Tom Cruise jumped the Oscars on the jokes of Scientology, say the initiates
The star was not at hand to support her nominated film Top Gun: Maverick.
Top Gun: Maverick was nominated in six categories at Sunday Oscars , however, his star and his producer was visibly absent. Due to its production in production, Tom Cruise would have been one of the winners, if the action suite had taken the best film at home. He also wanted to promote the experience of seeing films in theaters, and he would have been widely reported The city toast During the Oscar Nominés lunch in February in part because of this. However, while some of his co-stars and the creative team behind Top Gun: Maverick Done to the Oscars, Cruise was not present. His representative offered a justification, but other sources said that he had other reasons not to appear at the ceremony, including concerns about the jokes that make fun of his controversial religion, Scientology. Continue reading to learn more.
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The initiates claim that Cruise was worried about the host's monologue.
After the Oscars, Variety reported that the initiates "hinted" Cruise decided not to attend the program after hearing this writer and director Judd Apatow Helped the host Jimmy Kimmel Build your monologue. As the publication pointed out, Apatow made jokes About Cruise and Scientology to Directors Guild Awards in February and spoke about him in other contexts. (The actor was not at the DGA.)
The 60 -year -old star, who was not present, was also the punchline of A Scientology joke accommodate Jerrod Carmichael Done to the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year. His absence of this ceremony was not surprising because he had previously returned its Golden Globe Awards In the middle of the controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 2021.
Kimmel would not have an ox with cruise.
Molly McNearney , the executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live! And Kimmel's wife, who was also a producer of the Oscars of this year, spoke to Variety About television. She said that Apatow was not co-written on the monologue and that she hoped that the rumor had not influenced Cruise's decision.
"Jimmy tends to send his monologue to a group of people in whom he trusts, comedy writers and actors," said McNearney. "They don't help with the monologue. They just tell him that this joke works, this joke does not work. No, Judd wrote or did nothing for the monologue."
McNearney also said Kimmel was looking forward to seeing the Top gun star.
"Jimmy loves Tom," she said. "Tom had just been part of the show the previous week. And they talked about seeing each other and Jimmy was delighted to tell him that we made real navy pilots to overflight the Oscars. Jimmy was really Disappointed that he did not come and come. "
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The host made a Scientology crack.
In his opening monologue, Kimmel joked Top Gun: Maverick Founding references of the Church of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard . "Tom sails with his shirt in this beach football scene? L. Ron Hubba Hubba, do you know what I say?" He joked.
McNearney said Kimmel had more equipment about Cruise prepared that he would have used if the star had presented himself. When asked if he would have delivered the joke of Hubbard if Cruise was in the crowd, the producer replied: "No. We had about three minutes of monologue dedicated to Tom Cruise, honoring him and his role in the Recovery of the film industry. We were so disappointed when we learned a few days before the Oscars that he would not be there. Jimmy loves him and really wanted to celebrate it. "
There is another rumor about the reason why Cruise was not there.
Another source said that Cruise jumped the Oscars For a completely different reason: to avoid the ex-wife Nicole Kidman , to whom he married from 1990 to 2001. An anonymous initiate said THE Daily mail , "Tom was not there because she was there, and he didn't want to run for."
However, the publication has also noted that sources close to Cruise said that jumping the ceremony was "not personal" and simply the result of a time conflict.
Cruise shared his own explanation.
Oscar Day, People have reported that Cruise does not sit in the Oscars because He worked on another film . His representative confirmed that he was outside the filming of the country Mission: Impossible - Dead Recalling Part Second . People also reported that if Top Gun: Maverick had to win the best film, the price would be accepted by the producer Jerry Bruckheimer .
