# South Park 11-16-05: Tom Cruise won't come out of the Closet and Scientology. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437 "2005-11-17T03:16:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/81 "2005-11-18T20:24:09Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > You know I never understood all the Tom is gay stuff. He is a flake and a poor actor but I never thought he was gay or cared. The reason it’s so popular is that he protests waaay too much. Instead of ignoring gay rumors he takes everyone to court. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/82 "2005-11-18T20:27:58Z")
The only disappointing one I saw was **Jason Lee**. I thought he would be too smart and take too much of a ribbing from **Kevin Smith**. > [@](#): > > **Jerry Seinfeld** , comedian (left Scientology early on, but “had a good experience with it”[1]); made fun of scientology in the episode of Seinfeld, “The Parking Garage”. Jim ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/83 "2005-11-18T20:32:37Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > The reason it’s so popular is that he protests waaay too much. Instead of ignoring gay rumors he takes everyone to court. Oh the Mike Piazza syndrome. I will hold a press conference to protest I am not gay and therefore lots of people now believe it even more. Or as I like to call it “BS”. Tom is probably just a stupid homophobe. As he is stupid in many other ways, why not this. Jim ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/84 "2005-11-18T20:46:29Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > And do they deny that “BATTLEFIELD EARTH” was based on their doctrine? Or Travolta was in that movie? **Battlefield Earth** was based on the book of the same name, not **Dianetics** , which is The Book of Scientology. I can’t tell if you’re joking or not, so I thought a correction was in order. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/85 "2005-11-18T21:39:48Z")
Here’s kind of an amusing website, if anyone’s interested. [www.tomcruiseisnuts.com](http://www.tomcruiseisnuts.com) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/86 "2005-11-18T22:26:45Z")
CNN has a video segment about the episode, “Did ‘South Park’ go too far in mocking Tom Cruise?” Good for them. Someone at CNN wants to make sure everyone sees the episode, or at least hears about it. It’s funny though, I don’t think they even mentioned John Travolta being in the closet too. I’d link to the video segment, but I don’t think a direct link to the video will work. It’s on the CNN front page (for now). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/87 "2005-11-18T23:09:07Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > It’s funny though, I don’t think they even mentioned John Travolta being in the closet too. He was just in it because he’s a famous Scientologist; I’ve never heard any gay rumors about Travolta. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/88 "2005-11-19T00:02:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > He was just in it because he’s a famous Scientologist; I’ve never heard any gay rumors about Travolta. You may not have heard them, but the rumors about Travolta go back years. It was definitely about the gay for him as well. Absolutely not saying that he is or he isn’t. Not that there’s anything wrong with it if he is. Just saying, the rumors are out there. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/89 "2005-11-19T00:08:25Z")
Another entertaining view of the people of X: [You Are A Fucking Moron](http://www.zipperfish.net/free/yaafm11.php) No, not you personally… ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/90 "2005-11-19T00:25:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Here’s a list of famous Scientologists (including ex-Scientologists): [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_Scientologists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scientologists) Very . . . disturbing. What is it about Hollywood? The CoS makes a point of recruiting movie stars and celebrities in general. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/91 "2005-11-19T00:31:15Z")
Here’s your link: [Celebrity Centre](http://www.celebritycentre.org/) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/92 "2005-11-19T00:56:41Z")
They didn’t go easy on them… At least in the Mormon episodes, while they talked about their religion, in the end they depicted the faithful as decent, family-oriented people. They didn’t do the same here. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/93 "2005-11-19T01:17:51Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > The reason it’s so popular is that he protests waaay too much. Instead of ignoring gay rumors he takes everyone to court. Pretty much. After all, what actor HASN’T been accused of being gay-that happens to everyone. Instead of just shrugging it off, he freaks out and starts sueing. I don’t know if he’s gay, but he’s way too high strung and humorless. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437/94 "2005-11-19T01:17:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Here’s a list of famous Scientologists (including ex-Scientologists): [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_Scientologists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scientologists) Very . . . disturbing. What is it about Hollywood? I’ve heard it said that they blackmail people, and with image-conscious celebrities, it could be a natural combination. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-11-16-05-tom-cruise-wont-come-out-of-the-closet-and-scientology/331437.md?page=4)