Random Craziest Tom Cruise Scientology Rumors (11 items)

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  (#1) The Rumor: Cruise Is A Key Ambassador For Scientology

  In her 20/20 interview, Remini said that Tom Cruise was one of the main factors leading to her leaving Scientology. She said Cruise is so important to the church that the two are inseparable. Thus, in Scientology logic: an attack on Tom Cruise is an attack on Scientology.

  “Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself,” Remini said. “You are evil.”
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  (#2) The Rumor: Scientology Broke Up Cruise’s Marriage To Nicole Kidman

  Remember when Tom Cruise was married to Nicole Kidman? It’s alleged that the Church of Scientology broke up their marriage and turned their adoptive children against Kidman. The church supposedly told the children that Kidman was a "Suppressive Person" (a Scientology term for those who aren't believers). It didn’t help matters that Kidman’s father was a renowned psychologist in Australia.

  The Church of Scientology allegedly waged an aggressive campaign to get Cruise to dump Kidman, which included wiretapping her phone.
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  (#3) The Rumor: Cruise Doesn't Just Dislike Psychiatry

  Scientology itself is anti-psychiatry. Founder L. Ron Hubbard proclaimed psychiatry was an evil enterprise, a form of terrorism, and the cause of crime. Hubbard’s anti-psychiatry themes were first introduced in his sci-fi books Mission Earth and Battlefield Earth.

  In a famous 2005 interview with Matt Lauer, Tom Cruise defended his criticism of Brooke Shields taking medication for post-partum depression. When Lauer talked about certain drugs helping people he knew, Cruise said: "You're glib." And later in the charged interview, "You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do."
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  (#4) The Rumor: Cruise Freaked Out Jerry O’Connell

  In 2008, Jerry O’Connell made a Tom Cruise Scientology parody video for Funny or Die. O’Connell’s video is a satire of the infamous/intense video interview Cruise gave about Scientology. Cruise wields such power in the Scientology community that O’Connell still avoids him to this day.

  He said on the podcast Allegedly with Theo Von & Matthew Cole Weiss: “I saw [him] at one event and I hid. I had to be at the event. I hid for as long as I could. When it was time to disperse, I literally was the first at valet.”
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  (#5) The Rumor: The Church Auditioned Women For The Role Of Mrs. Tom Cruise

  In the fall of 2004, actress Nazanin Boniadi (Homeland) was reportedly being groomed by the Church to be the next Mrs. Tom Cruise. Boniadi was summoned to meet a high-ranking Scientologist at the Celebrity Center in Hollywood. She was only told that she was selected for a top-secret mission that would entail meeting dignitaries around the world and make the world a better place.

  As a Scientologist, Boniadi jumped on board. She began a month-long process of being audited every day — which included sharing intimate details.

  It didn’t help matters that Boniadi already had a boyfriend. To squash her feelings toward him, Boniadi was allegedly shown confidential information from her Scientologist boyfriend’s auditing tapes, in hopes it would end their relationship. In the end, it's said the Church of Scientology didn’t find her a suitable girlfriend for Cruise and she fell out of favor with the organization.
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  (#6) The Rumor: Cruise Freaked Out Scarlett Johansson

  According to Andrew Morton, author of Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, many Hollywood women were brought in to a Scientology center as potential prospects for Cruise's next girlfriend before the Church chose Katie Holmes.

  Among these women was Scarlett Johansson. Marc Headley, former Scientologist and Sea Org member (author of Blown for Good) said, "They went for Jennifer Garner, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba, in that order. Jennifer and Jessica didn’t bite, but Scarlett… came in for an audition. When she arrived at the address and found out it was the Scientology center in Hollywood, she freaked out and didn’t do a tape.”
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  (#7) The Rumor: A Norwegian Woman Was Tricked Into Screen Testing For The Role Of Mrs. Tom Cruise

  After Tom Cruise broke up with Penelope Cruz, Anette Iren Johansen was supposedly among the many women who unknowingly auditioned for the part of Mrs. Tom Cruise. The Norwegian, now ex-Scientologist, claimed the church "tricked" her into a "screen test."

  Johansen thought she was being summoned by the church to make a Scientology training film. Instead, she was grilled about her personal life. It wasn’t until years later when Johansen read an interview with film director and former Scientologist Paul Haggis that she supposedly realized she had been duped. Haggis mentioned the audition scheme and Johansen thought, "Oh my God that's exactly the process I went through."
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  (#8) The Rumor: Scientology's Leader Forced Workers To Build A Wildflower Field For Cruise

  Lawrence Wright released his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief in 2013. Wright interviewed over 200 people involved in some capacity with Scientology. One anecdote details David Miscavage's failed attempt to please the actor by building a field of wildflowers in the middle of the desert:

  Miscavige heard about the couple’s [Cruise and Kidman] fantasy of running through a field of wildflowers together, so he had members [of Sea Org, a unit of Scientology] plant a section of the desert with them; when that failed to meet his expectations, the meadow was plowed and sodded with grass. When a flood triggered a mudslide that despoiled a romantic bungalow specially constructed for the couple, Miscavige held the entire base responsible and ordered everyone to work 16-hour days until everything was restored.
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  (#9) The Rumor: Cruise Offered To Discipline Insubordinate Scientologists

  It has been alleged that Scientology leader David Miscavige instigates brutal tactics to keep Scientology members in line. It has also been alleged that Tom Cruise offered to "beat the living [crap]” out of insubordinate members for not properly preparing for his visit to the church's Hemet, California, compound.

  Allegedly, three men were repeatedly beaten by Miscavige’s crew — who threatened that Cruise was on his way to take part in the discipline.
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  (#10) The Rumor: Cruise Has Reached The Highest OT Levels

  It’s been reported that Tom Cruise has risen to the highest echelons of the Church of Scientology. Yes, Cruise has reportedly reached the ranks of "Operating Thetan Seven" or "OT-VII." This level of Scientology gives Cruise more authoritative power.

  OTs can allegedly move inanimate objects with their minds, leave their bodies at will, telepathically communicate, and control the behavior of animals and human beings.
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  (#11) The Rumor: Cruise Might Leave Scientology So He Can See His Daughter Again

  Tom Cruise hasn't seen his daughter, Suri Cruise, since around 2014. The Church of Scientology has a policy that forces its members to "disconnect" with family who leave the organization. It's rumored Cruise may leave so that he's able to see his daughter again. Star reports Scientologists could harm Cruises' reputation should he separate himself from the organization because they collect information on their members during audit session. In these sessions, Scientologists are forced to reveal secrets. An insider told the publication:

  Katie would be thrilled to see Tom leave Scientology, she would love to have him build a healthy relationship with Suri. It'd be a dream come true actually, but she is not expecting it. She has zero hope Tom will leave Scientology for Suri — he has made it clear many times that he is in it for life ... People change, and they leave, so it is possible Tom will walk away, but it is very slim, and she knows it. It breaks Katie's heart Suri does not have a relationship with Tom, there is a hole in her life because of it — he's missed.

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