The Truth About Tom Cruise

The Matt Lauer Interview

Tom Cruise appeared on The Today Show in 2005 promoting his new movie War of the Worlds and was interviewed by Matt Lauer. When the conversation shifted to Tom’s involvement in Scientology, the whole mood of the interview changed and Tom responded “Scientology is something that you don’t understand.”

When the conversation turned to psychiatry and prescribing drugs to help mental illness, Tom turned aggressive and said “you don’t understand it, Matt.” When pushed on his answer, Tom went on to assert “There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance,” and that through “vitamins and exercise” a person’s problems can be cured. Matt Lauer described it as the most awkward interview of his life.