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KATIE IS MOVING....
Couric Says She's Leaving 'Today' for CBS
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer


NEW YORK - On her 15th anniversary on 'Today,' Katie Couric told viewers Wednesday she's leaving NBC to join CBS, where she will become the first woman appointed to anchor a network evening newscast alone.

'I wanted to tell all of you out there who have watched the show for the past 15 years that after listening to my heart and my gut _ two things that have served me pretty well in the past _ I've decided I'll be leaving 'Today' at the end of May,' she said. 'I really feel as if we've become friends through the years.'

The 49-year-old Couric, longest-serving anchor in 'Today' show history, is expected to replace Bob Schieffer on the third-rated CBS broadcast in September. She agreed to a a salary near her current range of $13 million to $15 million for five years, according to a non-network person close to Couric, speaking on condition of anonymity.

CBS had no immediate comment Wednesday.

Following a months-long guessing game that has consumed the TV industry, Couric chose the 15th anniversary of her first day as 'Today' co-host in 1991 to say it's time for a change. 'Today' ran a clip of her first day with then co-host Bryant Gumbel, which Couric joked was '172 hairstyles' ago.

'Sometimes I think change is a good thing,' Couric said. 'Although it may be terrifying to get out of your comfort zone, it's also very exciting to start a new chapter in your life.'

'It's hard to imagine being here and not having you sitting next to us,' co-host Matt Lauer told her.

The bold move simultaneously forces NBC to find a new team for 'Today,' television's most profitable news program, and gives CBS News President Sean McManus a major success in his effort to lure more stars to his beleaguered news organization.

Meredith Vieira of the daytime chat show 'The View' has emerged as the leading candidate to team with Lauer. Vieira, a former CBS News reporter who won a Daytime Emmy as host of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,' had previously turned down offers to return to news since joining 'The View.'

An NBC spokeswoman would not comment on succession plans.

Couric, Lauer, newsreader Ann Curry and weathercaster Al Roker have formed TV news' most successful morning team in history since 1997, with 'Today' riding an unprecedented 10-year streak at the top of the ratings.

During that time, morning news programs have simultaneously grown in influence and have become important entertainment vehicles. The job required Couric to both interview presidents and don goofy costumes on Halloween, not to mention having to wake up well before dawn.

'Today' is currently seen by about 6 million viewers a day, while the 'CBS Evening News' has been averaging upwards of 7.5 million. But it's a significant change in status from top dog to underdog: CBS' evening newscast has been at the rear in the ratings for many years.

Couric's contract with NBC, owned by General Electric Co., extends to the end of May and she's expected to remain at 'Today' through that ratings sweeps month.

The lure of trying something new and making history in the evening proved enticing to Couric, who is also expected to contribute to '60 Minutes.' She spurned a more lucrative offer _ about $20 million a year _ to remain at NBC and accept the CBS Corp. offer, the person close to Couric said.

With Schieffer filling in during the year since Dan Rather's exit, the 'CBS Evening News' is the only network evening newscast rising in the ratings. But it's still in third place behind NBC and ABC.

'I will be delighted if she came,' Schieffer said Tuesday. 'I think she'll be a great addition to a very good news team. ... I've known Katie for years and I think the world of her.'

If a deal with Vieira can't be reached, the top in-house candidates to replace Couric are 'Today' weekend anchor Campbell Brown, NBC reporter Natalie Morales and Curry.

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I am devastated over this. I LOVE the Today show and even though Katie has gotten real full of herself lately....I just love her, Matt, Anne and Al together. Won't be the same without her.
And are they kidding with Meredith Vieira??? I don't know anyone who likes that woman....so snotty and full or herself!

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Looks like Hollywood's sexiest couple are on the rocks. While some reports say that the heavily pregnant Angelina Jolie has kicked her hunky husband-to-be out of the bedroom and onto the couch, another report literally goes a few steps further — and has Brad Pitt walking out the door.

'Brad and Ange have been fighting like cat and dog over where to have the baby, over whether Angelina should continue to fly and also over her thinness,' a source reveals in NW magazine.

Pitt is also apparently 'under pressure' from his family to get Ange to the alter as soon as possible as Brad's mum, Jane, is not keen on her grandchild being born out of wedlock.

But Angelina — who's seven-and-a-half months pregnant — is 'not committing' to a date, and her refusal to launch into bridal mode is the main reason behind Brad's 'dramatic' exit (either to the couch, or through the front door).

It's yet to be confirmed whether Brad's in the lounge room of the couple's Paris apartment, or whether he's actually left. But there have been signs of trouble in Parisian paradise for some weeks, with the couple spending more and more time apart and few recent photos of them together.

Perhaps the truth about their relationship will emerge when the bundle joy is finally is delivered. But as one insider says: 'Ange has been putting up obstacle after obstacle and it's clear to Brad she’s not just stalling anymore. She doesn’t seem to have any intention of marrying him any time soon.'

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KHARMA!!!!!!!!!

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I guess we won't be seeing this happy family

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I guess we won't be seeing this happy family

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How funny that Maddox's shirt says Team Aniston.

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David Spade was 'full-on making out' with Heather Locklear at Jones restaurant in Los Angeles last week, reports In Touch. 'It was a friendship that turned into something more,' a source told Us Weekly, adding that Spade's nerdy humor is helping her get over Richie Sambora. ...

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Tom Cruise may have found a way to keep Katie Holmes from violating the precepts of Scientology and shrieking in pain when she gives birth to their child.
It's a specially crafted adult pacifier, reports Star magazine.

'He commissioned an adult-sized 'binky' for her to clench between her teeth, hoping that it'll squelch her screams,' a source tells the mag. 'In keeping with a Scientology silent birth, Tom is prepared to do whatever it takes to muffle Katie's moans and groans during the delivery.'

Cruise's PR rep, Arnold Robinson, denied the existence of an adult pacifier. As for its manufacture, a spokeswoman for NYU's School of Dentistry told Lowdown: 'We haven't heard of it, but it doesn't mean a dentist wouldn't do it.'

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986, discouraged painkillers during delivery and preached that birth should be silent to 'save both the sanity of the mother and the child and safeguard the home to which they will go.' The Scientology.org Web site explains: 'Having a quiet, gentle birth is all about providing the best possible environment for the birthing mother and her new baby.'

The alleged pacifier, which is reportedly made of plastic and molded to perfectly fit the 27-year-old Katie's mouth, could be deployed very soon. Cruise recently told a German television interviewer: 'Katie could be having our baby at any minute.'

And the 43-year-old Cruise - who three years ago spent several months wearing braces - likely knows a friendly orthodontist who could help get such a contraption made.

Star also reports that Holmes - with Scientology minder Jessica Rodriguez often at her side - has been spending long days at the Celebrity Centre in Hollywood and is under pressure to renounce her Catholic upbringing and fully embrace Scientology.

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Maybe Daisy, the Maltese poodle that Nick Lachey gave Jessica Simpson for her birthday, was channeling some of Nick's feelings for his estranged wife when the dog scratched her badly enough to require seven stitches on Sunday in Santa Fe, N.M., where Simpson is shooting the comedy 'Employee of the Month.' A source tells The National Enquirer: 'It was a clean gash to the left eye, and there was a bit of blood, but luckily it was quickly fixed. It was a pure accident when Daisy's claw caught Jessica above the eye' during some roughhousing. After her visit to the emergency room, the source said, 'Jessica was in good spirts and more worried about how the scar might affect filming than anything else.' Simpson's spokesman Rob Shuter said the singer 'did have a scratch, but did not have seven stitches.'

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Tom Cruise may have found a way to keep Katie Holmes from violating the precepts of Scientology and shrieking in pain when she gives birth to their child.
It's a specially crafted adult pacifier, reports Star magazine.

'He commissioned an adult-sized 'binky' for her to clench between her teeth, hoping that it'll squelch her screams,' a source tells the mag. 'In keeping with a Scientology silent birth, Tom is prepared to do whatever it takes to muffle Katie's moans and groans during the delivery.'

Cruise's PR rep, Arnold Robinson, denied the existence of an adult pacifier. As for its manufacture, a spokeswoman for NYU's School of Dentistry told Lowdown: 'We haven't heard of it, but it doesn't mean a dentist wouldn't do it.'

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986, discouraged painkillers during delivery and preached that birth should be silent to 'save both the sanity of the mother and the child and safeguard the home to which they will go.' The Scientology.org Web site explains: 'Having a quiet, gentle birth is all about providing the best possible environment for the birthing mother and her new baby.'

The alleged pacifier, which is reportedly made of plastic and molded to perfectly fit the 27-year-old Katie's mouth, could be deployed very soon. Cruise recently told a German television interviewer: 'Katie could be having our baby at any minute.'

And the 43-year-old Cruise - who three years ago spent several months wearing braces - likely knows a friendly orthodontist who could help get such a contraption made.

Star also reports that Holmes - with Scientology minder Jessica Rodriguez often at her side - has been spending long days at the Celebrity Centre in Hollywood and is under pressure to renounce her Catholic upbringing and fully embrace Scientology.

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Why haven't any of her friends or family intervened in any of this? Honestly, we've only heard about what TOM wants and what TOM does...but not a single word from her. Have we even heard her speak since she's been with him???

He's definitely brain-washing her and she's just being submissive...breaks my heart.

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Tom Cruise may have found a way to keep Katie Holmes from violating the precepts of Scientology and shrieking in pain when she gives birth to their child.
It's a specially crafted adult pacifier, reports Star magazine.

'He commissioned an adult-sized 'binky' for her to clench between her teeth, hoping that it'll squelch her screams,' a source tells the mag. 'In keeping with a Scientology silent birth, Tom is prepared to do whatever it takes to muffle Katie's moans and groans during the delivery.'

Cruise's PR rep, Arnold Robinson, denied the existence of an adult pacifier. As for its manufacture, a spokeswoman for NYU's School of Dentistry told Lowdown: 'We haven't heard of it, but it doesn't mean a dentist wouldn't do it.'

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986, discouraged painkillers during delivery and preached that birth should be silent to 'save both the sanity of the mother and the child and safeguard the home to which they will go.' The Scientology.org Web site explains: 'Having a quiet, gentle birth is all about providing the best possible environment for the birthing mother and her new baby.'

The alleged pacifier, which is reportedly made of plastic and molded to perfectly fit the 27-year-old Katie's mouth, could be deployed very soon. Cruise recently told a German television interviewer: 'Katie could be having our baby at any minute.'

And the 43-year-old Cruise - who three years ago spent several months wearing braces - likely knows a friendly orthodontist who could help get such a contraption made.

Star also reports that Holmes - with Scientology minder Jessica Rodriguez often at her side - has been spending long days at the Celebrity Centre in Hollywood and is under pressure to renounce her Catholic upbringing and fully embrace Scientology.

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Why haven't any of her friends or family intervened in any of this? Honestly, we've only heard about what TOM wants and what TOM does...but not a single word from her. Have we even heard her speak since she's been with him???

He's definitely brain-washing her and she's just being submissive...breaks my heart.

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I hear you sister, I completely agree.

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Tom Cruise may have found a way to keep Katie Holmes from violating the precepts of Scientology and shrieking in pain when she gives birth to their child.
It's a specially crafted adult pacifier, reports Star magazine.

'He commissioned an adult-sized 'binky' for her to clench between her teeth, hoping that it'll squelch her screams,' a source tells the mag. 'In keeping with a Scientology silent birth, Tom is prepared to do whatever it takes to muffle Katie's moans and groans during the delivery.'

Cruise's PR rep, Arnold Robinson, denied the existence of an adult pacifier. As for its manufacture, a spokeswoman for NYU's School of Dentistry told Lowdown: 'We haven't heard of it, but it doesn't mean a dentist wouldn't do it.'

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986, discouraged painkillers during delivery and preached that birth should be silent to 'save both the sanity of the mother and the child and safeguard the home to which they will go.' The Scientology.org Web site explains: 'Having a quiet, gentle birth is all about providing the best possible environment for the birthing mother and her new baby.'

The alleged pacifier, which is reportedly made of plastic and molded to perfectly fit the 27-year-old Katie's mouth, could be deployed very soon. Cruise recently told a German television interviewer: 'Katie could be having our baby at any minute.'

And the 43-year-old Cruise - who three years ago spent several months wearing braces - likely knows a friendly orthodontist who could help get such a contraption made.

Star also reports that Holmes - with Scientology minder Jessica Rodriguez often at her side - has been spending long days at the Celebrity Centre in Hollywood and is under pressure to renounce her Catholic upbringing and fully embrace Scientology.

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Why haven't any of her friends or family intervened in any of this? Honestly, we've only heard about what TOM wants and what TOM does...but not a single word from her. Have we even heard her speak since she's been with him???

He's definitely brain-washing her and she's just being submissive...breaks my heart.

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But you forgot my favorite word 'effing'

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Why haven't any of her friends or family intervened in any of this? Honestly, we've only heard about what TOM wants and what TOM does...but not a single word from her. Have we even heard her speak since she's been with him???

He's definitely brain-washing her and she's just being submissive...breaks my heart.

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But you forgot my favorite word 'effing'

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He's effing brainwashing her...and it breaks my effing heart!!!

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Tom Cruise may have found a way to keep Katie Holmes from violating the precepts of Scientology and shrieking in pain when she gives birth to their child.
It's a specially crafted adult pacifier, reports Star magazine.

'He commissioned an adult-sized 'binky' for her to clench between her teeth, hoping that it'll squelch her screams,' a source tells the mag. 'In keeping with a Scientology silent birth, Tom is prepared to do whatever it takes to muffle Katie's moans and groans during the delivery.'

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986, discouraged painkillers during delivery and preached that birth should be silent to 'save both the sanity of the mother and the child and safeguard the home to which they will go.' The Scientology.org Web site explains: 'Having a quiet, gentle birth is all about providing the best possible environment for the birthing mother and her new baby.'

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I hope that she ends up screaming like a maniac - yells a few choice words at him and maybe leaves a few marks in his arm. Not that I wish any pain on her-but this whole staying quiet during child-birth just makes me crazy! and of course it was a man who came up with the idea.

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Tom Cruise may have found a way to keep Katie Holmes from violating the precepts of Scientology and shrieking in pain when she gives birth to their child.
It's a specially crafted adult pacifier, reports Star magazine.

'He commissioned an adult-sized 'binky' for her to clench between her teeth, hoping that it'll squelch her screams,' a source tells the mag. 'In keeping with a Scientology silent birth, Tom is prepared to do whatever it takes to muffle Katie's moans and groans during the delivery.'

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986, discouraged painkillers during delivery and preached that birth should be silent to 'save both the sanity of the mother and the child and safeguard the home to which they will go.' The Scientology.org Web site explains: 'Having a quiet, gentle birth is all about providing the best possible environment for the birthing mother and her new baby.'

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I hope that she ends up screaming like a maniac - yells a few choice words at him and maybe leaves a few marks in his arm. Not that I wish any pain on her-but this whole staying quiet during child-birth just makes me crazy! and of course it was a man who came up with the idea.

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I so agree. If I was Katie I would say to him whenever you try to extract a tooth without novacaine then you can tell me no screaming or no medication to ease the discomfort of child birth. Until then go and scratch your behind somewhere.

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Why haven't any of her friends or family intervened in any of this? Honestly, we've only heard about what TOM wants and what TOM does...but not a single word from her. Have we even heard her speak since she's been with him???

He's definitely brain-washing her and she's just being submissive...breaks my heart.

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But you forgot my favorite word 'effing'

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He's effing brainwashing her...and it breaks my effing heart!!!

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That's my girl!

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Tom Cruise may have found a way to keep Katie Holmes from violating the precepts of Scientology and shrieking in pain when she gives birth to their child.
It's a specially crafted adult pacifier, reports Star magazine.

'He commissioned an adult-sized 'binky' for her to clench between her teeth, hoping that it'll squelch her screams,' a source tells the mag. 'In keeping with a Scientology silent birth, Tom is prepared to do whatever it takes to muffle Katie's moans and groans during the delivery.'

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986, discouraged painkillers during delivery and preached that birth should be silent to 'save both the sanity of the mother and the child and safeguard the home to which they will go.' The Scientology.org Web site explains: 'Having a quiet, gentle birth is all about providing the best possible environment for the birthing mother and her new baby.'

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I hope that she ends up screaming like a maniac - yells a few choice words at him and maybe leaves a few marks in his arm. Not that I wish any pain on her-but this whole staying quiet during child-birth just makes me crazy! and of course it was a man who came up with the idea.

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I so agree. If I was Katie I would say to him whenever you try to extract a tooth without novacaine then you can tell me no screaming or no medication to ease the discomfort of child birth. Until then go and scratch your behind somewhere.

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Eminem has filed for divorce from wife Kimberley Mathers — again — after just 82 days of marriage!

A source close to the rap giant tells Star that divorce papers — under his birth name Marshall Bruce Mathers III — were filed on his behalf on the morning of April 5, at the Macomb County (Mich.) Clerk's office.

Star broke the world-exclusive story last September that the troubled couple (who first wed in 1999, then divorced in 2001) would remarry again in January 2006 — which they did, on the 14th at Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills, eleven miles north of their suburban Detroit home.

Eminem, 33, and Kim, 31, have a daughter, Hailie, 10. He also adopted Kim's daughter Whitney, 3, from another relationship, and they've been sharing their home with Kim's niece, Alaina, 12.

As Star previously reported, Eminem's grandmother has said she believes the couple did not have a prenup.

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Eminem has filed for divorce from wife Kimberley Mathers — again — after just 82 days of marriage!

A source close to the rap giant tells Star that divorce papers — under his birth name Marshall Bruce Mathers III — were filed on his behalf on the morning of April 5, at the Macomb County (Mich.) Clerk's office.

Star broke the world-exclusive story last September that the troubled couple (who first wed in 1999, then divorced in 2001) would remarry again in January 2006 — which they did, on the 14th at Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills, eleven miles north of their suburban Detroit home.

Eminem, 33, and Kim, 31, have a daughter, Hailie, 10. He also adopted Kim's daughter Whitney, 3, from another relationship, and they've been sharing their home with Kim's niece, Alaina, 12.

As Star previously reported, Eminem's grandmother has said she believes the couple did not have a prenup.

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Geee I wonder why this doesn't surprise me.

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Eminem has filed for divorce from wife Kimberley Mathers — again — after just 82 days of marriage!

A source close to the rap giant tells Star that divorce papers — under his birth name Marshall Bruce Mathers III — were filed on his behalf on the morning of April 5, at the Macomb County (Mich.) Clerk's office.

Star broke the world-exclusive story last September that the troubled couple (who first wed in 1999, then divorced in 2001) would remarry again in January 2006 — which they did, on the 14th at Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills, eleven miles north of their suburban Detroit home.

Eminem, 33, and Kim, 31, have a daughter, Hailie, 10. He also adopted Kim's daughter Whitney, 3, from another relationship, and they've been sharing their home with Kim's niece, Alaina, 12.

As Star previously reported, Eminem's grandmother has said she believes the couple did not have a prenup.

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Geee I wonder why this doesn't surprise me.

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DITTO

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Beyonce Knowles offers Whitney help
2006-04-05 12:40:04


Beyonce Knowles has vowed to help Whitney Houston beat her alleged addiction to crack cocaine.

The sexy singer was horrified by reports the 80s pop superstar - who is married to Bobby Brown - is hooked on drugs and living in squalor.

She wrote to Whitney - who discovered Beyonce when she was in Destiny's Child and helped write and produce many of her tracks - to offer her support as soon as she read the allegations.

A source is quoted in Britain's Daily Star newspaper as saying: 'Beyonce will do what it takes to sort Whitney out. She needs her friends around her and Beyonce would never give up on anybody.'

The ' Crazy In Love' isn't the only star to have rushed to Whitney's aid.

Last week, it was revealed Mary J. Blige is praying for the troubled diva.

She said: 'I'm saddened by the whole thing. Whitney is technically the best vocalist in the business.'

But the 'One' singer insists the star - whose once stunning looks have been ravaged by her habit - can pull through and re-launch her career.

She said: 'Whitney will come through. I have every faith that she will make a breakthrough. I'm just praying for her now.'
_______________________________________All I have to say to Beyonce is good luck b/c you have a long road ahead of you trying to help Whitney. She is far gone, and it's sad

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Tom Cruise Reveals His Abusive Childhood

Wednesday Apr 05, 2006 9:00am EST
By Stephen M. Silverman
CREDIT: MARTIN SCHUTT / COLOURPRESS / JPI

With fiancée Katie Holmes close to giving birth, Tom Cruise has admitted his own father was no role model.

Speaking to Parade magazine, Cruise – who has two children with ex-wife Nicole Kidman – said of his father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III, 'He was a bully and a coward – the person where, if something goes wrong, they kick you. … It was a great lesson in my life, how he'd lull you in, make you feel safe and then, bang!'

Cruise, 43, says, 'For me it was like, 'There's something wrong with this guy. Don't trust him. Be careful around him.' There's that anxiety.'

When Cruise was 12, his mother left his father, taking Cruise and his sister Lee Anne with her. The actor tried for a reconciliation 10 years later, when his father 'was in the hospital dying of cancer, and he would only meet me on the basis that I didn't ask him anything about the past.'



This may explain alot

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Eminem and Kim need to just give it up already