# Why Brooke Shields, that was spoken like a first class smartass! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799 "2005-06-03T23:08:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/21 "2005-06-04T13:28:09Z")
> [@yBeayf](#): > > It’s true. Upper-level Scientologists really do believe that Assuming, of course, that upper level Scientologists actually believe in Scientology at all, which I expect is true for only some of them. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/22 "2005-06-04T15:43:27Z")
To get back to the original subject, I am SO glad Brooke Shields had the guts to say something back. What Cruise said was so ignorant I get all incoherent trying to write about it. And does anyone take this Scientology shit seriously? Why is it considered a religion? And I think she meant the child’s ticket was for him because he acts so childish. ---
**Author:** ![Domokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Domokun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domokun)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/23 "2005-06-04T15:59:33Z")
Celebrity + whacky scam religion = fair game ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/24 "2005-06-04T16:03:16Z")
Tom’s _Oprah_ appearance and Scientological musings have his former manager Pat Kingsley using them as [damage control lessons](http://www.jossip.com/gossip/tom-cruise/cruise-control-toms-caa-reps-beg-his-managersister-to-control-him-20050601.php). ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/25 "2005-06-04T16:05:19Z")
Excellent comeback by Brooke Shields. And she was great in _Freeway_. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/26 "2005-06-04T16:05:44Z")
PS- [Somebody has way too much time](http://nationalwatercooler.com/tomonomovie.html) (but some good video equipment). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/27 "2005-06-04T16:06:59Z")
> [@well he's back](#): > > And does anyone take this Scientology shit seriously? Unfortunately, yes. Check out my link. > [@](#): > > Why is it considered a religion? Beats the crap outta me. Not all countries agree, thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/28 "2005-06-04T16:38:29Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > PS- [Somebody has way too much time](http://nationalwatercooler.com/tomonomovie.html) (but some good video equipment). That was embarrassing to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/29 "2005-06-04T20:09:06Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > PS- [Somebody has way too much time](http://nationalwatercooler.com/tomonomovie.html) (but some good video equipment). For some reason I was expecting to see him jumping around with Yakety Sax playing in the background, a la Ashley Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/30 "2005-06-04T22:33:35Z")
Tom’s stock has dropped a lot recently with his pubescent behavior over a woman he has known for less than 2 months. Now he’s fixing to do a freefall. If he wants to opine about pharmaceuticals v. holistic medicine, that’s okay by me. There’s room for debate. But if you’d like to join in on the debate, you should be prepared to bring along some facts to the table. To say “these women should just take vitamins” is simplistic and offensive to women who are struggling with PPD. And then Cruise attacked Shields re her career. How bizarre and ungentlemanly of him. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/31 "2005-06-04T23:37:37Z")
of course, mr cruise hasn’t dealt with a preg. wife, he divorced his wife when she was preg. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/32 "2005-06-05T00:01:59Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > How bizarre and ungentlemanly of him. Given that he beat the crap out of his first wife, read what is said to be a heartbreakingly touching poem to his second wife on their anniversary, and then filed for divorce a short time later, methinks the term “gentlemanly” should **never** be applied to Cruise. Ratbastard and shorty, however, strike me as fair game. The first time Nicole Kidman appeared on Letterman after the divorce, Dave asked her about the big changes in her life, and Nicole pointedly said, “I can wear heels for the first time in years.” which sounds to me like the ratbastard had issues with his wife being taller than him. I thought Scientology was supposed to correct “issues” like that. Frankly, I hope that if Brooke Shields ever runs into Cruise in Hollywood or where ever, she promptly beats the daylights out of him. (Wouldn’t be that hard for her, I don’t think, she’s probably a good 3 inches taller than him.) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/33 "2005-06-05T00:26:04Z")
One thing that I like about Brooke is that even though she is straight, she is confident enough to have appeared a couple of times on the cover of a magazine that I believe is generally for gays and lesbians. Tom Cruise’s comments about not taking medication for depression also bothered me. As a public figure in a position of having a lot of influence over very vulnerable people, he really shouldn’t be practicing medicine without a license. Really bad form. He has a right not to be persecuted for his beliefs though. (He had it coming from Brooke, however.) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/34 "2005-06-05T00:35:28Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Given that he beat the crap out of his first wife That’s a pretty serious accusation. Citation? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/35 "2005-06-05T01:34:59Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > That’s a pretty serious accusation. Citation? “News” accounts (i.e. _Entertainment Tonight_, etc., etc.) at the time. IIRC, it was in the late 80s before domestic abuse became the hot button issue it has in the wake of the Nicole Brown/Ron Goldman slayings. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/36 "2005-06-05T01:46:32Z")
And can you find any mention of this accusation from any trustworthy site on the Web? Anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/37 "2005-06-05T01:46:53Z")
> [@The Hook](#): > > Har har har. He’s short. > > _ **Up next:** _ “ **rockle** ” (doing!) makes fun of the elderly, the overweight, people who wear glasses, and people who are just different! > > :dubious: > > Come on, we’re talking about a joke with class. Keep up with the program. Agreed. All the “OMGWTFLOL, HE’S SHORT!!1!11!” posts are more than a bit ironic considering the OP and just asinine besides. The average height for American males is 5’9" and Cruise is 5’7", two whole inches shorter than the mean. Shields, on the other hand, is 6’0", nine inches taller than the 5’3" average for American women. OMGWTFLOL, SHE’S AN AMAZON!!1!11! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/38 "2005-06-05T01:52:46Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > And can you find any mention of this accusation from any trustworthy site on the Web? Anywhere? I’ve no desire to search it out. If you’re all hot and bothered by the matter, then go digging for it. What’s it matter if I find an account of it on [thesmokinggun.com](http://thesmokinggun.com) or somewhere else or not? Is it going to change ticket sales for his movies? Nope. Does it matter in the grand scheme of things? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/39 "2005-06-05T02:01:41Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > And can you find any mention of this accusation from any trustworthy site on the Web? Anywhere? You get cite-happy about the strangest things sometimes. It may or may not have happened; do you not believe he saw the report? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brooke-shields-that-was-spoken-like-a-first-class-smartass/306799/40 "2005-06-05T05:40:57Z")
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