Brooke Shields has revealed that Tom Cruise “finally” apologized for ranting about his antidepressant use in a shocking 2005 interview.
Cruise, now 61, was widely criticized when he weighed in on Shields, 59, admitting to using drugs during her battle with postpartum depression in the book Down Came The Rain during a talk on The Today Show.
He said: “There’s a woman here and I care about Brooke Shields because I think she’s an incredibly talented woman.” Look, where has your career gone?… These drugs are dangerous.
‘What I’m saying about Brooke is that there is misinformation. She doesn’t understand the history of psychiatry…she doesn’t know what these drugs are, and for her to promote them is irresponsible.’
He added that medications “don’t cure anything” and said, “You can use vitamins to help a woman get through those things,” prompting Shields to respond at the time and point to her Scientology beliefs: “Have you had a Baby? Tom should dedicate himself to saving the world from aliens and let the women decide what treatment is best for them.
The Pretty Baby star wrote in a new tome, Brooke Shields Can’t Age: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman, that the Top Gun star had regretted her words and asked for her forgiveness.
Brooke Shields has revealed that Tom Cruise “finally” apologized for ranting about his antidepressant use in a shocking 2005 interview.
Cruise, now 61, was widely criticized when he weighed in on Shields, 59, admitting to using drugs during her battle with postpartum depression in the book Down Came The Rain during a talk on The Today Show. He said, “Where has your career gone?” ?… These drugs are dangerous.
She wrote: “It wasn’t the best apology in the world, but it’s what he was capable of and I accepted it.”
‘If Tom had attacked me publicly before I became a mother, I probably would have stayed silent. I would have ignored his ridiculous rant.
‘I could have been content to sit by while this very famous man appropriated my experience to promote his own (misleading) agenda. I would have been satisfied if his behavior spoke for itself.
“A decade earlier, I might have even regretted sharing my story or felt insecure that perhaps my career was stalling while a powerful male movie star pointed the finger at me, certain I would never have a chance in that fight.”
She said she was not only “defending herself” against “Irrational and dangerous comments from an uneducated actor who spoke out of his depth,” but also “stimulating debates about the reality and prevalence of postpartum depression.”
In 2006, Shields revealed that Cruise had come to her house to personally apologize.
She told Jay Leno: ‘He came to my house and apologized to me from the bottom of his heart. And he apologized for getting me involved in the whole thing and for everything that happened.
At the time, Cruise’s spokesperson stated that ‘he has not changed his position on antidepressants, which, as evidenced by the black label warnings issued by the FDA on these types of medications, are unhealthy.’
He added that medications “don’t cure anything” and said, “You can use vitamins to help a woman get through those things,” prompting Shields to respond at the time and point to her Scientology beliefs: “Have you had a Baby? Tom should keep saving the world from aliens and let the women decide what treatment is best for them.
The Pretty Baby star wrote in a new tome, Brooke Shields Can’t Age: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman, that the Top Gun star had regretted her words and asked for her forgiveness.
In 2006, Shields revealed that Cruise had come to her house to personally apologize. She told Jay Leno: ‘He came to my house and apologized to me from the bottom of his heart. And he apologized for involving me in the whole thing and for everything that happened’ – Cruise in the 2023 photo.
In 2023, Shields revealed that Cruise had mysteriously stopped sending her a coconut cake every Christmas.
The Manhattan native talking to PeopleHe said she ‘was on the list for a while’ until suddenly Cakes stopped making it.
Cruise annually sends those in his Hollywood circle the $126 pound cake made by Doan’s Bakery in Woodland Hills, California, according to the publication.
The actress and model said she was “very happy” to receive the cake every holiday season.
“I was on the list for a while; I had a good 10-year career and I got the coconut cake every year,” said the actress, who has been promoting her new Hulu documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields. .
Shields told the magazine that the cakes were initially a gift from Cruise, his ex-wife Katie Holmes, 44, and their daughter Suri, 16, and that she removed the names of the latter two from the attached cards and gradually stopped sending them. cakes.
“It was theirs and Suri’s, so it was the three of them, and soon it wasn’t Suri or Katie and it was just Tom,” Shields said. ‘Then it went from just being Tom for a while, but not every holiday. And then the cake stopped.
Cruise and Holmes, who were first romantically linked in 2005, separated in June 2012 after five years of marriage.
He was last seen publicly with Suri in 2013, and a source told Dailymail.com last month that the Top Gun star has “no part” 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, with husband Chris Henchy, in April 2006. The following year, the celebrity couples 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 said, ‘Hell yeah, I’m going,'” adding that the experience “was extraordinary.”
He said he has no idea “what happened” that led Cruise to 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.’