It has not gone unnoticed that Tom Cruise suddenly started presenting his inner wack job right around the time he fired his long-time publicist and hired his sister to be his PR person. Well, now she’s gone: IMDb link (time-sensitive).
So – do we have a return to sanity in the offing? or at least a return to an appearance of sanity?
He did, however, present himself as a “nice guy” leading man type for, what, 20 years or so? First sign of crackage was his divorce from Nicole – and then his antics over the last year and a half or so has left all celeb watchers saying “whoa…”
Can his reputation be saved? Or is he permanently in the “nuts” category now, as far as the “ET”-watcher on the street is concerned? How will this affect his ability to get those huge-paying roles? When was his last hit?
Hasn’t anyone thought that it isn’t Tom but rather Katie?
He was cool till she came along.
When you see a guy, reach for stars in the sky, you can bet that he’s doing it for some doll.
His sister is ‘being promoted’ to overseeing his charity work.
This seems likely. When he was with Pat Kingsley his reputation was quite stable, and he came off as rather likable, friendly, and most importantly, sane. She sounds like a damn good publicist (as long as you’re a client).
IIRC, Kingsley’s nickname is “Komodo Dragon”. She’s known to be a total bully when it comes to her clients image.
I find it amusing that in less than a year, Tom Cruise has gone from a major movie star and heartthrob to a cult-obsessed nutjob and the laughingstock of Hollywood. Whatever he was paying Kingsley to hide the crazy, it wasn’t enough.
Hiring a new publicist at this point though, is like close the barn door after the horses.