According to this insider report, almost 20 minutes of the Today Show interview with Tom Cruise were cut from broadcast. Cruise's "people" wanted the Today Show to only air portions of the interview that dealt directly with the War of the Worlds. Obviously, the Today Show producers realized they were sitting on ratings gold and initially refused to cut any part of the interview.
Cruise reps threatened to keep Cruise from appearing on the show ever again if the interview was broadcast as filmed. What was aired appears to be a compromise between the Today Show producers and Cruise PR staff. If what was aired was a compromise to make Cruise look as good as possible, what else could he have possibly said?
Tom: "Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt. Do you even know the history of America? I do. It was founded by L. Ron Hubbard, Matt."
Lauer: "Tom, America was founded before L. Ron Hubbard was even born."
Tom: "Matt, stop being glib. You should be more responsible as a journalist."
2 comments:
You know, it wouldn't at all surprise me if Tom suffered from a "nonexistant" psychiatric disorder himself...doesn't he seem just a little manic these days?
I think that "manic" is the only way to describe his behavior.
I was just waiting for someone with a cognitive science degree to use that word first! :-)
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