Judd Apatow roasts Tom Cruise over stature, Scientology beliefs and more
nypost.comstack of phone books Tom Cruise sat on to reach the flight controls,” Apatow teased in his monologue of Cruise’s 5’7” stature and aviation shots in “Top Gun: Maverick,” per Variety.“Remember when Tom Cruise jumped up and down on the couch and we all thought, ‘What a lunatic!'” Apatow remarked, referring to the actor’s infamous interview on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2005. “And now he rides a motorcycle off a cliff and BASE jumps and we’re all like, ‘Tom’s fine!'”“Tom is not fine,” Apatow continued. “Someone needs to explain to him something called CGI.
You’re 60. Calm down.”Cruise is known for doing most of his own stunts, some of which can be seen in his latest film “Top Gun: Maverick,” nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.“But every time he does one of these new stunts, it does feel like an ad for Scientology,” Apatow joked. “I mean, is that in Dianetics?
Because there’s nothing about jumping off a cliff in the Torah.”Apatow then attacked Cruise’s personal decisions, including his parenting and stance on medication.“The only thing he seems to be afraid of is co-parenting and antidepressants,” he said. “I doubled my Prozac today just for this.
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