Tom Cruise, one of the most popular actors in the history of Hollywood, has been a member of the Church of Scientology, a religious organization created by science fiction writer R. L. Hubbard, almost from the very beginning of his career. The church has long been surrounded by numerous scandals, and Cruise himself is constantly accompanied by rumors about various interventions by Scientologists in his personal and professional life.
Video to attract supporters
In 2008, a record leaked on the Internet, which was demonstrated at the awarding of Tom Cruise with the Church of Scientology's most prestigious medal. In this video, the actor urges new supporters to join the organization, talking about the impact Scientologists have had on his career. The press and fans noted a lot of oddities in the star’s behavior: throughout the entire video Cruise talked in an unusual manner and laughed hysterically for no apparent reason. The actor claimed that Scientology can only use drugs to cure drug addiction, rehabilitate criminals, and unite different cultures. The church, which traditionally tries to remain as closed and mysterious as possible, immediately tried to remove the video from all sources, but it can still be easily found on the Internet.
Divorce from Nicole Kidman
Initially, the Australian actress was ready to join her husband’s church and even passed several tests at the Scientologists headquarters. But over time, after becoming more familiar with Hubbard’s texts about the origin of the human race, Kidman decided to leave the organization and force Cruz to do the same. As a result, according to rumors, church members influenced the divorce of celebrities, in particular, by listening to Nicole’s phones and searching for compromising evidence.
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Relationship with Katie Holmes
Throughout the marriage of actors, Scientology played a very important role in the life of the couple. At some point, even before the wedding, Cruz even suggested that Holmes put an experienced member of the church to her, who would accompany the girl around the clock. Katie’s companion was to be Jessica Rodriguez, Tom’s former personal assistant and one of Scientology’s most respected followers. Apparently, Cruise managed to convince the future spouse of the need for constant monitoring, and in the following months, Rodriguez appeared with Holmes almost everywhere. Answering questions from journalists, the actress assured that they were just friends. Even at the wedding of stars, Jessica sat in the front row and did not take her eyes off the actress, whom she was tasked with following.
Casting a new girl
Soon after the divorce from Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise decided to engage Scientology in the search for a new lover. As a result, the choice fell on the Iranian actress Nazanin Boniadi, known for the series "Homeland" and "How I Met Your Mother." The girl, according to rumors, almost immediately moved to Cruz's mansion. He hired a stylist for a new passion and planned to send the actress to the dentist to change the shape of the teeth. According to reporters, the relationship ended when Nazanin was the victim of an inexplicable outburst of anger on the part of Tom, who, as a punishment for petty misconduct, forced Boniadi to clean up the Scientology headquarters in Florida. According to rumors, such a violent reaction of the star was caused by the fact that an Iranian actress, for whom English is not native, allowed herself to question the head of the Church of David Miscavige about something.
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Attack on Psychiatry
Scientology denies psychiatry as a science and even created a special organization that seeks human rights abuses by doctors and studies the negative effects of drugs. Cruz himself publicly condemned actress Brooke Shields, who resorted to using pills to combat postpartum depression. After one of the talk shows, the actor continued the attack on psychiatry, calling it pseudoscience and insulting the host, who was trying to convince Tom and talk about the positive effect of the drugs.
Breaking up relations with a niece
According to former church members, Scientologists can order their followers to sever all ties with family and friends that they consider unworthy. This fate befell Cruise's niece named Jamie Lesawoy, who at fourteen was severely punished. It all started with the fact that the girl kissed her boyfriend in the actor’s house, which he learned about through viewing video surveillance recordings. On the advice of the church, Tom made Jamie live with another family for two years to improve her ethics and work on bugs. During this period, Lesawa was allowed to communicate with her mother from time to time and only by telephone. After the termination of punishment, the girl continued to remain a member of the church and even continued to communicate with the famous uncle.
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Communication with daughter
After a scandalous divorce from Katie Holmes, who practically escaped from the actor and instantly began the trial of custody of their daughter Suri, Cruz received partial custody of the girl. Nevertheless, constant shooting and active participation in the life of the church, apparently, prevent the star from often seeing her daughter. In 2012, Tom sued several print media outlets for alleging that he did not see his daughter at all, providing evidence that he had seen Suri at least four times in a year. Nevertheless, journalists continued to carefully monitor the relationship of the actor with the child. In 2015, reporters suggested that Tom had not seen his daughter for more than a year. Many attribute this to the fact that Scientology recognized Holmes as a person whose communication with Cruz interferes and which should be completely excluded from the life of the actor, which automatically caused rare meetings with Suri.
Physical punishment
According to rumors, the head of the church, David Miscavige, does not shy away from physical violence when punishing followers who violate the rules of the organization. Tom Cruise also decided to adopt these methods and even offered his leader to help with the beating of three guilty church members who improperly prepared the headquarters for the visit of the famous actor. According to other information, Miscavige beat the followers who upset him for several hours and threatened them that Tom Cruise was already on his way and would soon join the head of the church. Scientology denies all allegations of physical punishment.
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