
Publicist Reveals He Got Fired When Tom Cruise Jumped on Oprah Winfrey’s Couch in 2005

So many things happened when Tom Cruise appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2005.
The audience went wild before Cruise hit the stage, filling Harpo Studios in Chicago with deafening screams, applause and even some tears. When the world’s biggest movie star finally appeared on set to join Winfrey for an interview that altered pop culture forever, he delivered a passionately unhinged performance that found him professing his love for new girlfriend (and future wife) Katie Holmes. He knelt on the floor multiple times, pumped his fists, clenched Winfrey’s hands and ultimately leapt onto the sofa with both feet.
Even Winfrey was caught off guard by the display. “What has happened to you?” she excitedly asked an undeniably giddy Cruise, who, by that point in his career, had been the picture of movie star perfection. Later she admitted, “We’ve never seen you behave this way before.” No one had.
The audience went wild before Cruise hit the stage, filling Harpo Studios in Chicago with deafening screams, applause and even some tears. When the world’s biggest movie star finally appeared on set to join Winfrey for an interview that altered pop culture forever, he delivered a passionately unhinged performance that found him professing his love for new girlfriend (and future wife) Katie Holmes. He knelt on the floor multiple times, pumped his fists, clenched Winfrey’s hands and ultimately leapt onto the sofa with both feet.
Even Winfrey was caught off guard by the display. “What has happened to you?” she excitedly asked an undeniably giddy Cruise, who, by that point in his career, had been the picture of movie star perfection. Later she admitted, “We’ve never seen you behave this way before.” No one had.
- 3/2/2025
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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