Tom Cruise: Gay or Straight?

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You heard me. The Cruiser gets miiiighty tetchy whenever the persistent rumours of his possible Gayness-ocity rear up. Those foolhardy enough to point the finger of suspicion get WALOPPED by Cruise-freindly lawyer-power!!!!!!!

The latest news is a video of The Cruiser BEING GAY WITH A MAN is in the possession of one porn stud-muffin who threatens to release it if he doesn't recieve $$$$$$! Thomas Cruise Mapother IV denies it's existence. But! instead of saying "let's see it then" and calling the scamps bluff he's slapped a huge-mungous law-suit on his arse. Hmmmm. Yeeesss. What dooo we make of it all?

SO whaddaya think? Is the Top Gun a secretly practising 'Friend Of Dorothy' orrr is he a straight-guy with possible homophobicicity and / or no time to play your silly is he / isn't he games?

EH?

― DavidM, Monday, 18 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

As long as "Days of Thunder" keeps playing on Ted Turner owned television properties, I don't give a fuck who Tom Cruise fucks. Cole Trickle is such a classic character.

― Kris, Monday, 18 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, the answer could be found out if a dna test was done on Nicole's miscarriage, becaue according to my collective cultural memory, I thought Mrs Cruis 1 ie Mimi Rodgers accused him of being impotent - and read into that what you like.

― Geoff, Monday, 18 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Probably Gay. The whole Kidman thing seemed unexplained. PLus hes a cult member (scientology) so he is confused about life and himself. His career and millions are based on being straight so it makes sense he would be closet. COurse he coud swing both ways

― -- Mike Hanley, Tuesday, 19 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think a more appropriate question would be, "Tom Cruise: Smug or Smug?"

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Eh. I don't really enjoy many of his movies, but I can't get that bothered about him. If he's closeted, so what?

― Nicole, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Are Top Gun and Days of Thunder the two best movies ever?

― Otis Wheeler, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry Otis, 'Cocktail' takes that honour

― tarden, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry Tarden, Risky Business takes that honour.

― AP, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Cocktail and Risky Business are fanfuckingtastic. I had never seen them before this weekend, and thus I hated Tom "To Answer The Question, Most Likely, Yes" Cruise. But man, do I respect that bastard now. He totally needs to do more movies like that and stop trying to be a "serious actor".

― Ally, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eleven months pass...

Let's remember that Liberace sued a journalist in the 1950s for calling him "light in his loafers" and Liberace actually *won* the lawsuit. That poor journalist. He deserves a refund.

― Thierry Lafalaise, Wednesday, 29 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

why, was he heavy in his loafers?

― mark s, Wednesday, 29 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought he called him 'fruit flavoured'

― Richard Jones, Wednesday, 29 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Cocktail? Risky Business? I think the real answer to this question is Losin' It.

― Vinnie, Wednesday, 29 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Richard: He also referred to him as "sniggering," "winking," and a number of other things that don't mean much by themselves, but mean much, much more together.

― Christine "Green Leafy" Indigo, Wednesday, 29 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Let's remember that Liberace sued a journalist in the 1950s for calling him "light in his loafers" and Liberace actually *won* the lawsuit. That poor journalist. He deserves a refund.

I could be wrong, but I think he did get a refund. Liberace's estate returned the damges after his death. Did I dream this? Cruise in Top Gun, Cocktail, Days of Thunder, Color of Money...I'll tell you what, the kid just oozes talent, but he needs some discipline.

― Mark, Wednesday, 29 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

hehe. hopefully everyone has experienced the tarantino rant about top gun in 'sleep with me'

― Ron, Wednesday, 29 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't think liberace ever wore loafers, so it was a moot point.

― Queen G of the 7th Ass, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, Dr. Dre stole them.

― Richard Jones, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh! I'd forgotten about him.

― Tim, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'Sleep with me' is the worst film ever made by a man or a woman.

― Austin., Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

in Eyes Wide Shut he is walking around New York when a gang of frat boys jostle him and call him a short arsed faggot.

― DV, Friday, 31 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

Tom Cruise has always been gay. I've known this for 8 years before the rumors swept the Internet. My college roommates brother works for the William Morris Agency in Los Anglels and is the agent for a number of prominenet members of the acting profession. He himself is gay, and has confided to his brother that Tom & Nicole are both gay. So the children were props to help furthur there careers, a ploy to convince their public that they were normal heterosexual folks. I have to give Mr. Cruise some credit thought, he's a better actor than I thought he was, he had me fooled. I'll also give you a hint on another hollywood actor who's sexual preference isn't what you believe for this former sweathog...

― Peter Feldman, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

"my cousin boudreaux's hairdresser bought a used air conditioner from this guy whose brother's parole officer used to hang out with phil greenspun, and he says peter feldman had a single when he was in college"

― nabisco%%, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

normal heterosexual folks

hmm but tom and nicole always seemed like UTTERLY BONKERS heterosexual folks to me (and N can't get me for dissing Nicole now he's in glasgow ha!!)

― katie, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Re Tarantino's theory: I seem to remember a heterosexual sex scene in Top Gun.

― chris sallis, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, but why does scientology attract these ppl?

― Queen I never had sexual relations with that BildeberG, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i tort it was "you can be my wingman" not "you can ride my tail anytime". Or have i very worryingly just made that up?

(obviously cruise also retorts with "you can be MINE" in my version, he doesn't just then still say "you can ride MINE" haha take that Kilmer)

oh dear this will be very tedious if i have made this up

― Bob Zemko, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

So the children were props to help further their careers...

Implying that gay people can't possibly want children?

― Frank Kogan, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

i wish, he was a gay... i would travel all the way to america just to kiss him, and to suck his (probably long, and hard) dick... till it discharges hot white cum over me. i love him. i love him from the day, i first saw him... he is such a cute and handsome man, i can die for him. i consider nicole kidman one of the luckiest ladies on earth, coz she has had countless sex sessions with him. and penelope cruz is the stupidiest, who left the sexy hunk. i wish, i were at her place... getting fucked and sucking him 24 hours a day, seven days a week...

― salman minhas, Saturday, 27 March 2004 11:15 (twenty-one years ago)

thr's also a scene in top gun when the head guy screams out his office (after cruise's circus-stunt fly-by): "I want butts. get me someone's BUTT!" and a scene where cruise is bent over and viper aligns himself behind him and the camera swoops round to skew the perspective. in fact, there's lots of this in top gun.

― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 27 March 2004 11:22 (twenty-one years ago)

O and I love tom cruise. he's probably my favourite modern hollywood actor and I wish his self-editing film-choosing sense would get it together and get him in some good roles. it's the black-hole narcissism swallows me whole. also his smile is smug beyond his ability.

― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 27 March 2004 11:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Swallowed by the old "black-hole" eh? I think I catch your drift.

― Tim Matheson, Saturday, 27 March 2004 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Ted Casablancas had a blind item that I thought might refer to him: "what star is currently cruising on the gay side? Could it be this notorious 'Tom Thumb'?"

― Harley Earl, Saturday, 27 March 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Stop beating up on Tom. Not only is he the best working actor in the tri-state area, he's also a scientist. That's how smart he is.

...huh? Yeah, that's right...oh. I see.

― Skottie, Saturday, 27 March 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been fond of Tom Cruise as an actor since seeing him in some enjoyable films over the last few years. I did like the way in "Eyes Wide Shut" the fratboys who hassle his character call him a shortarse faggot. I don't really care if he is gay or not.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Saturday, 27 March 2004 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I've always heard that Mike Ovitz arrange the marriage with Nicole. This is obv. back when his name meant something in Hollywood. He promised N. easy entry into films if she'd marry T.C. as a cover. Sounds to byzantine, however, to be true.

OTOH, the marriage ended when
1) Mike Ovitz has no power to enforce any deals
2) Nicole demonstrated she didn't need any help in Hollywood.

Also, I'd heard that T.C. used a specific escort service when he visited Miami and presumably other cities. This is consistent with the porn star allegations somehow. He may have worked for such a service.

Actor or not, he continues to be a movie star. A very separate thing.

― I'm Just Saying..., Saturday, 27 March 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Definatly straight. Did you guys hear that on the movie "The last Samuri" they almost accidentally beheaded Tom Cruise.(Major Whoops)

― Ellen Lane (Ellen Lane), Saturday, 27 March 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

his character was named MAJOR WHOOPS?!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 27 March 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

No! Duh. I have no idea what his character was named!

― Ellen Lane (Ellen Lane), Saturday, 27 March 2004 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)

His character's name was "Swishy LaRue"

― Skottie, Saturday, 27 March 2004 17:22 (twenty-one years ago)

A girl I knew worked for six months as R*bert D*wney Jr's personal assistant (even living in his guest house). She told me that one time R*bert, in a confessional moment, told her that during the '80s he'd had a bit of a fling with T*m Crui$e.

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 27 March 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone I know who used to work as a hairdressser in Hollywood told me that their ex used to work as Cruise's gardener and he ( TC) has a policy of employing only gay lookalikes as staff ( pilots, masseurs, chefs, personal trainers, gardeners etc). And he likes to get hot and heavy with his mirror image, basically. Which strikes me as very vain.

I saw the hairdresser's ex's picture; he did indeed look like a Mexican version of Cruise.

― badger Kitten (badger Kitten), Saturday, 27 March 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Why is nobody talking about the post that revived this thread?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 27 March 2004 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Because it's something so pure that we can't even acknowledge it.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 27 March 2004 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

in "Eyes Wide Shut" the fratboys who hassle his character call him a shortarse faggot

One of those fratboys was a good friend of mine (the tall one). He happened to be in England and got the walk-on part because the guy who was originally supposed to do it (another friend from university) had to leave the UK before the super-slow-perfectionist Kubrick got around to shooting the scene. He was bummed.

Anyway, my friend who wound up doing the scene said it was kinda fun calling Tom a faggot. I have no idea if Tom is actually gay or not, but I just thought I'd share that with y'all.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Saturday, 27 March 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

haha Ned! that's very funny.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 27 March 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

that scene and the connotations are one of the reasons I like that film so much.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Saturday, 27 March 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Why is nobody talking about the post that revived this thread?

salman OTM ;-)

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 28 March 2004 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

Gay. So gay. Off the fucking gaydar. Just admit it, Tom. Lots of people in Hollywood have "come out" and had their carrers stagnante. Your movies are shit anyhow, just admit it and be done with it. Maybe you can land a guest spot on Will & Grace.

― HesSoGay, Monday, 2 August 2004 01:03 (twenty years ago)

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Tom Cruise, inspiration for Bale's American Psycho

― Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 22 October 2009 21:46 (fifteen years ago)

In Eyes Wide Shut he looks uncannily like Christian Bale In American Psycho.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Thursday, 22 October 2009 21:49 (fifteen years ago)

I've seen American Psycho like 5 times and never made the connection, but it seems so obvious now!

― auuuuuu!!!! sexy ledy, my favorite anomal! (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, 22 October 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago)

Eyes Wide Shut - 1999
American Psycho - 2000

so, yeah

― Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 22 October 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago)

the link would be Miles Fisher

― henry s, Friday, 23 October 2009 01:40 (fifteen years ago)

Thread title question needs a poll. Settle this once and for all. We owe it to posterity.

― Aimless, Friday, 23 October 2009 03:02 (fifteen years ago)

i bought a tom cruise biography at a dollar store a few months ago, along with some hand sanitizer and some candy.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 03:10 (fifteen years ago)

it was a pretty entertaining read. no particularly shocking revelations. the consensus from people who knew him over the years seemed to be that he was straight and in fact tended to be rather unpleasantly homophobic, pretty much just as described in that bronson pinchot interview.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 03:12 (fifteen years ago)

He seems like he wouldn't really be attracted to people, maybe something like sea lions. Or the Eiffel Tower.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 23 October 2009 03:31 (fifteen years ago)

maybe something like sea lions.

Straight

Or the Eiffel Tower.

Gay

― Paul in Santa Cruz, Friday, 23 October 2009 03:47 (fifteen years ago)

he was straight and in fact tended to be rather unpleasantly homophobic

Being unpleasantly homophobic doesn't rule out being gay. Ask Ted Haggard.

― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 23 October 2009 07:58 (fifteen years ago)

no one knows save for him and his scientology life coach

― amateurist, Friday, 23 October 2009 08:04 (fifteen years ago)

also as soon as bronson pinchot made that comment about denzel, something sort of snapped into focus. yeah, denzel does seem like a big asshole, doesn't he?

― amateurist, Friday, 23 October 2009 08:05 (fifteen years ago)

Being unpleasantly homophobic doesn't rule out being gay. Ask Ted Haggard.

― Zelda Zonk, Friday, October 23, 2009 7:58 AM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark

true, just saying the evidence of him being gay is pretty slim.

("unpleasantly" before "homophobic" was redundant obviously)

no one knows save for him and his scientology life coach

― amateurist, Friday, October 23, 2009 8:04 AM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark

no argument from me!

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 08:36 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i can totally see denzel as total asshole.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 08:36 (fifteen years ago)

like, totally

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 08:37 (fifteen years ago)

I think the homosexual allegations (?) started because Nicole Kidman made some ambiguous comment in an interview, no? I seem to recall so. Yes, I have paid full price for TWO Tom Cruise bios. :-(

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 23 October 2009 09:04 (fifteen years ago)

Actually according to the bio I read, they started pretty early in his career right when some shirtless pictures of him were sold to a gay magazine (or something to that effect.) Plus, Top Gun.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 09:10 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G36VaaEJi6I

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 09:12 (fifteen years ago)

I wonder if Tom was actively gay before joining Scientology (which views homosexuality as yet another symptom of Xenu's sinister legacy), and has since gotten crazier and crazier as he goes through his series of girlfriends/wives.

In contrast to Cruise, I've heard Travolta just straight up sexually harasses male crewmembers on his movies.

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 23 October 2009 09:24 (fifteen years ago)

lol, "actively gay." It's late, people.

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 23 October 2009 09:24 (fifteen years ago)

travolta is pretty much confirmed gay. i mean, there's photographic proof!

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 09:27 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, he's kissing some dude on the cheek. Oooooooo. :-)

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 23 October 2009 09:52 (fifteen years ago)

Are straight men not allowed to kiss other men in America? Maybe I've been living in France too long.

― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 23 October 2009 09:59 (fifteen years ago)

nope. it's against the law in every state except canada!

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 10:11 (fifteen years ago)

seriously tho that pic proves nothing of course. but two ostensibly hetero adult, unrelated american males kissing another is pretty rare/uncommon here.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 10:21 (fifteen years ago)

anyway the main point being that the rumors and "evidence" are more pervasive and substantial (relatively speaking) for travolta than cruise.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 10:25 (fifteen years ago)

but still anything's possible. cruise has more $$$ and a whole religion on his side to buy and enforce people's silence.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 10:33 (fifteen years ago)

seriously tho that pic proves nothing of course. but two ostensibly hetero adult, unrelated american males kissing another is pretty rare/uncommon here.

Actors are rarely what you'd call "typical males" though.

― Tuomas, Friday, 23 October 2009 10:50 (fifteen years ago)

I mean, the field of acting tends to attract people who are more flamboyant and eccentric than the regular Joe. I'm not saying Travolta necessarily belongs to this category, but I wouldn't see him kissing another guy as a definite proof of anything.

― Tuomas, Friday, 23 October 2009 10:54 (fifteen years ago)

lol i was gonna say "but i never said it was proof of anything" but then i remembered that i totally did (albeit flippantly)

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, 23 October 2009 10:57 (fifteen years ago)

have heard rumours that travolta is having an affair with his own professional lookalike, but have no proof

― it's like a Shark-Cage but for "Your Junk" AKA Your Penis & Balls (stevie), Friday, 23 October 2009 12:04 (fifteen years ago)

also as soon as bronson pinchot made that comment about denzel, something sort of snapped into focus. yeah, denzel does seem like a big asshole, doesn't he?

― amateurist, Friday, October 23, 2009 4:05 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

omg totally

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Friday, 23 October 2009 12:18 (fifteen years ago)

anyway the main point being that the rumors and "evidence" are more pervasive and substantial (relatively speaking) for travolta than cruise.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, October 23, 2009 6:25 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

but still anything's possible. cruise has more $$$ and a whole religion on his side to buy and enforce people's silence.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Friday, October 23, 2009 6:33 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

doesnt travolta also have tons of $$$ and a whole religion on his side?

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Friday, 23 October 2009 12:18 (fifteen years ago)

I don't get your point... If scientology is anti-gay, why would scientologists help to cover up Cruise's supposed gayness?

― Tuomas, Friday, 23 October 2009 12:32 (fifteen years ago)

they would suppress it and deny it.

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Friday, 23 October 2009 12:36 (fifteen years ago)

presumably.

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Friday, 23 October 2009 12:37 (fifteen years ago)

i mean cuz if their #1 spokesman was gay, and they were anti-gay, that wouldn't be a great look for them.

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Friday, 23 October 2009 12:37 (fifteen years ago)

Actors are rarely what you'd call "typical males" though.

Like all Swedes are "typical naive".

I don't get your point... If scientology is anti-gay, why would scientologists help to cover up Cruise's supposed gayness?

Huh?

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 23 October 2009 12:55 (fifteen years ago)

(Sorry cranky, never mind, let's all focus on Cruise)

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 23 October 2009 12:58 (fifteen years ago)

iirc scientology has its members divulge all of their their past sexual experiences and 'deviant behaviors' as part of the process of becoming 'clear' -- these confessions are kept on file and used to blackmail members if they step out of line. so i've read.

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:40 (fifteen years ago)

doesnt travolta also have tons of $$$ and a whole religion on his side?

Travolta's been a member longer but in terms of influence and clout Cruise is basically #2 in the $cientology organization, after the chairman David Miscaviage (who is BFFs with Cruise.)

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Saturday, 24 October 2009 03:10 (fifteen years ago)

elmo otm, incidentally.

― HOOS Ass Is It Anyway? (latebloomer), Saturday, 24 October 2009 03:14 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

Cruise, cruising

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 June 2013 17:06 (twelve years ago)

if it's on the internet...

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 17 June 2013 17:08 (twelve years ago)

http://www.lightmasterstudios.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Eyes-Wide-Shut-Mask1.jpg

¡Hola!

― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 17 June 2013 17:10 (twelve years ago)

Today's episode, in which we find that Sasha Baron Cohen has "a gay go-go dancer" as a friend.

― Aimless, Monday, 17 June 2013 17:13 (twelve years ago)

I WANT TO BELIEVE

― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 17 June 2013 18:34 (twelve years ago)

haha that is the perfect urban legend

― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Monday, 17 June 2013 18:46 (twelve years ago)

fidelio

― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 17 June 2013 18:52 (twelve years ago)

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