Cruise Has No Control

I am fed up with Tom Cruise. He is seriously getting on my last nerve. For me, my true disdain started back when he was on The Today Show with Matt Lauer and seemed to profess to know more about psychiatry than everyone else. I had never seen the entire interview, just snippets here and there. So, on Monday night, I watched his interview on Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People of the Year special, and I saw another piece of the aforementioned appearance on The Today Show, where he told Matt Lauer, "Matt, Matt, Matt... You're glib... You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do." That is so condescending; if he had said that to me, I probably would have slapped him. Yeah, I'll believe that statement when I see the letters DR. before your name. I really think he has no business deciding what is scientifically right or wrong. Of course, he can have his opinions, but to spew them like his word is the Bible is just irresponsible and arrogant. For him to say that there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance, shows to me that he is refuting the evidence of years of scientific research, by people who actually know what they're talking about.

Then, taking that a step further, while speaking with Barbara Walters, Cruise credited himself with "465,000 children" being taken off of Ritalin after he spoke out about the dangers of psychiatric drugs in the Matt Lauer interview. Give me a break. Who died and made you the authority on psychiatric drugs??

I can see it now...a hypothetical conversation...

Person #1: "Yeah, I decided to stop taking anti-depressants...but my doctor doesn't think it's a good idea."
Person #2: "Oh really? So, why are you doing it then?"
Person #1: "Well, because Tom Cruise said so."

And to top this all off, I read today that old TC has bought a sonogram machine so he, himself, can do the sonograms at home. Here's a snippet that explains the position of the American College of Radiology:

The ACR issued a statement warning that Cruise and Holmes could potentially harm their unborn baby by performing ultrasounds without the benefit of a doctor's supervision.

"This is a patient safety issue. Untrained people, even if they have the financial means, should not buy, or be allowed to buy and operate, ultrasound machines which are, in fact, medical devices and should not be used without a medical indication," said Dr. Carol M. Rumack, chair of the ACR Ultrasound Commission.

"The ACR is concerned that Tom Cruise has been badly advised regarding the use and potential abuse of ultrasound," Dr. Rumack stated. "There are many abnormalities that may be missed by the untrained eye. Also, if it is not medically necessary, the use of ultrasound raises unnecessary physical risk to the fetus."

His behavior actually stops me from wanting to watch his movies. I'm still convinced that's the reason why War of the Worlds didn't do so hot in the box office. I rented it recently because I typically like Steven Spielberg movies but, sad to say, Mr. Spielberg---Arrogant Mr. Cruise killed it for you.