“There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance.
The thing that Im saying about Brooke is that theres misinformation, Cruise insisted at the time.
She doesnt understand the history of psychiatry.
Brooke Shields and Tom Cruise.Credit:Eugene Gologursky/Getty; Neil Mockford/FilmMagic
“I would have ignored his ridiculous rant.
I would have been satisfied that his behavior would speak for itself.”
“I was emboldened by life experience,” she writes.
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“So instead of letting myself turn into a punching bag, I swung back.”
Comments like those made by Tom Cruise are a disservice to mothers everywhere, Shields wrote in her piece.
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When Cruise apologized a year later, Shields initially described the apology as heartfelt.
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“Eventually, Tom Cruise apologized to me.
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She added that Cruise’s apology was never the prize, anyway.
“Having a famous movie star attacking my journey brought attention to it…
I wasn’t laughed at or made to feel guilty, I was applauded.
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