Tom Cruise swooped into the Paris Olympics today in a spectacular stunt straight out of Mission Impossible. A fixture at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad since the July 26 Opening Ceremony, the Top Gun star proved the pivot point in Paris’ handover to Los Angeles 2028.
Daniel Craig, the late Queen Elizabeth II and London 2012 may disagree, but Cruise’s long anticipated stunt was full-on Hollywood.
Spotted on the rim of the Stade de France earlier as the two and a half hour and counting closing ceremony rocked with Phoenix and stage invading athletes, Cruise’s decent came just after H.E.R.’s performance of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’.
That soulful rendition of the national anthem was preceded by the Olympic flag being handed over to LA Mayor Karen Bass and Simone Biles.
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