

[@adamilyas4639]

Well said Tom 👍✌️✌️✌️

[@bdarecords_]

And on a documentation about psychology you are the first to write "tom cruise must be stopped". Some people are such npcs.

[@CJ-wf8ve]

Honestly he has a point

[@Max-bu5ky]

I feel like tom cruise stares at walls and laughs at it

[@rahuldahooobooda1798]

Pun?

[@emilyjones7724]

While he's talking to an ashtray.

[@darkcognitive]

He stares at the mirror and laughs

[@raqueldeshow9678]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@orange-rv9ek]

Isn't that what Scientologists do as some sort of practice in their drug and alcohol treatment programs? Not joking around but I met a guy once who has a mom who was Scientologist we were in Tampa near Clearwater so their presence was more than I felt comfortable with but none the less the guy proceeded to tell me stories about the treatment where they would have to just stare at a wall and then eventually when they were ready they'd sit across from one another and do the weirdest staring and mirroring type things while not speaking ever that were supposed to retrain the brain. So your joke is kind of really happening lol

[@Eliteguitarschool]

I'd like to see Tom Cruise and Leah Remini sit down.

[@missloublou4628]

Now that would be something worth watching.

[@Daggy007]

They would need a mediator

[@seanmurphy3329]

Ill take leah over tom anyday!

[@susanloky1772]

Matt Smith . He is not brainwashed, not today , when people in social networks see stuff, ....going clear.....etc. he knows (Tom) , slavers working for him

[@susanloky1772]

Erik Flores , dear Erik, please, educate yourself a little, and open your eyes, if you like Tom as an actor, it is ok, we all have a favor actors , or movies, every one of us can have an opinion, all respect, for me , personally, doing another MI 5....uf uf, good luck with that, as u sad, but for sure, he is supporting the cult/religion , that abuse humans, even children, disconnection of families ...that is just not ok, please go and dig in , go and watch more people talking about such abuses, the stories are here on youtube, take your time, and i hope you will make up your mind, take care

[@borbgorbon]

He's not even mad, he's very calm and normal throughout the whole interview

[@dnskskxndbdjsjdj]

Clickbait

[@joshpalmer7118]

Yea that’s what narcissist do 🤣

[@dnskskxndbdjsjdj]

@@joshpalmer7118 he's a good actor, he's never genuine in an interview

[@susanna8612]

"normal" he seems like he is acting all the time. Even his laugh seems fake.

[@dnskskxndbdjsjdj]

@@susanna8612 yup, it's off putting

[@Boeing767DriverAA]

Tom is so right

[@iShredz541]

i’m so stoned i truly thought the background was people watching the interview outside, then i realized it’s a snapshot picture from the movie he was there to talk about. wow. 😂😂

[@Luqas808]

OMG I want some of what you're having 😂

[@iShredz541]

Luqas 🤣🤣

[@jm-ib6wu]

That's too funny

[@Strangerspath]

😂😂😂 seeing that now adds a new layer to the interview.

[@helco2856]

Ommmgggg like no way!!!!!!!!

[@maxwesty]

Constantly cutting to Katie Holmes is what makes this interview creepy.

[@caitlinjoy6332]

maxwesty Agreed! It’s so awkward.

[@maxwesty]

@@caitlinjoy6332 yep, the media just fed right into it.

[@Sultyboy]

Exactly what I was thinking!😂

[@carljcreighton]

@Wayne Holmes haha!

[@hutch1197]

I kept checking to see if she was blinking her eyes as a cry to be rescued.

[@coolusernameftw7055]

Yeah, they weren't panning over to Katy looking all giddy and in love in that second half were they 😂😂

[@mariakcollins7672]

😂 the time he was dancing on Oprah and his profound love for Katie, well that expired quickly 😂

[@MAC0071234]

Go be catty somewhere else. Typical childish women who never grew out of high school taking pleasure on someone else breaking up rather than being happy themselves.

[@orianeasmore8941]

He is so gorgeous though.❤

[@CynderSpirit]

Tom Cruise " I don't care about what other people think." The same guy who try to sue South Park for making fun of him and his Scientology beliefs.

[@zachmorgan6982]

So R Kelly, Matt Laury n Tom Cruise walk into a bar... That's comedy magic just waiting to happen

[@SuperIcyKawaiiNails]

Lol

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

You’re glib

[@UltimateMadWorld]

C'mon CynderSpirit Dragon as most of us know Southpark is mainly aimed at kids from socially deprived areas if it's not viewed from folks who work hard from home and the like after a long busy day and there's nothing wrong with that one! Each to their own I suppose if the latter like that sort of thing, admittedly ofcourse it does make good satire albeit highly controversial and often politically biased and quite often of very poor taste not without being defamatory on regards to your comment. On the same token, Tom is entitled to his Scientology beliefs even if some of us don't exactly share those views but his personal beliefs should not out weigh the fact that he does indeed make a very good and valid point with the unethically ignorant & greedy elements of big pharma that could cost all of us dear beyond our deepest nightmares especially in the wake of the current Corona virus if an antidote is not being offered anytime soon! With that said, it's food for thought that one should also see the bigger picture and not necessarily what the mainstream networks want to distract you with!

[@laurametheny1008]

And he also said you can't know what it's like to be a parent until you are one. And yet he knows all about post partum depression...well the lack of it, since he thinks it's all BS. And all the other things he knows EVERYTHING about. Tom take a bow....and drop that uppity ego on the floor. My niece suffered PPD this past year. It is frightening! You don't know what is happening to the person at first and you can't help. THEY don't know what is happening. She was talking about completely bizarre nonsensical things. Very scary. And my two grandson's were diagnosed ADHD very young. Ritalin and Adderall are drugs sold on the street, but they are also needed for people who can't function without them. In other words that chemical imbalance they try to rectify. We did not like what the meds did to the boys so my daughter switched docs and got other drugs that helped. You can't possibly know...really KNOW what it's like to see your child like a zombie unable to do much but say I'm sorry. Or before meds running and screaming and getting expelled from kindergarten! Or banging their head all night on the wall. Tom you don't know everything just because you are Tom Cruise. Sorry dear.🤔

[@randythompson5154]

Tom Cruise does his own stunts and Matt Lauer does his own interns.

[@hoodmoses8529]

😂🤣

[@MrJruta]

That’s funny!

[@heavenlyjen]

That's fair.

[@edvenuto9614]

👎

[@TheMadisonHang]

yeah. I'm not totally on board with Scientology but Matt Lauer's job is to break people on tv, and destroy celebrity image on set. If I was famous, I would have to defend not just my personal self, on national television, but as my career. a bad talk on national television like this, is just a karate match. its a football match, to see who's gonna win. what everyone wanted to see was a tom cruise break down on national tv and admit himself to a mental institution immediately after the show there is a strength to holding your own ground. I can admire the fact he has a right to it

[@loyisog4795]

“Matt, you’re a glib, you don’t even know what Ritalin is” 😂😂😂😂

[@julieporter7805]

Note how lighthearted and friendly he is and as soon as Scientology and psychiatry are mentioned, he gets defensive and sharp. I find it hilarious that he described it as "electric shocking people against their will." But hooking people up to e-meters for auditing, locking them in The Hole, and disconnecting them from others that's perfectly okay. 🙄 So I guess if someone breaks their leg or some other problem, they shouldn't seek treatment. I have Depression and Anxiety and take meds and get therapy. They work for me and while I admit psychiatry has problems, so does the mecical profession as a whole. You work on it, you improve it, you make cruel inhumane treatments illegal, and you help people now.

[@gigameter]

@@jonathaneagle3554 lol

[@773SleepyHollow]

You're being glib.

[@isaiahking4165]

Comparing breaking your leg and seeking treatment to treating depression is a poor comparison. Antidepressants are treating symptoms, not the source. Using your comparison, taking antidepressants is like taking painkillers for a broken leg, but leaving the bone broken.

[@vladivanov5500]

Someone can mend your broken leg. They can't fix your broken worldview. There is no such thing as an expert on your own mind.

[@NoHurriesNoWorries]

​@@isaiahking4165sometimes taking the medication helps ease the symptoms and anxiety that are overwhelming the person. Then with the reduction of anxiety and depression, the individual is able to work on life skills. It's not a cure but it helps.

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

Im afraid to comment on Tom Cruise videos, coz last time I did, there was a black van parked outside my house for a week.

[@tiarnan76]

thats racist - its called a "van of color"

[@roisindubh02]

wade wilson : LMFAO.🤣🤣🤣

[@shonacole2124]

😂

[@kellybraille]

@silverbud I am dying. omg that was funny. good one.

[@mikearchibald744]

reading youtube comments is more entertaining than anything coming out of hollywood. I'm writing down the good ones for my puppet show, thats a keeper.

[@ragnarkisten]

Tom doesn't need drugs, he is high on himself

[@crmay72]

yes he is....!

[@blastofo]

Anyone who was ridiculously handsome, talented, and wealthy, is gonna be an egomaniac. Very few could stay humble with all that.

[@ragnarkisten]

@@blastofo I am very down to earth myself... 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@ragnarkisten]

@@Bill-tz3wg Be high on myself? I've passed the age of growing unfortunately!

[@ragnarkisten]

@@Bill-tz3wg Oh no! Are you gonna lure me into that Scientology cult or something? And be a slave for like millions of years. No thanks!

[@virajsaini814]

Tom is absolutely rightt

[@sint5990]

Personally, I have a strong dislike for Tom Cruise. I have an even stronger dislike for Scientology. That said, everything he said here is entirely true and accurate. It was true then, and it’s even more true today.

[@MrJdouble1998]

Who would've guessed that Matt Lauer was the creepier one.

[@joemckim1183]

Tom is eccentric but I don't see anything that he specifically has done to make him a bad human being. He's part of scientology and members of that group have done bad things but not sure if he's a part of he's kept away from any of their bad doings.

[@smoocher]

@ I'm sure some people said the same about Ted Bundy.

[@tiaaaron3278]

@@smoocher Except Bundy only knew a select few and he was exposed for what he was when he was young. Cruise has been in Hollywood since he was a teenager and he's worked with so many directors, actors, writers and more.

[@cristianvillarreal1]

your real name is juan Taylor ? lol

[@vaskylark]

LOL!

[@markoos88]

Katie looking at Tom at the start of the interview: 🥰 Katie looking at Tom at the end of the interview: 😳

[@Dsgabi456]

Hahahaha so true

[@sarahn.2296]

Lmfao

[@runningthunder6923]

Hahahaha

[@ThatsJustPeachy1871]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@AlbertoGarcia-xg4tb]

She had all the signs in her face... and yet she ignored the signs.

[@yeliz__]

Tom was right.

[@RaleighLink]

Tom was 100% correct about pharmaceuticals. People have no idea how dangerous they are even though they’re so commonly prescribed.

[@horaceball5418]

As a public school teacher my job is much easier when we turn the hyper active boyz into zombies.

[@user-li1kw1ux3e]

You're correct😊

[@bdarecords_]

@@user-li1kw1ux3e He is actually not correct. Smileys actually do not change reality (shocker). These opinions do not hold up to scrutiny and are not happing in academic debates.

[@andrewhubbard4044]

Don't know why Tom Cruise goes on interviews he's so so touchy and opinionated imagine living with him

[@rasher331]

A perfectionist and a well known control freak. Thats peoples main gripe with him, people who lived with him...that he has to control everything. Its a form of insecurity.

[@dafreedomfita]

I remember Nicole Kidman appeared on the old Lettermen show and David asked her how she feels after the divorce, she laughed and said that now she can finally wear heels.

[@davidwright873]

and he cant' keep a woman.....so there you have it...Money is no predicter...

[@TK-qh4gr]

To be fair, he is being asked what his opinion is

[@helenheeney2284]

A creep

[@PauloConstantino167]

Plot twist: Everytime they show Katie Holmes it's the same repeated footage.

[@asanti3748]

Plot twist: That Katie Holmes sitting is a holographic projection of a loop footage, so she could make her escape from Tom.

[@NatureForce37]

Oh God ....

[@tidechamp15]

I would agree with...it's a "loop"

[@REVy_X]

Lmao 😂

[@christopherayettey4390]

That's scary

[@flipznturnz5148]

I agree with Tom 100%

[@bdarecords_]

You actually don't. You watch one documentary about scientology and you are the first to write "tom cruise must be stopped"

[@bdarecords_]

Irl you'd never agree. Maybe you need toms therapy or just a bit education but you would always disagree irl.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

The thing is, time has shown that Tom wasn't entirely wrong about psychiatry, the whole chemical imbalance theory, the over medication of our children, he was actually ahead of the curve. There's nothing controversial about these views nowadays. the DSMV is a torture manual. The over diagnosis and need to pathologise everyone in some way is a massive problem. Read Johan Hari's book about depression and it's all there and that is only one journalists example...many have written about this very topic and many would now agree with what Tom was saying.

[@lukeskywalker2566]

Arguing with Tom Cruise is exactly like arguing with my dad lol

[@ge2623]

I've only argued with your dad once, but I agree. I've also argued with Tom Cruise.

[@teijaflink2226]

I'm guessing that he's a narcissist.

[@bastardmaggot1153]

I would not wanna argue with ya dad mate!!!! The force would be against me mate lol

[@SlasherIncorporated]

Mine too, when it comes to politics. Unless you're on the same page as he is, you can't discuss that topic with him. He thinks he's right and doesn't listen to the other side. He'll tell you that you don't know what you're talking about and basically try to make you feel stupid for believing what you do and taking the side that you've taken.

[@alexispontes1872]

Same. I don't know. There is no way I could ever know anything. Because He knows it all Lol Oh okay

[@iIovethetrinityicloud]

Who watching after Tom's explosion on covid 19 while on set 2020?

[@sjacrane]

Disciple 2018 yeah,lol.

[@cutmovies6522]

Omg

[@wastinawayonline6254]

He entertaining to watch 24/7. I'm just watching him live his life.

[@Truelegend86]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️off to watch Christian bales rant after this

[@vac6916]

🙋🏼‍♀️

[@RhythmGrizz]

Tom Cruises' love for his own self could power several continents for 1000 years

[@justkeepswimming8335]

Awesome comment!!!

[@Bob1332s]

To be fair if I had been the star in all the movies he’s been in I would prob be the same way 😂

[@xc9034]

You would love urself if you got 1% of what he got, work hard with something u love and achieve great things and you will start loving urself too

[@thevaccinator666]

Loving yourself is a positive thing. Many people waste their potential completely. I'm not going to.

[@sophiamilas6259]

This is the best comment ever! 😂

[@machtmer]

Indexing for what passes for “civilized” conversation in modernity…this was actually a very topical, rational discussion of an important issue. I remember at the time it was heralded as “totally off the rails”; I think now we (regrettably) have a whole new understanding of off the rails.

[@TerrorrLA]

Meanwhile Matt Lauer's intern was being held captive in his dressing room.

[@808robins9]

I wouldn’t doubt it, Matt Lauer is weird af.

[@RealSpiderPunk]

@Lucy Ricardo Ever watched Taken? 👀

[@RealSpiderPunk]

@Lucy Ricardo Yeah it's pretty great… kinda crazy tho. Lots of kidnapping.

[@mdon419]

😂

[@FabledRomance]

That’s the real gag! (pun intended😌)

[@SealAngel]

Toms not crazy, he's actually very intelligent and makes perfect sense with everything he says here, except the scientology BS

[@LouisHolliman]

Well it’s a shame that like 90% of his life is about Scientology

[@cjedd9704]

He makes no sense but thinks he's brilliant. He's easy prey for the Scientologists and their load of... well, ravings from Hubbard who was himself dealing with mental health challenges.

[@gerabadillo7889]

it is interesting when he says that drugs aren't the answer and that there are ways to deal with things so we don't end up in a brave new world, which is something that is more relevant by the day

[@gerabadillo7889]

And when he says that theire is a higher and better quality way of life, he is speaking like a Christian and might be why he is getting more and more hate as the interview progresses, the type of "don't impose your beliefs" which I don't think he is doing...

[@treytilley333]

Tom started to believe in Scientology because of the tools and mental support provided causing him to succeed in his life even more which then makes him more vulnerable to the other out of this world teachings in Scientology. Cults always have some truth in the microcosm but then that’s how they get you with the macrocosm of reality. He’s one of those “if it works then why stop it” fellows from what I’ve gathered. If he actually cared about seeking for absolute truth then he would have departed from them by now.

[@mlpencola]

Matt held it together amazingly, cool and collected. But WOW, Tom's mood and even facial changes were extreme. Imagine that switch in person!?!

[@AnxietyMentor]

Tom Cruise is correct though. Matt Lauer has no idea what he is talking about.

[@yattyc]

...Umm it's called being human with emotions?

[@ianrepash8015]

Matt Lauers a slimeball

[@jackwilliams7738]

Psychiatry has caused a lot of damage to society so he’s not taking it lightly.

[@micnorton9487]

​@@AnxietyMentorAnd the Cruiser DOES? He's a lunatic cult member who thinks he knows everything,, Matt was only bringing up points about psychology and psychiatry and medication to see what Tom thought of it, and the Cruiser goes on this big ego trip and what was that stupid crack about "put your manners back in" while he's sitting there with that psycho gaze and that ridiculous top gun grin? He said the exact same thing to the Australian interviewer,, seems like the Cruiser's go-to comeback whenever anyone says ANYthing that makes him look less than omniscient... What's the matter with just saying, well Matt I disagree,, or you know Matt that's a good point but this is how I see it, I mean there's ways to conduct oneself and the Cruiser just really lost it in this interview...

[@gracecuevas5624]

Tom has a valid point

[@micnorton9487]

Yeah,, too bad it's on the top of his head......

[@justindel888]

Man I would love to see a sit down between Joe Rogan and Tom Cruise.....

[@joaopaulob80]

I agree with that ! It will be awesome !

[@erik9157]

Joe really admires him I know he really wants him on the show biggest movie star of all time

[@fumarate1]

Throw in David Icke as well.

[@charlesmcgehee3227]

Rogan would slay him, smoke a spliff and take a nap afterwards. Tom would be on the phone with the Scientology org crying " I was interviewed by a really mean and smart man. Oh I need to be audited on the E -Meter"!

[@kristinamoon9138]

It would end up in a brawl between joe and Tom. Lol

[@jamirimaj6880]

7:13 "Scientology is something that you don't understand" Well I agree with that Tom.

[@nuttygeezer830]

But give me 1,000 dollars and just maybe you will understand

[@Joe-el2wx]

@luis avitia those are rookie numbers

[@ssa9798]

Scientology is a torture camp! Watch on Netflix! www.netflix.com/title/81229101 These videos are just to create soft image of their organization😏 You are welcome!

[@Loner-Wolf]

No guys come on it is just Matt he just doesn't understand....him and most of the world including me.

[@aallaaaa1]

i bet you are american :D

[@sallysampson628]

I think I actually agree with TC. When I was 12, I developed Anorexia, Panic Disorder and my then GP prescribed Valium and I took it whenever. This led to my feeling very ill, suicidal and I then spent my late teens, 20’s 30’s seeing many Psychiatrists who handed out many different types of antidepressants, mood stabilisers, strong meds like Lithium, Benzodiazepines, sleep pills. Often all at once, changing everything I had another appointment. Decades of bad therapy and now at 62, I have a neurological disease. I have tried to get off these meds but I just can’t. I’ve read a lot about psychiatry and feel very strongly that I should not have been given these medications at 12 years old. What have they done to me, what harm have they caused. They’ve not ‘fixed’ me and I became so ill possibly as a result and have been unable to live a normal life. I’ll never know now.

[@kelseywhitlatch173]

Tom sounds crazy while making sense. That’s wild

[@discharge29]

And remember kids - DON'T DO SCIENTOLOGY

[@jessed0308]

lol, funny.

[@discharge29]

@Lina Lovers UP YA BUM - YA TART

[@TJ0564]

@@discharge29 Are you ok?

[@I4NI_]

Yep spot on👌

[@emmanuallemarro3908]

Ditto buddy. Don't ever walk into their building if you're bored and feel like being annoyed for the next 2 years non stop.

[@DoctorDoom69]

American Psycho was just Christian Bale playing Tom Cruise 🤣

[@jimshoe6699]

It's been pretty obvious that over the years...#1. Tom Cruise is an OK actor...It would be shock....if he won an academy award. #2. The guy is "weird" in his private life....#3. Scientology has him by the balls...#4. Do not call Scientology a "religion." Religions deal with a belief in GOD...Scientology has NOTHING to do with GOD. It's all about mind manipulation...

[@elliottk4048]

Jim Shoe what about Buddhism?? most Buddhists down believe in a god but I’m like 102% sure that Buddhism is a religion

[@williammorris6097]

stupid and simple

[@XDduffy]

Eso pensé.

[@tiaaaron3278]

American Psycho was Christian Bale playing Christian Bale. Bale is a maniac.

[@frankiecal3186]

Tom is 💯 percent right.

[@dillongarner1]

Tom never stops acting

[@Leries0]

yes!

[@loganstroganoff1284]

He really doesn't. His public persona is so contrived and fake which is ironic considering he is a good screen actor.

[@mkim4091]

lol

[@shoneast6880]

I smelly envy

[@quoisegames1937]

Legends say that he is still living his life

[@georgeandraos2509]

HAHAHAHA

[@leesmac404]

Is anger management therapy allowed in Scientology??? NOPE! 👎🏼

[@marcosbatista1029]

yeah he is not death

[@calebcalhoun317]

it and I'm free now and there's nothing anybody

[@FatRescueSwimmer04]

that's not how the saying goes bro... lol

[@knowens3]

Expressing oneself on such topics is a commendable act of courage, Mr. Cruise.

[@patmatrixcod6307]

i agree with Tom 100%%%

[@lauralishes1]

Thanks Tom, you actually did remind me to take my anti depressant.

[@brandi5730]

Exactly

[@blurrycolours3624]

Excersise and eat and better.

[@yillmyers6979]

@@blurrycolours3624 🙄

[@shatterpointgames]

He's right about those drugs, they ruin your life and aren't the true answer.

[@axtrw2527]

@@shatterpointgames I would love to hear the true answer? because I have been suffering with depression 14 years.. and I have tried anti depressant and I believe everything.. Nothing helps.

[@joeydoesthings4955]

When Tom starts saying your first name again and again, it is a red flag!

[@marceltresvant8581]

Peter, what do you mean Peter, you're stepping over line now, put your manners back in!

[@toastedravis8377]

Hahaha!! Yes

[@motiveintentionsincerity1925]

When Joey is Losing Weight and not looking within himself with the upmost, upmost attention, it is a red flag 🤔

[@lisadavie5819]

The guy thinks his view is the right way and no other way is. His way or the highway. Just cos he has a certain way of thinking doesn't mean it's right. Guy is so full of himself. He thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread. Coming from a wee 5ft dude with a middle tooth.

[@KS-us9cb]

'Pull.your manners in' as you stated in an Australian 60 minutes interview! You do the same Again, from Australia

[@GodWokeMeUp]

I didn't think he was heated or rude.... I think he was just speaking clearly and stating his opinions on the matter. Idk maybe I handle what people view as "heated" in a different way haha....😂

[@tealquartz]

This will NEVER get old. So absolutely iconic. 😂 I remember when this happened at the time... no one could talk about anyone else.

[@educateme8455]

I'm no Tom Cruise nut. And they're out there. But the guy was there to promote a movie...another f#@kin movie. And he is ambushed by these garbled garbage questions? He handled it well.

[@educateme8455]

"You just said something that made me think about something " - Professional Journalist on TV

[@genaroayala8100]

talk about the movie?

[@jeffdur1330]

Huh? Nobody cared lol

[@SPM1X]

@@educateme8455 nope, it was an attempted smear campaign by an asshat to trying to generate hits. No better than a TikTok 'star' today.

[@200GamingGuy]

Man he's just...ya know...living his life

[@567xd]

200GamingGuy sounds like what I'm doing

[@AukFx]

200GamingGuy 😂😂..

[@qvc1212]

he's trying to. but how can you, with brainwashing.

[@BobberTheWiseYTP]

That's just like, you know, your opinion man

[@ace7669]

we should follow in his footsteps

[@mprice7779]

I have new found respect for Tom Cruise. He handled Matt's ignorance and uninformed biases well, all things considered.

[@PatI-zg9gm]

Cruise was right, more often than not.

[@ashleyji5480]

I'm not a scientologist but I think Tom Cruise is right.

[@AmyLynnRiley]

I like how he calls psychiatry a psuedo-science, when in truth, you could also say that about Scientology as well.

[@GMAV3RICK]

Watch your mouth, Amy… or Xenu is going to get you.

[@yeeerrrrrrr]

It's doesn't make what he said any less true...scientology isn't feeding kids meth because they're bored at school....

[@AmyLynnRiley]

@@yeeerrrrrrrYou obviously know nothing about ADHD or Ritalin. It would actually be the opposite. They have Attention Deficit which means they are hyperactive and Ritalin slows them down so they can pay attention. But I don't believe in drugging our kids either, I'm just saying he can't be throwing around the word pseudoscience when that's his whole religion!

[@yeeerrrrrrr]

@@AmyLynnRiley I forgot to never argue with a person who needs two first names, or two very short names to be extra special and annoying, always the know it all, who of course knows nothing.

[@AmyLynnRiley]

@@yeeerrrrrrr What are you 12? You can't have an adult discussion without resorting to childish insults? 👌🤣🤣

[@Starlight2417]

“But you don’t understand. and I do” Quote of the century, used daily

[@marlak4203]

What should have been said to Tom is that he isn't a Dr. Also unless Tom has seen people in person over time who have taken things the way he is saying be "cured" or treated with the ailments they had then he can speak even more. Moreso than just reading about things.

[@alexh1524]

He is saying that he has done more research than the average person, and therefore can draw better conclusions regarding these issues. As Socrates would put it, it is better to know what you don't know than it is to offer opinions as if you do know. This was an interesting interview.

[@marlak4203]

@@alexh1524 That is good and all but what he didn't really do is speak to what Matt said about people he personally knows that HAVE gotten better from the meds, etc. You can't just answer that with "oh i know better." What does that mean? Now if Tom acknowledged and then said something like "from my research i have found that that happens, however those effects they think they feel are a placebo effect." Or something of that nature. It shows Tom acknowledges and heard what Matt is saying. Now whether the statement is true or not is another discussion but i understand why Matt kept pressing to Tom what he was saying because Tom wasn't addressing it, really.

[@Starlight2417]

@@alexh1524 I know his point. But he said what I quoted so many times it’s sounds amusing

[@alexh1524]

@@marlak4203 You're right. This seems to be crux of the discussion. Matt states that there are people who have benefited from the meds while Tom says that meds only 'mask' the problem. The interesting thing is that Tom's point about how meds are perceived and how they actually work is true in other areas of medicine. For example, most cold and flu medications are generally perceived as possessing curative properties while in reality they merely mask the ill effects from the viral infection. Even worse, the medications actually hamper the body's efforts to fight off the infection. Yet, a doctor will still prescribe the medication because most people mistakenly perceive that the medications are helping them get better.

[@bigrig0625]

I actually agree with both of them. And I do understand Tom's take on this. Imagine if you will, a doctor prescribing you crack cocaine for your depression! You probably won't be depressed anymore but whoah! 😅

[@giorgiogirardi4661]

Such a great man, it's a shame he fell for that mindless cult.

[@maltal8352]

Legend says he’s still just living his life .

[@Dinoguts1]

hi

[@marlak4203]

And he was trying to still do that if things didn't take a turn down the hill.

[@pammy35]

Lolllllllllllll

[@jsizzle1314]

Yea but you dont know that. I do

[@TorahObservantUnitarian]

Definitely

[@abduleve8688]

He's like my dad, you can't have a conversation with him without it turning into an intense argument, sort of an anti-social behaviour.

[@nishant54]

Fool, defending your views isn't anti social you anti national.

[@abduleve8688]

@@nishant54 How am I anti national based on what I just say, is that poopy cow logic?

[@JudgeCraven]

@@abduleve8688 hes joking

[@yanbibiya]

Oh the irony

[@anthonytyrrell3894]

@@JudgeCraven i hiuo

[@Supremefinish813]

Tom is still 1000% right 10 years later...

[@nashburges76]

Don't come at Tom Cruise, he read a whole Wikipedia page before this interview so he knows what's up

[@tiaaaron3278]

He probably has a negative personal experience with psychiatry.

[@somebody4244]

He’s not wrong here and if it was a more stable public figure I’m sure we’d listen and not mock.

[@kgpar1960]

BRILLIANT observation!! But you only ASSUME that he read the entire article...!!!

[@It__From__Bit]

@@tiaaaron3278 L Ron Hubbard had bad experiences with psychiatry AND the mental health community completely rejected the books he wrote on the subject. Cruise is just reading from the L Ron Hubbard script, as all Scientologists are taught to do. So these aren't even Tom Cruises thoughts and opinions. He's just another brainwashed robot repeating what he's been told to think!

[@tiaaaron3278]

@@It__From__Bit I agree he's brainwashed (at least at the time this interview was conducted), but he had emitted else where that he was never on good terms with psychiatry even before scientology. Maybe it's because of Nicole Kidman's father.

[@crusticia]

I can see why Christian Bale used him for his American Psycho inspo lmaoo

[@priscillapresslee7686]

😂

[@smokyquartz5817]

Ikr, how spooky...

[@robertmiller967]

Patrick Bateman.

[@likmijnreet4542]

Christian Bale's so psycho himself he makes Tom Cruise look normal

[@moviefan8533]

I hope one day someone's inspired by that ridiculous rant Bale waged on the set of... "Terminator Salvation".

[@Shawn-ul4xr]

I lot of people criticise Tom. But I think Tom is a smart guy who is not perfect and is very kind to you if you’re kind and respectful to him. He doesn’t let things slide and people aren’t used to that

[@berekettibebu8861]

exactly

[@PatI-zg9gm]

Love the guy. He is the last true movie star, he gives everything of himself to entertain, and he was “right” in the interview.

[@innovbrain]

Most celebrities had troubles dealing with this reporter and btw, he was fired years ago. Just check out about him you will know and watch his interview with Britney Spears how he was crossing the lines with her and even made her so uncomfortable to an extent that she burst into tears while she was pregnant. No wonder why Tom got mad at him at some point.

[@newguycanada]

Tom has not been told No or You are wrong for a very long time. He needs more of that.

[@Danimal77]

This interview is 16 years old. I assure you no one has said no to him since this interview.

[@ChefNourhan]

EXACTLY!

[@Advocate77777]

Listen Tom Cruise NO!

[@yourgrandmasalzheimerpills1143]

Decades later and it seems he’s absolutely right. Cruise might be crazy but Atleast he has some intelligence and common sense.

[@mariedewitt5033]

I would like Tom to teach us the history of psychiatry

[@macw.7686]

He talked a lot about how much he knows about the history of psychiatry without saying a single thing about the history of psychiatry.

[@seeyouagain911]

He did mention about electroshocking and drugging of children.

[@executiveorder7146]

@@seeyouagain911 but he knows nothing about it i could tell him more than anyone and yes kids and meds are bad why bc there brain is growing and no one knows how the meds affect brain growth and electric shock is bad bc of the harm and you forget everything and shake so bad most brake arms and legs from it and the meds i know also but no he doesnt know much

[@rickg5597]

the list exactly how did you come up with that conclusion in which he doesn’t know about psychiatry? Can you name me a celebrity that has gone against the industry half as much as he did in this interview? I just think he knew he couldn’t be too detailed on the topic. I’m no groupie of his but I do respect him for shedding a flicker of light on the issue since it’s been nearly 70yrs since the DSM handbook was published and there’s still no reliable test for chemical imbalance.

[@danielneely5453]

He's a programmed bot, what do you expect.

[@ChristineDuval-cy5ck]

I'm for Tom here.

[@jamesowiti1721]

The cut scenes to Katie were unnecessary and pretty weird..

[@deltahomicide9300]

it looks like it was recorded previously in another location

[@jamesdaugherty7138]

Lauer's trying to provoke him and it worked. Cruise is ready to choke him out.

[@jsab349]

James Owiti creepy.

[@UnderTheMillkyWay]

I agree. I found it very odd. Knowing now what I know about Matt, Tom most likely knew as well. After reading many items it was no secret about Matt. That's even worse, knowing yet nothing happened just like with Epstein and Weinstein.

[@thefractalcurve5462]

I don't know. It looked like she wanted to give it to Matt.

[@jagrcantakeyou]

"Matt, listen. Matt. Matt, no, listen, Matt. Matt."

[@pasierose9881]

Listen Linda,.....

[@carlostejada1479]

and Matt never listened... why everybody is on Matt's side??? He has Zero arguments... at least Tom made some points.

[@debraflowers3927]

@@carlostejada1479 He wasn't trying to argue anything. All Matt was doing was pointing out that if someone said the meds worked for them why couldn't TC just let them have their opinion about it. Why does that person have to wrong or uninformed? TC didn't have to agree with her but he didn't have to put her down either. Besides Brooke Shields had postpartum so TC really shouldn't have spoken against her. That is something he can never experience.

[@carlostejada1479]

@@debraflowers3927 and why TC can't have his opinion about drugs?? He even said that is ok just to take them just to get out of the problem if the case was critical, but it's not the real answer... that's his opinion and the other guy didn't let him has his opinion. he wanted to win the discussion in order to have a "polemical interview" and have more ratings... TC says drugs only mask the problem and he doesn't believe in drugs... that's HIS opinion. He has the right of having that opinion, and he's not crazy for saying that particular opinion. you don't have to agree with him, but he's not crazy for saying it...( I agree with him BTW) it's not like saying the earth is flat... ppl calling him crazy, nuts...????? He happens to be right here... kids don't need ritalin. and all pharmaceutics industry is more a busines$ than a health concern (or whatever word is) Cancer is one of the biggest business out there... of course they'll never find a cure... if someone does, they'll silence him... anyway, Matt didn't respect TC opinion...

[@adambartlett6277]

Tom Cruise was 100% right

[@harvey2609]

Dude is right about masking the problem.

[@micnorton9487]

The idea that the medications mask the underlying problem is not a new concept,, and the idea that the Cruiser would waste that much time of an interview acting smart and pulling an ego trip over an issue he obviously doesn't know enough about to speak intelligently yet he does anyway really shows his self-centered narcissism and grandiosity...

[@derrickcoushman9293]

It’s more along the lines of “tolerating” the problems to be able to work on the problem. If pharms could cure all depression and everything else with a pill, everybody would be on it.

[@Katinahat293]

I wish they’d shown Katie’s face during Tom’s rant about psychology

[@nikolaos1991]

So wouldn’t fall for him in a sec if hit on you??

[@Katinahat293]

@@nikolaos1991 no, I wouldn’t fall in love with a narcissistic guy who thinks Xenu’s alien murder victims make up everyone’s bodies. If Tom Cruise was hitting on me, clearly I would be able to find someone equally or more physically attractive who isn’t a Scientologist.

[@nikolaos1991]

@@Katinahat293 insta?

[@ayushgaurincredible]

@@Katinahat293 is it your real profile pic

[@hemantt8435]

@@Katinahat293 you have a beautiful face

[@paulpaulson35]

He talks like he knows everything and no one else knows anything. He looks like he is to intelligent to bother with anyone. His arrogance is amazing

[@rebeccajelenawang4306]

Tom here reminds me of this guy I saw on Canada's worse drivers who intended to keep driving on the left side of the road cause that's how they did it in his parents country;India.Been both places but I'm from & do live in Europe,& just because I visit the UK every other yr.or so I can't tell others"You must drive on the left side,it's soo much better, I know from experience...I feel like he's gotten so different after joining the church of Scientology...I remember dating this guy once(He actually looked a bit like Mr.Cruise here)but he was also very convinced he was right on all accounts.Made him less attractive each day & overshadowed his good looks completely.

[@baileyswinamer601]

Narcissism

[@pauline8987]

@@baileyswinamer601 100%

[@rebeccajelenawang4306]

@@baileyswinamer601 Yeah,narcissism are said to be pretty common amongst several ppl.in certain Hollywoods circles-Tom Cruise is a "posterguy" example to me,like we'd call it,a bezzer weisser💯🖍️A charismatic, yet unlikable one.Unfortunately🙄😏

[@johnpoop5237]

He knows something about health because he looks like he’s 40 and he’s 56

[@oldfaun5402]

Tom is 100% right

[@jaysasso4392]

You should have let him explain it to you. I have no interest in Scientology, but talking about alternatives is very much at the forefront. We missed something ...

[@DonRA33]

“ Scientology is..... you don’t understand” - Tom

[@scruffy281]

Scientology is a cult. Period.

[@GeneralG1810]

@@scruffy281 So is EVERY religion, I don't know why people accept all other religions but give Cruise a hard time for being a Scientologist

[@juanrios9846]

It's "B.S. PET ROCK CULT"!!!!

[@GeneralG1810]

@@juanrios9846 So what Islam is a woman bashing cult, Christianity is a child molesting cult. Personally I'd rather have the people who keep pet rocks

[@troywright359]

@@GeneralG1810 because it directly tries to trap people. There is no misunderstanding like you can claim with Christianity

[@markoos88]

I like how the guy lecturing everyone on mental health is staring at the man like a psychopath.

[@sandro4990]

XD

[@blackie6771]

Matt Lauer is so jealous of Tom Cruise.

[@bromptinowner763]

There's NO disagreeing with Tom

[@BrickbyBrick4U]

Agree with Tom.

[@ThatWheat]

"You just said somethin' that made me think about somethin'" - Matt Lauer

[@jussredd9862]

😂😭😩😂😩😂😭😩

[@Cat4evr]

That's quality journalism right there

[@AJShotDat]

HA

[@ishmael802]

Old school media and their sound bite culture needs to die

[@tmozzz]

“Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, you’re glib. You don’t even know what riddilin is “ favorite quote of this interview

[@user-ir6nh2gy6x]

ritalin*

[@aprilmay6803]

Lol he put Matt n his place Matt looked like a fool lol

[@carladean6117]

@@aprilmay6803 ​ eh no, Cruise looked like a fool for trying to indoctrinate'Matt' into his one dimensional radical, cult beliefs.

[@kristineanderson4983]

@@aprilmay6803 No he didn't. Cruise looked like a fool for 1) interrupting, 2) saying"MATT, MATT, MATT," and 3) behaving like a schoolboy!

[@sprtwlf9314]

@@kristineanderson4983 disagree

[@user-zu8re6gl2s]

Tom nailed it

[@chalbio]

Bro I love these

[@Sloimer]

Tom doesn’t just give an answer. He delivers it.

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

He also doesn't know what he's talking about.

[@Sloimer]

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES correct.

[@sergiomacias5145]

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES so being against meds means he doesn’t know what he’s talking about? Especially with everything we now know with med addictions

[@Artorion]

@@sergiomacias5145 I swear people don't think all they do is jump to conclusions like how Mr. Television Archives just did and besides a guy who calls himself Mr Television should be the last one who tells someone else that they don't know what they are talking about

[@lanthanumlanthanium6373]

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Lmao, pharma shill. How many shekels did you get for that comment?

[@nickssmirkingrevenge]

Tom's passive-aggressive attacks always lead with him calling you by your first name.

[@themooch1639]

Nick, Nick, Nick, do you know what Adderall is? Do you know what it does to a person?

[@ItsRayful]

Thats how you know a person doesnt have a point

[@jayclause4674]

Jaime!

[@gabyn5091]

@@ItsRayful you have no clue

[@mariazingg3098]

Poor Katie, I’m sure an instant switch came on with her like in this interview. She saw a lot of crazy I’m sure glad she’s out

[@kentrader2489]

Is there anyway to see the full interview? i cant find it anywhere