Brooke Shields has revealed that Tom Cruise ‘eventually’ apologized for her rants about her use of antidepressants in a shocking 2005 interview.
Cruise, now 61, was widely criticized when he interfered with Shields, 59, and admitted to using the drugs during her battle with postpartum depression in the book Down Came The Rain during a conversation on The Today Show,
He said, “Here’s a woman, and I care about Brooke Shields because I think she’s an incredibly talented woman. Look, where has her career gone?… These drugs are dangerous.
“What I’m saying about Brooke is that there is misinformation out there. She doesn’t understand the history of psychiatry… she doesn’t know what these drugs are, and it’s irresponsible for her to promote them.”
He added the drugs “cure nothing” and said, “You can take vitamins to help a woman through those things” — which led to Shields hitting back at the time and addressing his Scientology beliefs: “Does He Have a Baby ? Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and letting women decide what treatment is best for them.”
The Pretty Baby star wrote in the new book Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman that the Top Gun star had regretted his words and said sorry to her.
Brooke Shields has revealed that Tom Cruise ‘eventually’ apologized for her rants about her use of antidepressants in a shocking 2005 interview
Cruise, now 61, was widely criticized when he interfered with Shields, 59, admitting to using the drugs during her battle with postpartum depression in the book Down Came The Rain during a conversation on The Today Show. He said: ‘Where has her career gone?… These drugs are dangerous.
She wrote, “It wasn’t the best apology in the world, but it was what he was capable of, and I accepted it.”
‘If Tom had publicly berated me before I became a mother, I probably would have stayed quiet. I would have ignored his ridiculous rant.
“Maybe I would have been content to sit back while this very famous man hijacked my experience to further his own (failed) agenda. I would have been satisfied if his behavior spoke for itself.
“Ten years earlier, I might have even regretted sharing my story or felt insecure that my career might have stalled while a powerful male movie star singled me out, certain that I would never have a chance in that fight. ‘
She said she wasn’t just ‘standing up for herself’ ‘irrational and dangerous comments from an untrained actor who spoke far beyond his depth’ but also ‘incitement[ing] discussions about the reality and prevalence of postpartum depression.”
In 2006, Shields revealed that Cruise had come to her house to apologize in person.
She told Jay Leno: “He came to my house and gave me a sincere apology. And he apologized for getting me involved and for everything that happened.”
At the time, Cruise’s spokesperson said, “he has not changed his position on antidepressants, which, as evidenced by the FDA’s black label warnings on these types of drugs, are unhealthy.”
He added that the drugs “cure nothing” and said, “You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things” — which led Shields to hit back at the time, addressing his Scientology beliefs: “Did he a baby? Tom must stick to saving the world from aliens and letting women decide what treatment is best for them’
The Pretty Baby star wrote in the new book Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman that the Top Gun star had regretted his words and said sorry to her.
In 2006, Shields revealed that Cruise had come to her house to apologize in person. She told Jay Leno: “He came to my house and gave me a sincere apology. And he apologized for getting me involved and for everything that happened’ – Cruise in pictures in 2023
In 2023, Shields revealed that Cruise had mysteriously stopped sending her a coconut cake every Christmas.
The Manhattan resident contradicts Peoplesaid she had ‘been on the list for a while’ until the cakes suddenly stopped.
Cruise annually sends people in his Hollywood circle the $126 bundt cake, released by Doan’s Bakery in Woodland Hills, California, the publication said.
The actress and model said she was “very happy” to receive the cake during the holidays.
“I’ve been on the list for a while — I had a good run for 10 years and I got the coconut cake every year,” said the actress, who was on the promotional trail for her new Hulu doc Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields .
Shields noted to the magazine that the cakes were initially a gift from Cruise, his ex-wife Katie Holmes, 44, and their daughter Suri, 16, and that he had taken the names off the last two of the accompanying cards and was slowly putting them away sending the cakes. cakes.
“It was theirs and Suri, so it was all three of them, and soon it was no Suri and no Katie and just Tom,” Shields said. ‘Then it went from just Tom for a while, but not every holiday. And then the cake ended.”
Cruise and Holmes – who first had a romantic relationship in 2005 – split in June 2012 after five years of marriage.
The last time he was seen publicly with Suri was in 2013, and a source told Ny Breaking.com last month that the Top Gun star “plays no role” in his daughter’s life.
Cruise and Holmes welcomed Suri on the same day at the same hospital where Shields gave birth to her second daughter Grier in April 2006 with husband Chris Henchy. The following year, the celebrities hosted a joint birthday party for the children.
Shields said Cruise and Holmes “invited us to their wedding” in Italy in November 2006. She said, “I was like, ‘Hell, yeah, I’m going,'” adding that the experience “was extraordinary.”
She said she has no idea “what happened” to make Cruise stop sending the cakes, adding, “I want to get back on that cake list.” It’s the best cake. Tom, I need to get back on the cake list.”