The Real American Psycho: Tom Cruise

An in-depth analysis of Tom Cruise's persona, his alleged dark side, and his ties to Scientology, inspired by the character in American Psycho.

Ask about this video. Answers come from its transcript only — with the timestamp, so you can check them.

Generated from the transcript and can be wrong — check the timestamp.

Key Takeaways

Tom Cruise's public persona may mask a more complex and darker personality.
Christian Bale's American Psycho character was inspired by Cruise's mannerisms and interview behavior.
Scientology plays a central role in Cruise's life and has controversial and secretive practices.
Cruise's personal relationships, including with his daughter, have been affected by his religious beliefs.
The video encourages critical thinking about celebrity images and the influence of secretive organizations.

What the video covers

The video explores the contrast between Tom Cruise's public image and a darker, disturbed persona likened to a psychopath.
Christian Bale cited Tom Cruise as inspiration for his character in American Psycho due to Cruise's intense and robotic mannerisms.
A controversial 1996 interview where Cruise laughs about cutting off a co-pilot's oxygen is analyzed as a key moment revealing his unsettling side.
The video delves into Cruise's early life, including his Catholic upbringing and seminary schooling.
It discusses Cruise's rise to fame with films like Top Gun and Risky Business, and his dedication to Scientology.
Scientology's controversial practices and beliefs are examined, including forced labor, strict discipline, and alleged abuses.
Cruise's loyalty to Scientology is linked to his personal and professional life, including estrangement from his daughter.
The video touches on Hubbard's origins, Dianetics, and the expansion of Scientology as a religion.
It highlights the tension between Cruise's public success and the darker allegations and behaviors behind the scenes.
The video also critiques the confusing nature of Scientology and its impact on members and critics alike.

Chapters

Why is Tom Cruise compared to the character in American Psycho?

Christian Bale stated that his portrayal of the character in American Psycho was inspired by Tom Cruise's intense, robotic mannerisms and unsettling laugh seen in a 1996 interview.

What controversial story did Tom Cruise share in the 1996 interview?

Cruise recounted a story where he turned off his co-pilot's oxygen during a flight to maintain altitude, laughing uncontrollably, which many found disturbing and indicative of a darker personality.

How has Scientology impacted Tom Cruise's personal life?

Cruise's dedication to Scientology has influenced his relationships, including estrangement from his daughter, and shaped his public and private persona amid controversies surrounding the church.

Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown

Speaker A

The cheek-to-cheek smile combined with the empty, soulless eyes, the attention to detail, the perfect hair, the perfect jawline, the perfect appearance—this is just a facade to convince the world he is this successful, happy-go-lucky guy who is actually extremely disturbed and thinks about harming others 24/7.

Speaker A

thinks about harming others 24/7 this is what a psychopath looks like but this is a fictional character played by actor Christian Bale in the movie America am psycho and Bale said that the inspiration for this character was the real life Tom Cruz whose empty

Speaker A

This is what a psychopath looks like, but this is a fictional character played by actor Christian Bale in the movie American Psycho.

Speaker A

a new movie is supposed to be great yeah she's extraordinary she's coming on this show just a couple days yeah no I like her I do it's okay it's Renee I was upset with it's Renee in the movie

Speaker A

Bale said that the inspiration for this character was the real-life Tom Cruise, whose empty laugh, intensity, and robotic physical movements are on full display in this 1996 interview with Rosie O'Donnell.

Speaker A

co-pilot's oxygen as they flew to dangerous altitude levels one time we were flying to Colorado and I was flying this airplane that we had to go on oxygen and the winds were better at a higher altitude so we climbed up and uh

Speaker A

"’Cause you saw her in Dead Calm, right?"

Speaker A

"Yes."

Speaker A

"And you thought, I like her?"

Speaker A

"Yeah, I thought she's very talented."

Speaker A

"Yeah, she is talented."

Speaker A

"A new movie is supposed to be great."

Speaker A

"Yeah, she's extraordinary."

Speaker A

"She's coming on this show just a couple days."

Speaker A

"Yeah, no, I like her, I do."

Speaker A

"It's okay, it's Renee."

Speaker A

"I was upset with it."

Speaker A

"It's Renee in the movie."

Speaker A

"With all that kissing with you, Tom, I didn't like that."

Speaker A

and his mother moved Tom and his sisters down to Louisville Kentucky according to Shane demper a friend that went to school with Tom in Louisville Tom was interested in becoming a Catholic priest he had a very strong Catholic faith

Speaker A

However, the actual interview that inspired the American Psycho character was this one with David Letterman, where Tom Cruise laughed uncontrollably while telling the story of him cutting off his co-pilot's oxygen as they flew to dangerous altitude levels.

Speaker A

stealing alcohol and drinking in the woods Shane recalled the school wrote a letter to our parents saying they liked us both but would prefer if we didn't return so we weren't kicked out just preferred not to go from there Tom

Speaker A

"One time we were flying to Colorado, and I was flying this airplane that we had to go on oxygen, and the winds were better at a higher altitude, so we climbed up, and uh..."

Speaker A

"I realized that we couldn't stay at that altitude if uh, on oxy, I had to descend because I didn't have enough oxygen. So I had a passenger in the back, so we figured out, you know, me and the co-pilot..."

Speaker A

"That if we turn the oxygen off from the back guy, that we could make it at this..." [Applause]

Speaker A

"Altitude, so, you know, it wasn't dangerous or anything."

Speaker A

"No, no."

Speaker A

"What happened when he turned his oxygen off?"

Speaker A

"He felt he was very quiet."

Speaker A

He... [Applause]

Speaker A

Felt...

Speaker A

director will listen you know and trust his artists after casting them um I've been fortunate I've really had a lot of room with the directors that I've worked with Tom holds a very controlled poised demeanor even if he glares at you for a

Speaker A

Letterman didn't seem to think this story was as funny as Tom thought it was.

Speaker A

officially secure him a 40-year legacy it also ushered him into the controversial Church of Scientology but first a quick word from today's sponsor Underdog fantasy week 2 of the NFL is is here and Underdog wants to make it a lot

Speaker A

He fell asleep.

Speaker A

He fell... [Music]

Speaker A

Asleep.

Speaker A

He slept the whole way.

Speaker A

"Well, but uh, you know, he's the kind of guy you wanted to have him sleep the whole way."

Speaker A

"You know, I like just..."

Speaker A

"But, but, but honestly, looking at it from another direction, isn't that a... isn't that attempted manslaughter? Just turn a guy's oxygen off."

Speaker A

"You're lucky you're not doing time for the love of God."

Speaker A

"Woke up."

Speaker A

He did wake up.

Speaker A

"Yeah, you know, when we were landing on descent, he as the passenger blacked out after being oxygen deprived for several minutes."

Speaker A

I wanted to learn but I knew I had failed in the system in 1986 the year Top Gun came out I became a Scientologist A friend gave me a picture book on Scientology and through this I was introduced to the writings of elron

Speaker A

Tom finds it hysterical how confused the man was when he regained consciousness, feeling numb and disoriented.

Speaker A

technology it pinpoints three barriers to learning lack of mass you can't learn to fly a plane by just reading about it you have to sit in the cockpit or at least have a picture of a plane skipped gradients trying to master skills or

Speaker A

He said, "My hand..."

Speaker A

He said, "Shez my h..." [Applause]

Speaker A

"Hands are your all hands."

Speaker A

He said, "My hands are tingling."

Speaker A

"I slept the whole..."

Speaker A

ft away could not make out a street sign Beyond 10 yards and could not read a new newspaper whereas the official US Navy documents say that he was not qualified to be a lieutenant commander he never received a Purple Heart categorized his

Speaker A

The person must have been the way I was letting.

Speaker A

submarine in the area at the time due to the conflicting information we don't really know the truth about his time spent in the military what we do know is that he was an incredibly proficient and fast writer hubard holds the Guinness

Speaker A

Now, some people look at this as nothing more than dark humor. The guy was fine; it was just a harmless prank.

Speaker A

there seems to be a quantity over quality issue because he was never able to make a financial living off of his work there have been extensive studies and multiple sources that have corroborated this elron Hub quote he told us that writing science fiction for

Speaker A

But maybe Christian Bale was actually on to something.

Speaker A

fiction writer came up with a silly idea for a religion to get rich and people happen to buy into it as hubard struggled to sell his books and begged the veterans association to increase his monthly allowance so he could pay his

Speaker A

And no, I'm not suggesting Tom Cruise is actually a serial murderer or enjoys the suffering of others, but he does have an obvious dark side, one that seems to be ignored by the masses while they praise him for his box office hits and incredible stunts.

Speaker A

attention on the importance of maintaining positive mental health in the 1950s the book became popular quickly selling over 150,000 copies in its first year earning hubard over a million dollar however hubard system faced a lot of criticism from doctors

Speaker A

Tom credits Scientology as the reason why he is so successful.

Speaker A

agree with his teachings was because psychologists pharmaceutical companies and the medical industry as a whole would lose billions of dollars if they acknowledge that dianic was the cure for all psychological pain additionally hubard started to expand dianic into a

Speaker A

Scientology is the quote-unquote religion that thrives on forced labor, signing its members to 1 billion-year contracts, having an alleged torture camp called the Hole, among other horrible allegations from former members.

Speaker A

arthritis btis blindness ulcers and even the common cold and he was able to do that through diic diic Theory describes the human mind as two parts the conscious analytical mind and the subconscious reactive mind huard's beliefs were very similar to Sigman

Speaker A

Tom is so dedicated to this religion he abandoned his own 7-year-old daughter and has not seen her in over a decade.

Speaker A

engrams which are stored in the reactive mind while dianic focused on improving the Mind Scientology took things further by introd producing the idea of the thetan an immortal spiritual being that lives inside every person Hub believed that each person is actually a thetan

Speaker A

Today, we are going to deep dive into the career of Tom Cruise and try to assess why he is so loyal to the shadowy world of Scientology.

Speaker A

reach their full potential this process is known as going clear which is the ultimate goal of someone practicing diic once someone goes clear they can then move on to higher levels of spiritual awareness and power known as the

Speaker A

Tom Cruise's life started out as an abused child who was desperate for a purpose.

Speaker A

move objects with thought where most religions focus on a servitude towards a God or a higher power Scientology kind of does the exact opposite and although they don't say it specifically they essentially believe that they are gods or that they can become Gods Tom Cruz is

Speaker A

Cruise has described his father as a merchant of chaos who was a bully and a coward.

Speaker A

safe to assume that Tom Cruz believes that going clear has allowed him to accomplish these incredible Feats however the process of going clear is pretty intense and also costs a lot of money to go clear a trained auditor

Speaker A

"For me, it was like there's something wrong with this guy. Don't trust him. Be careful around him."

Speaker A

presence of engrams Auditors use the eer to track a person's progress and help them find and resolve deep rooted negative experiences a person during an auditing session would be instructed to hold two metal cylinders connected to the eer which sends a small electrical

Speaker A

You can imagine that not being able to trust your own father when you are a toddler created a difficult and chaotic environment for Cruise.

Speaker A

ask are often very leading and intended to poke and prod at the deepest darkest SE Secrets held in your mind and soul when you learn about how these auditing sessions are done and the types of questions that they ask you'll see how

Speaker A

Additionally, when Cruise was 7 years old, he was diagnosed with dyslexia, which made him feel even more isolated and confused.

Speaker A

little battery in that emor that's sending you're completing the circuit when you pick up the cans right so you got a little thing going there and that needle will respond to your physical movement but that's not what we want and

Speaker A

His father could never hold a steady job, which led to the family moving often.

Speaker A

really good example of this so you're holding the cans say is there anything you're withholding from me and I get an instant read and I go is there anything you're withholding for me you're going to go I don't think so and I don't see

Speaker A

They moved from Syracuse, New York, to Ottawa, Canada, in 1971 when Tom was in third grade.

Speaker A

to be like you know take a look and I'll help you out here I'll try to steer you okay so I'm looking to get roughly the same read while you're thinking about whatever I'm what was that what was that

Speaker A

By the sixth grade, his parents got divorced, and his mother moved Tom and his sisters down to Louisville, Kentucky.

Speaker A

know if you're giving me the right answer but I want you to give me something yeah if you say you can't give me anything I'm going to keep using the Emer until you give me something yeah okay so let's say you give me something

Speaker A

According to Shane Demper, a friend that went to school with Tom in Louisville, Tom was interested in becoming a Catholic priest.

Speaker A

so I'm taking notes of everything you're telling me that it's bad thing that you did that you haven't told me about okay so I'm keeping notes when you represent to me that you've told me everything there is to tell I'm looking for the

Speaker A

He had a very strong Catholic faith.

Speaker A

really do anything it does measure some sort of electrical current that takes place in your body and mind and it is somehow connected but we can't prove that it indicates anything about mental health or your physical or emotional

Speaker A

Templer said, "We went to mass, spent time in the chapel, and enjoyed hearing stories from the priests. We thought the priests had a great lifestyle, and we were really interested in priesthood."

Speaker A

something called the tone scale the tone scale is sort of an emotional ranking of a person and it goes from minus 40 to 40 now zero is death and 0.1 is victim it is seen as a bad thing to even feel any

Speaker A

Unfortunately, the boys were kicked out of the school after they were caught stealing alcohol and drinking in the woods.

Speaker A

gray area on one hand the goal of the therapy sessions is for you to feel better for you to cope with all of your past trauma and your negativity and for that to then release and have positive ramifications on your life then the

Speaker A

Shane recalled, "The school wrote a letter to our parents saying they liked us both but would prefer if we didn't return, so we weren't kicked out, just preferred not to go."

Speaker A

financial component of all of this in a minute but in the late ' 80s and early '90s Tom Cruz wasn't overtly public about his Scientology ties as he was still growing his career after Top Gun he continued to have an incredible run

Speaker A

From there, Tom relocated to another seminary school in Cincinnati, Ohio, after being recommended by a local priest.

Speaker A

this day he is the number six highest grossing actor of all time with a combined total of $ 122 billion generated he was a convincing leading man who does all of his own stunts he had near perfect looks on set he was

Speaker A

Tom was instantly hooked, said Father Rich Schneider, who gave the speech that brought Cruise to seminary school.

Speaker A

are polite and giving but I've interviewed you a lot of times and you don't let people real close how come I think I'm letting you pretty close ler do you do you feel like you hold something back or you protect

Speaker A

"I think he wanted a good education. With his parents going through a divorce, it was tough on him. That's maybe one of the reasons why he came here."

Speaker A

you know you want to certain things that I really don't want to talk about and certain things that really aren't important you know for uh aren't important for people to hear and I really don't even think they want to

Speaker A

His time in Cincinnati did not last long, as his family would ultimately relocate again to Glen Ridge, New Jersey, where he finished high school.

Speaker A

religion yeah I mean by definition it is a religion and is it for you does it help you in a spiritual way yeah but the thing is is that it's not a matter of being fed something and it is not

Speaker A

After graduation, Tom knew acting was his future.

Speaker A

it is considered a cult that it has been investigated I'm not telling you anything you don't know no it doesn't I I for me I don't care it doesn't affect me at all it I doesn't matter to me whatever anybody

Speaker A

Within his first year of auditioning for various Hollywood roles, he landed a small part in a film called Endless Love.

Speaker A

chairman of the board or the leader of Scientology in 1987 at 2,000 hours Friday the 24th of January ad. 36 elron hubard discarded the body he had used in this lifetime for 74 years 10 months and 11 days the body he had used to

Speaker A

Tom's handsome look and physique made him stand out amongst his peers, which got him an ancillary role in the film Taps.

Speaker A

which dramatically increased its legitimacy for many years the IRS refused to Grant Scientology this status because of the concerns about its Financial practices and whether it was really qualified as a religious the Church of Scientology fought back by

Speaker A

As a novice in the industry, he wanted to learn everything there was to learn about cinema.

Speaker A

criticism with many people believing that the IRS had been pressured into making the decision and as you'll learn in a bit scientologists go to extreme lengths to gather sensitive information about others many speculate that they pressured blackmailed and threatened to

Speaker A

"The first film that I really got on, which was Taps, I went to every single department, and I studied every part of the movie. I went to the camera department, I studied lenses, lighting. You know, I was working with a great cinematographer, Or Royman. I studied what producers do, what writers do, what wardrobe does, what the stunt department does, props, sound. I studied every aspect of film."

Speaker A

massive wealth it is estimated that the church has generated between $1 and3 billion but how did they get that money well first of all donating money to a church or a religion is very common Scientology happens to strategically

Speaker A

Tom was obsessed.

Speaker A

go clear however there are levels or goals that you essentially rank up to along the way these are called operating Theta levels or OT levels which are the goals that you hit before reaching the bridge to total freedom each spiritual

Speaker A

His work ethic gave Hollywood producers even more of a reason to invest in him.

Speaker A

dollars in auditing sessions to reach clear finish a course or an auditing action you're not allowed to finish it until you write up a a success story on how great it was and how it changed your life and how you would want other people

Speaker A

He earned another ancillary role in The Outsiders before securing his first lead role in the 1983 hit Risky Business.

Speaker A

hop on the on the laot me machine my friend the beatings will continue until morale improves but you get to a point where it literally costs you more money to say that that thing didn't give you exactly what you hoped it would so you

Speaker A

Risky Business is an '80s mood film that appealed to teenagers at the time.

Speaker A

to the church for them to hold it and keep it as almost like a bank account for auditing sessions in your next life they're good people and they're being defrauded out of their life savings I mean it costs a quarter of a million

Speaker A

Every generation has a few cult classic coming-of-age films that are not cinematic masterpieces with intricate plots but capture somewhat of a realistic look of the aesthetic, attitudes, and behaviors of the kids who grew up in that era.

Speaker A

doing amazing things they work to pay for their religion they live below their means to pay for their religion it is impossible to advance in the religion without completing the required courses and auditing sessions no other modern religion with a congregation size

Speaker A

The film grossed $60 million at the box office, and he stole the hearts of young people in the USA.

Speaker A

they pay their employees or volunteers next to nothing a mere $50 per week stipended however many of them are okay with this form of payment as they have become fully dependent on the Church of Scientology in every aspect of their

Speaker A

Even at the young age of 19, Tom was mature beyond his years, which can be felt during this 1983 interview with Bobby Weant.

Speaker A

there's staff members who also live in the real world uh but work on two and a half year contracts or fiveyear contracts at their local Scientology organization and then once they finish their contract their their debt is paid

Speaker A

"What do directors... uh, how do they direct? Do they work with you a lot, or do they pretty much give you rein?"

Speaker A

"Yeah, they leave me alone. That's, I mean, the director, uh, good director will listen, you know, and trust his artists after casting them. Um, I've been fortunate. I've really had a lot of room with the directors that I've worked with."

Speaker A

and the Apollo which hubard used to spread the teachings of his new religion according to hubard much of the Galaxy including Earth was ruled tens of millions of years ago by the galactic Confederacy controlled by a tyrant named

Speaker A

Tom holds a very controlled, poised demeanor.

Speaker A

church across multiple lifetimes many join at a young age some even as children and endure a rigorous lifestyle that includes up to 100h hour work weeks strict discipline and a $50 per week wage they do not have relationships or

Speaker A

Even if he glares at you for a second, you can feel his intensity.

Speaker A

military post you have the treasury which consists of people who receive collect and invoice money pay bills manage assets you also have sales representatives who get people to sign up for the religion you have promotional team who sends out flyers emails and

Speaker A

He quickly shifts from high-energy laughter to extremely soft-spoken.

Speaker A

constantly pester members to sign up for more auditing sessions if any and I mean any task no matter how small it is that they were assigned to get done is not done by the end of the day they will not

Speaker A

Tom continued his trajectory as a rising star in Hollywood, and in 1986, he would land a lead role in a classic film that would officially secure him a 40-year legacy.

Speaker A

operations by 2000 the number of seaorg members was estimated at around 5800 most members now live in church complexes around the world including locations in Los Angeles Florida Copenhagen London and Sydney with some assigned to smaller centers or acting as

Speaker A

It also ushered him into the controversial Church of Scientology.

Speaker A

buildings are vastly empty and it seems like they really don't have that many members potentially in the ballpark of 40,000 people there are countless stories of former members who have escaped Scientology who have often described themselves as being trapped in

Speaker A

But first, a quick word from today's sponsor, Underdog Fantasy.

Speaker A

to a secret prison camp called the hole where disgraced members of the church are sent to effectively be tortured describe it for um it had bars on the windows and the one entrance was guarded by security 24 hours a day the the hole basically

Speaker A

Week 2 of the NFL is here, and Underdog wants to make it a lot more exciting.

Speaker A

exception of a brief grade to go take shower from when you say slept there on the floor did you have or bunks or some kind of beds no you you slept in a you give a sleeping bag you slept on FL

Speaker A

Join the millions of fans t...

Speaker A

during that time when all the electricity had been shut off um as ordered by Mr mavage and this was of course in summer in the desert and so the temperature in there was about6 why didn't you just take off and get away away from the

Speaker A

hole not possible absolutely not physically possible couldn't make it past security the the windows were barred um right from the beginning when I went in I I obviously was trying to figure out plotting how to how to get

Speaker A

out were you used to in your life getting beaten up was that something you were used to no never and you were a 40s something year old woman with a very very respected job any and all accusations of major or

Speaker A

minor misconduct within the church has been vonly denied they have never been tried or found guilty of committing any sort of crime however one form of Justice they did admit to doing is called overboarding which in the days of

Speaker A

elron hubard sailing the Mediterranean and his Fleet of ships consisted of throwing members off the ship into the ocean according to author Janet wman the modern version of this Justice consisted of going out doors in the middle of the

Speaker A

night and assembling at the bases swimming pool or its muddy Lake members would then jump or be pushed into the water often in freezing conditions while fully clothed and with miscavage watching church lawyer Monique Yingling said overboarding is a part of

Speaker A

ecclesiastical Justice they're not backing away from it or ashamed of it she said it has been done hundreds of times with precautions taken to make it safe Scientology has a no tolerance policy on anyone who criticizes or attacks their practices it is often

Speaker A

referred to as attack the attacker the procedure is as follows spot who is attacking us start investigating them promptly for felonies or Worse using owned professionals not outside agencies double curve our reply by saying we welcome an investigation of them start

Speaker A

feeding lurid blood sex crime actual evidence on attackers to the Press you can get reasonable about it and lose sure we break no laws sure we have nothing to hide but attackers are simply an anti-scientology propaganda agency so

Speaker A

far as we are concerned they have proven they want no facts and will only lie no matter what they discover so banish all ideas that any Fair hearing is intended and start our attack with their first breath never wait never talk about us

Speaker A

only them use their blood sex crime to get headlines don't use us as a a called noisy investigation it's written up in Scientology uh and approved by Ron hubard and what a Scientology agent will do is they'll get a list of everybody

Speaker A

you know including your doctor your dentist your travel agent whoever your friends your family they'll then contact every person on on the list whether directly or on the phone and say we're gathering information about John ATAC or whoever uh and their criminal background

Speaker A

we found out some really interesting interesting things already I had this done to me and my mother-in-law my one of my brothers-in-law decided to talk to the private detective who'd been sent over from Los Angeles he traveled as far

Speaker A

as Australia to find people who'd known me it was put about that I was a recovered heroin addict I've never taken heroin in my life I I was a rapist I'd attempted murder I'd molested children these are standard stories that are told

Speaker A

about critics of Scientology they make check out this entire YouTube channel that creates high production value interviews all dedicated to saying negative things about ex scientology members who are now speaking out Aaron Smith Levens Mark and Clair heedley and

Speaker A

of course Leah Remy they even get family members to speak about how violent abusive and horrible these ex-members are every night I'm sure many of you know that the Scientology iceberg is extremely deep this information just scratches the surface but it's important

Speaker A

to understand a simple breakdown of this as it is effectively Tom Cruz's belief system and since Tom is one of the biggest outspoken activists supporting Scientology his support gives them an enormous amount of legitimacy since he is a beloved Superstar worldwide every

Speaker A

time they open a new church they invite Tom to give a speech at the Grand Opening our kids need help this world needs help the kind of help where people can help themselves now I have and will continue to dedicate

Speaker A

my life to accomplishing this and I am supremely grateful to Mr elron hubber for the study technology he provided because I would not be here today if I didn't get that and I am honored to be part of the applied Scholastics

Speaker A

movement because I know now that I can truly help and so can you but regardless of his ties to the controversial Church Tom continued to have rampant success in H olwood The Firm Jerry Maguire Mission Impossible which became a seven-part

Speaker A

series that defined his career as a stuntman he learned how to skydive fly and put in the homework to make a role look realistic he also had eyes wide shut Magnolia The Last Samurai and Minority Report to prove that he wasn't

Speaker A

just a one-trick pony who does heroic action films however with the extreme rise of tabloid culture Publications were interested in poking and proding around the personal lives of celebrities and since Tom was a wildly successful actor with a popular actress wife and

Speaker A

two adopted children they were a pretty good Target we're private people we we are human beings you know we are human beings we have feelings and we have and more importantly that we have a family now we have children and I think that

Speaker A

for years we you know we were told and you know just don't worry don't worry don't worry don't worry and suddenly all these kind of rumors and gossip all of a sudden starts getting printed in you know legitimate

Speaker A

magazines and uh you know and I'd send letters asking for an apology you know it's not true and then you start getting letters back where they say you know yeah you know and uh I just said you know what I'm mad as hell and I'm

Speaker A

not going to take it anymore and it's not right and if they're not going to be responsible I am going to make them be responsible the Church of Scientology has been blamed for having a huge impact on how Tom

Speaker A

Cruz's relationship started and ended making people wonder just how much control it has over its most famous members Cruz was married to actress Mimi Rogers in 1987 who was the one who actually helped convert Tom to Scientology but by the end of 1989 Cruz

Speaker A

had filed for divorce according to former Scientologist Mike rinder who wrote about his experiences in his book a billion years my escape from a life in the highest ranks of Scientology he claims that Scientology leader David miscavage was heavily involved in Cruz's

Speaker A

life at the time even helping to facilitate Cruz's relationship with Nicole Kidman while they were filming Days of Thunder in 1990 render alleges that Greg wilh her Cruz's personal auditor from the church was assigned to get Mimi to agree to a divorce so Tom

Speaker A

could marry Nicole which was highly unusual and would never have happened with a normal Scientologist but what could scientology's problem be with Mimi Rogers Well rogers's father Philip phip C spickler had been closely involved with Scientology founder elron hubard

Speaker A

but he left the church in the early 1980s this reportedly made Mimi Rogers herself less favorable in the eyes of scientology's leadership particularly David miscavage Morton's biography claims that the Scientology leadership felt such hostility towards Mimi's father that Mimi was stained by

Speaker A

association which may have contributed to David miscavage push for the divorce Tom Cruz and Nicole Kidman met during the filming of Days of Thunder in 1989 and married in 1990 during their marriage Cruz became more deeply and publicly involved in Scientology Kidman

Speaker A

who was raised Catholic was not initially a member of the church but eventually became more involved and even undergoing frequent auditing sessions however their relationship with the church became strained as Kidman allegedly expressed concerns about the church's influence over crw as well as

Speaker A

her not wanting her children Isabella and Connor who were then eight and six at the time to be raised under scientology's teachings and methods one former Scientologist Teresa Summers who raised one child inside Scientology and another outside shared her experience

Speaker A

with the church's practices Summers described how the church discouraged regular medical treatment comfort and nurturing for children instead children were expected to do physical labor and were subjected to strict educational practices that focused more on scientology's teachings than on regular

Speaker A

school subjects the church was allegedly concerned that Kidman was was pulling Cruz away from Scientology after their divorce in 2001 this now iconic photo of Kidman was taken where she is seen reaching her arms out in pure joy and

Speaker A

relief that the marriage is finally over she also left Scientology around the same time unfortunately she was not able to get her kids out as Tom retained custody of the two children in the early 2000s more people than ever were trying

Speaker A

to expose Scientology for what they believe it truly is and since Tom Cruz is the most notable member anything involves him would get more attention more views more clicks Etc like this video of him hanging out on the freeway

Speaker A

ship celebrating his 42nd birthday thank [Laughter] you just I am not I don't know where I am right now you know you have to kind of be there to understand this reality you know how that is this is incredible

Speaker A

this is just I will NE I just how how do I thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you it's the best best birthday ever ever ever ever I mean ever for the speech he gave when accepting

Speaker A

Scientology made up Freedom medal of valor these are the times now people okay these are the times we will all remember were you there what did you do I think you know that I am there for you and I do care so very very very

Speaker A

much so what do you say we going to clean this place [Music] [Applause] up because we're counting on you right deller H but there was one video that fundamentally changed scientology's public reputation in this 9-minute video of what seems to be a Scientology

Speaker A

promotion re Tom is ranting about scientology with the signature Mission Impossible theme song playing in the background and just like every other time he talks about scientology he says a whole lot of nothing you can just see the look in their eyes you know the ones

Speaker A

that are doing you know and you know the spectators who are the ones that are going well it's easy for you or what am I doing and it's just that thing is uh I've canceled that in my [Music]

Speaker A

area it's like man you're either in or you're out that spectator ISM and it's something that that is we have no time for now so it's our responsibility to educate create the new reality you know we have that responsibility to say hey

Speaker A

this is the way it should be done because we do it this way and people are actually getting better and let's get it done you know let's really get it done and have enough love compassion and toughness that that you're going to do

Speaker A

it uh and uh do it right trust me when I say that this entire 99-minute video is just him stringing together a bunch of vague non-descriptive sentences that absolutely lead to no point whatsoever this video was so confusing and so

Speaker A

laughable that it started to turn Scientology into somewhat of a joke or a meme it began to lose its sort of mysterious and almost cool and interesting luster and yeah people were just not taking it seriously anymore like it was just a joke to add fuel to

Speaker A

the fire South Park made an entire episode mocking Scientology it All Began 75 million years ago back then there was a Galactic Federation of planets which was ruled over by the evil Lord zenu zenu thought his Galaxy was

Speaker A

overpopulated and so he rounded up countless aliens from all different planets and then had those aliens Frozen Frozen alien bodies were loaded onto zenu Galactic Cruisers which looked like dc8 except with rocket engines and dumped them into the volcanoes of

Speaker A

Hawaii the aliens were no longer Frozen they were dead The Souls of those aliens however lived on and all floated up towards the sky zenu didn't want their souls to return and so we built giant Soul catchers in the sky there the souls

Speaker A

were forced to watch Days of brainwashing material which tricked them into believing a false reality zenu then released the alien Souls which roamed the the Earth aimlessly in a fog of confusion at the dawn of man the souls

Speaker A

finally found bodies which they could grab on to but the ironic thing was all they did was just explain what scientologists actually believe because of this episode The Office of special Affairs launched an investigation into Matt Stone and Trey Parker the

Speaker A

Scientology Osa contacted their close friends looking for any vulnerabilities to exploit a Scientology Insider leaked this disturbing information there are some strings that will be pulled on the PRC on Stone otherwise these special collections covert information gathering such as trash collection purchase phone

Speaker A

records hacked Airline reservations purchase bank records will be debugged in order to get some viable strings that can be pulled despite their efforts they were never able to find anything about Matt and Trey Parker when when you talk

Speaker A

about scientology uh you're used to the response that people give you aren't you that you're some kind of nut case you there some kind of lunatic sort of religion thing used to the response I mean bigotry that is the

Speaker A

religious equivalent of put the point to this is what people this is people's reaction no I think maybe people say that to you they don't say that to me oh with Scientology being scrutinized and laughed at more than ever Tom's Behavior

Speaker A

wasn't really helpers like Matt low wanted to learn about how Scientology affects Tom's relationships Katie has mentioned that she is embracing or at least exposing herself and opening herself up to to Scientology at this stage in your life could you be with

Speaker A

someone who doesn't have an interest you know Scientology is something that you don't understand it's like you could be a Christian and be a Scientologist okay Scientology is something so it doesn't replace religion and it is a religion

Speaker A

because it's dealing with with with this the spirit you know you as a spiritual being and it's something that there's tools that that you have that can actually that you apply to your life they then go on to discuss when Tom Cruz

Speaker A

criticized actress Brooke Shields for taking anti-depressants for postpartum depression and I know that uh Psychiatry is is a pseudo science but but Tom if she said that this particular thing helped her feel better whether it was the anti-depressant or going to a

Speaker A

counselor or a psychiatrist isn't that enough mat you have to understand this here we are today where I talk out against drugs and psychiatric abuses of shocking people okay against their will of drugging children with them not knowing the effects of these drugs do

Speaker A

you know what Aderall is do you know riddlin do you know now that riddlin is a street drug do you understand that the difference is this was not against though asking you a question mad I'm asking you a question I understand

Speaker A

there's abuse of all of these things no you see here's the problem you don't know the history of Psychiatry I do aren't there examples and might not Brook Shields be an example of someone who who benefited from one of those

Speaker A

drugs all it does is mask the problem Matt and if you understand the history of it it masks the problem that's what it does that's all it does you're not getting to the reason why there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance so

Speaker A

postpartum depression to you is is kind of a little psychological go gobbly goop no no I did not say that I'm just asking what you what would you call it ABS Matt that is that post now now you're talking

Speaker A

about two different things but that's what she went on anti-depressant for but what happens the anti-depressant all it does is mask the problem there's ways of vitamins and through exercise and various things I'm not saying that that isn't real that's not what I'm saying

Speaker A

that's an alteration of what what I'm saying I'm saying that drugs aren't the answer that these these drugs are very dangerous they're mind altering anticho drugs and there are ways of doing it without that so that we don't end up in

Speaker A

A Brave New World while Tom does make some interesting points about the potential dangers of using prescription medication as well is claiming that it would be advantageous for us to pursue more natural remedies it's kind of hard to take him seriously when he says that

Speaker A

Psychiatry is pseudo science but he also believes that paying to reach your operating thaden levels will allow you to cross the bridge into total freedom Tom and Katie Holmes married in 2006 and from the very beginning there were

Speaker A

rumors about scientology's involvement in the relationship Crews introduced homes to Scientology shortly after they started dating Katie who was raised Catholic decided to convert to Scientology which nobody was surprised soon after their marriage was official Katie Holmes was encouraged to cut ties

Speaker A

with her previous management team and replace them with people connected to Scientology effectively putting her career in the church's control as time went on Holmes became increasingly uncomfortable with scientology's influence on their lives particularly concerning their daughter Siri Tom

Speaker A

insisted that Katie deliver the baby in near silence following a Scientology ritual meant to prevent negative experiences from being imprinted on the child's mind this silent birthing technique is part of the belief system that the noise during childbirth would

Speaker A

cause engrams there were rumors that the church had plans for sui to join the seaorg which really made Katie worry and realized she needed to make a change there were rumors that she was accompanied by a Scientology Handler

Speaker A

during her public appearances who would feed her lines about how much she adored Tom as well as the church allegedly micromanaging various aspects of their relationship rumors aside when analyzing what actually happened after their divorce is really telling about the

Speaker A

reality of their relationship you see while Holmes was with Tom he still had custody of his two children Bella and Connor are devoted to their father and Scientology and those children never really saw their mother Nicole Kidman so

Speaker A

while Katie was with Tom she was fearful this could happen to her child if she got a divorce that her child would essentially be trapped in Scientology and under Tom's custody and then she just wouldn't see her daughter so Katie

Speaker A

Holmes planned for months behind Tom's back and completely blindsided him with the news that she wanted a divorce and therefore Tom and Scientology were unable to control the way that the media reported on this when the divorce proceedings finally came out they

Speaker A

revealed the lengths to which Holmes went to escape Scientology and Tom's control she had to use disposable burner phones and secret laptops to communicate with her lawyers and plan her Escape in fear that the church would step in and

Speaker A

do something to her and take her daughter she almost immediately moved to New York which was a strategic move to secure primary custody of sui scientology members were allegedly following her in New York so out of fear she called the police because she

Speaker A

believed church members were planning to abduct her daughter Katie also fired her entire team that had worked for her during her marriage to cruise including her publicist and security detail she had to wipe her entire life clean because of the grip Scientology had on

Speaker A

her life the divorce settlement was reached with home securing primary custody of her daughter since then she has kept her distance from Scientology and enrolled Siri in a Catholic private school Tom has agreed to pay homes $400,000 per year until Siri is 18

Speaker A

however he has not seen his daughter in over a decade since she and her mother are not scientologists now it is somewhat normal for a parent and child to disagree on values especially religious ones and there are definitely situations where

Speaker A

conflicting religious beliefs will lead to a parent Los losing connection with their child but many people just simply look at Scientology as not worth losing your child over if you were to just look at Tom's opinions on Scientology you

Speaker A

would learn that it is a belief system that helped him become an incredible human being he overcame his illness and use their teachings to accomplish his biggest life dreams which is good for him since Scientology is deeply rooted

Speaker A

in and centered around self-fulfilling prophecies ones that coincidentally require people to pay enormous amounts of money to achieve it's not really much of a noble cause that people respect as reported by Vox according to former Scientology officials the church has

Speaker A

continued to manage Cruz's life reportedly it granted him the full benefits of its more unsavory Enterprises including the church's alleged use of slave labor former Scientologist John brussow says the church has custombuilt luxury vehicles and sound systems for Crews and provides

Speaker A

the staff who manage his many homes because this labor is provided by the church it's done through the sea Org the Scientologist Association that has been accused of human trafficking and forced labor the church has described these claims as both scous and ridiculous the

Speaker A

picture painted by Cruz by former members of the church is not flattering they tend to describe Cruz as a well-meaning man who fundamentally is not curious and who is happy to have beautiful things handed to him without looking at their cost Scientology is

Speaker A

attractive to Cruz in this account because it makes his life easier while simultaneously flattering his ego with the belief that he is a hero do you think Tom is essentially In Too Deep like yeah maybe he does want to see his

Speaker A

daughter but they have too much dirt on him and it's almost a hostage type situation do you think he is actually an evil man who is taking advantage of forced labor and a tax exempt Fortune do you think he is conveniently turning a

Speaker A

blind eye to the alleged Horrors and is going to play the whole I was brainwashed card when it all comes crashing down or maybe you think he is actually brainwashed and he is potentially a victim just like every

Speaker A

other Scientologist and doesn't make you look at his movies or Legacy any differently drink water

Topics:Tom CruiseAmerican PsychoChristian BaleScientologyDavid Letterman interviewpsychopathcelebrity analysisHollywoodreligion controversymental health

Get More with the SozAI App

Transcribe recordings, audio files, and YouTube videos — with AI summaries, speaker detection, and unlimited transcriptions.

App Store Google Play

Or transcribe another YouTube video here →

Free tools: TXT to SRT · SRT Validator · Merge SRT · Subtitle to Text · All tools