# Pics of Suri With the Lunatic Fringe For a Pop **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609 "2006-09-06T09:33:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/1 "2006-09-06T09:33:12Z")
[Apparently, she’s going to be shown off in _Vanity Fair_.](http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/pressroom/) > [@](#): > > “It seemed only natural to have Annie take the first public photographs of Suri,” says Cruise of their decision to allow Leibovitz to photograph the baby. “Annie is the only professional photographer who ever shot Bella and Connor as children.” > > “The moment the doctor handed me Suri,” Holmes tells Sarkin, “I was just ready. The feeling is indescribable. All I can say is the moment I looked in her eyes I felt like … Mom.” Holmes continues: “She’s a glorious girl. She’s the miracle of our life.” > > The October issue of _Vanity Fair_ hits newsstands in New York and Los Angeles on September 6, and nationally by September 12. You know, it looks to me like the cover pic has been heavily retouched. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/2 "2006-09-06T09:50:50Z")
To me it looks like Suri is Asian… Or perhaps Thetan? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/3 "2006-09-06T09:56:37Z")
I’ve got to say, that is one pretty baby. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/4 "2006-09-06T10:34:40Z")
Check out that pose – Tom holding the baby, Katie looking on, definitely on the edge of the action. Yikes. I ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/5 "2006-09-06T10:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] To me it looks like Suri is Asian… Or perhaps Thetan? [/QUOTE] Did katie have an Asian milkman, or perhaps postman? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/6 "2006-09-06T11:23:34Z")
It’s not a real baby. Clearly it’s a digital composite. Katie looks youthful. Tom looks ancient. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/7 "2006-09-06T11:35:54Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Check out that pose – Tom holding the baby, Katie looking on, definitely on the edge of the action. Yikes. I [/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/8 "2006-09-06T11:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] To me it looks like Suri is Asian… [/QUOTE] I thought the same thing. Perhaps there was a mix-up at the sperm bank? She’s way too cute to be his kid. ---
**Author:** ![Smitten\_Swine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@Smitten\_Swine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitten_Swine)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/9 "2006-09-06T11:56:22Z")
This little bit of gossip has been making the internet rounds: > [@](#): > > A source from the Vanity Fair shoot of Suri Cruise says the baby looks enough like Cruise and Holmes for their parentage to be plausible, but that it is a bit of a runt, and required 21 days of photography, plus three days of digital touching-up, before the magazine and celebrity parents had a cover image they liked. Normally I’m very eh about net gossip but the artificial look of the photos has me thinking this one may be plausible. Is the baby wearing a toupee? ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/10 "2006-09-06T11:59:19Z")
Why is the baby wearing a toupe? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/11 "2006-09-06T12:40:21Z")
Ditto- I came in here to say that no baby I’ve ever seen has hair that dark. It looks dyed. Also, the kid looks a lot older than it really is. However, Suri has her mom’s pretty eyes, so she has that going for her. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Big\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_G)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/12 "2006-09-06T12:44:11Z")
I had the same thought about the hair. As it happens, my son was born the same day as Suri and he barely has any hair and it’s not longer than half an inch. That looks like the amount I would expect on a 1 year old. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/13 "2006-09-06T12:55:33Z")
BTW, I forgot to say – “ **Tuckerfan** – outstanding thread title!” ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/14 "2006-09-06T13:02:56Z")
These photos were supposedly taken in July when Suri was 3 months old. That is _not_ a 3 month old baby. No way, no how. She appears to be wearing a wig with her natural hair color showing at the hairline but I just cannot believe that Vanity Fair would not retouch a cover photograph so it wouldn’t show this so blatantly. Unless this is Vanity Fair’s way of gaining more publicity and selling more copies? I’ve read that it took 21 days to retouch the photos to Tom’s liking. Maybe VF ran an untouched photo for the cover? She’s a very cute baby but I still stand by my theory that she is not a product of any unholy union between Tom and Katie. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/15 "2006-09-06T13:33:53Z")
I just IM’d Doper Ellen Cherry with “The picture of Suri Cruise looks photoshopped” and I am delighted to see others feel similarly. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/16 "2006-09-06T13:41:35Z")
Oh, come on, people…I’ve seen babies with a full head of (usually) dark hair before…had one in the store just the other day, in fact. Stop looking for conspiracies and trickery. Yes, I’m sure there’s a bit of retouching as in any magazine picture, but check it against the rest of the pictures inside when the issue comes out, and remember that every baby is different…just because yours was bald, doesn’t mean ever baby is bald at birth! But do you think maybe Katie had a bout of post-partum depression herself, and that’s why Tom apologized to Brooke? Not pp-psychosis, but the normal baby blues. I think once you go through it as a family you realize how real it is. I was lucky, mine only lasted a day or two, but maybe she’s been out of the spotlight because hers lasted a while. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/17 "2006-09-06T13:47:53Z")
I see nothing wrong with the baby, lots of babies are born with a full head of hair. Their baby is cute but i wouldn’t say she was the most beautiful baby ever. TOm and Katie look a little haggard however. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/18 "2006-09-06T13:49:44Z")
I just got the threat title. Good one. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/19 "2006-09-06T14:00:52Z")
I think it’s nice how Tom’s jacket hides the body fur and tentacles. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609/20 "2006-09-06T14:02:47Z")
Yeah, some babies do have that much hair (not my 3 month old cueball son though). I have taken enough pictures of my son though that I know he looks different in every one. Some make him look fat, skinny, bored, angelic, cross-eyed, etc. Take dozens of them and your bound to get a good one. Add to that lots of airbrushing and color enhancement (deep blue eyes, dark black hair, olive skin) and that’s probably not even close to what the baby looks like in real life. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-suri-with-the-lunatic-fringe-for-a-pop/371609.md?page=2)