Cruise Slams Shields' Drug Use
Tom Cruise has criticized Hollywood pal Brook Shields' "misguided" use of the anti-depressant Paxil, while declaring the actress' career as over.
In an interview with Billy Bush on TV show Access Hollywood, to be screened on Thursday, Cruise speaks of his disappointment to learn Shields used Paxil to fight post-natal depression following the birth of her daughter Rowan. Shields is currently weaning herself off her medication so she and husband Chris Henchy can have another child.
Cruise, who claims to have helped hundreds of people fight drug addictions through his controversial Scientology religion, says the Suddenly Susan actress should have used vitamins to help her feelings of despair. Cruise says, "Here is a woman, and I care about Brook Shields because I think she is an incredibly talented woman. You look at, where has her career gone?" Despite the Minority Report actor's declaration her career is over, Shields is currently receiving rave reviews playing murderess Roxie Hart in the London theatre production of Chicago. Cruise maintains, "These drugs are dangerous. I have actually helped people come off. When you talk about postpartum, you can take people today, women, and what you do is you use vitamins. There is a hormonal thing that is going on, scientifically, you can prove that. But when you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that. You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things."
Source: IMDB
6 comments:
oh no...there's no science behind brain chemistry...yeah.
my question is what exactly is
HE on?
He's on Scientology baby!
I totally agree with you Carolyn, what DOES he know about Postpardum? He couldn't impregnant his previous wives so he obviously didn't get to see the hormones first hand.
It just seems that everytime I turn on the computer or TV there's Tom Cruise being a grade A Asshole. And you rarely hear anyone call him on it.
I've never been a fan of his acting, his cocky little grin or his pulsating temples but ever since he decided to dump his wife 2 days before their 10th Anniversary so he wouldn't have to pay her half and didn't even have the balls to admit that he had fallen in love with someone else he became even a bigger loser then I already thoguht he was.
But now this:
Katie/virgin/Holmes/weirdness/jumping all over Oprah's couch/Scientology preaching/thinks he's a doctor/God
All I can say is, I'm beyond aggrivated.
What a complete and utter idiot. How dare he?
One thing's for sure vitamins can't cure what ails him. Even while watching Oprah the other day I thought he needed massive therapy.
All the comments above were brilliant. Much deserved.
Between Oprah and Access Hollywood he seemed like her was either high or having a manic episode. He really needs to get a clue!!!
Prejudice causes depression after childbirth, menopause, andropause, and puberty. Doctors don't test hormone levels in females or males, yet low estrogen in women and low testosterone in males both cause depression. Medical science already knows this but does not apply it. Prejudice against women's change in hormones is considered mental, but given enough estrogen to get through changes and there is "no" depression. Prejudice causes depression.
Im a psychiatrist and Im appalled. If you want to see how bad this really is check out the connection between scientology and the Citizens Comission on Humans Rights. Yahoo will pull it up. And for the person who said we dont use hormones to treat mental illness, I use them routinely.
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