What’s the Snark on Tom Cruise?

He does his own stunts — AND disinformation. Christy and Sophie walk through the life and lore of one of our last big movie stars who also happens to be one of the top figureheads of the world’s most controversial and terrifying “church.”

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Approximate Timestamps:

00:00 Intro & Catch-Up (Wedding Weekend Plans, Feeling Under the Weather)

01:40 Introducing Today's Topic: Tom Cruise & Scientology

02:35 Separating the Art from the Artist: Comparing Cruise to Michael Jackson & Jared Leto

05:20 Early Life: Family Background, Abusive Father & Catholic Upbringing

09:50 Early Career: NYC Move, Signing with CAA & Breakout Filmography

14:35 90s Filmography, Paramount Ending Their Deal & Tropic Thunder Controversy

20:25 Introduced to Scientology via Mimi Rogers: Auditing & Tax-Exempt Status

22:20 Shelley Miscavige's Disappearance & the LAPD Cover-Up Theory

23:40 Public Scientology Announcement, Xenu Mythology & Cult Recruitment Tactics

26:15 Post-9/11 Detox Controversy & Attempting to Convert Celebrities

29:40 Anti-Psychiatry Crusade: Brooke Shields, Matt Lauer & Steven Spielberg

32:35 The Oprah Couch-Jumping Incident & Media Frenzy

34:20 Relationship with David Miscavige & the Sea Org's Slave Labor

39:50 Marriage to Nicole Kidman: Adoption, Divorce & Estrangement from Their Kids

43:45 The "Auditioning Girlfriends" Scandal: Nazanin Boniadi's Story

47:30 Marriage to Katie Holmes, Silent Birth Rumors & Estrangement from Suri

50:10 Sexuality Rumors & Decades of Successful Lawsuits

53:50 Other Relationships & Leah Remini's Allegations/Travolta Rivalry

57:05 Honorary Oscar, "Digger" & Closing Debate on Separating Art from Artist

1:01:00 Patreon/Newsletter Plugs & Outro

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