Tom Cruise has privately expressed regret over Brooke Shields' “ridiculous rant” about her use of antidepressants, the actor has revealed in his new memoir.
Golden Globe nominee Brooke Shields writes in Brooke Shields Not Allowed to Grow: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman, published Tuesday, that Brooke Shields “ultimately… “I apologized to her,” he wrote.
“It wasn't the best apology in the world, but that's what he was capable of and I accepted it,” she shared.
Shields, 59, recalled how she was “defending” Cruise, 62, when he infamously “disparaged” her during a 2005 appearance on the “Today” show.
At the time, the “Top Gun” star called the “Suddenly Susan” alum “irresponsible” for taking medication while battling postpartum depression, claiming the medication “didn't cure anything.”
subsequent shield wrote an op-ed for the New York Times I return the applause.
“If Tom had assaulted me in public before I became a mother, I probably would have kept quiet. I would have ignored his ridiculous rants,” she writes in her new book. I admitted it.
“I could have sat back and been content while this very famous man hijacked my experience to further his own (deceptive) agenda. I would have been satisfied if I had told the story.”
Instead, the “Pretty Baby” star “emboldened herself with confidence” and refused to “sit quietly” and allow herself to be “attacked.”
Shields said: “Ten years ago, I regretted sharing my story and wondered if my career was stagnating while being targeted by a powerful male movie star.'' “I may even have felt anxious. I was convinced that I had no chance of winning in that battle.”
The “Endless Love” star is not only “defending” herself against “unreasonable and dangerous comments by uneducated actors that go far beyond my own deepest psyche,” but also “defending myself.” He believed that “we are attacking.”[ing] A discussion of the reality and prevalence of postpartum depression. ”
Representatives for Cruise have not yet responded to Page Six's request for comment.
SEALs in 2023 revealed to people Cruise stopped sending her a cake for Christmas after “a good 10 years,” but he clarified that it had nothing to do with their anti-depressant feud.
“Lipstick Jungle” alumni, especially Attended Cruise and Katie Holmes' wedding In 2006.
Shields also hosted a joint birthday party for the couple's daughters Suri and Rowan the following year.
