Feb 5 2009Tom Cruise is a jackass
Tom Cruise's stupidity almost caused an international incident while he's in Brazil promoting his latest movie Valkyrie. Page Six reports:
Cruise tried to ingratiate himself to reporters by saying hola (hello) and gracias (thanks), not realizing that the language of Brazil is Portuguese, not Spanish. Accord ing to Glamurama.com, Cruise also said he fell in love with Brazil watching movies about samba and tango, unaware that tango is an Argentine dance.
Realizing he'd made a faux pas, Tom Cruise quickly relied on his OT training to diffuse the situation. He then asked for his favorite Brazilian dish, General Tso's Chicken, because Scientology is a fake religion invented by a science fiction writer. Ba doom sha!

Reader Comments
1. Que - February 5, 2009 3:46 PM
Que newsflash!
2. p0nk - February 5, 2009 3:47 PM
TCLTC
3. havoc - February 5, 2009 3:50 PM
He's just being glib....
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4. Gus - February 5, 2009 3:51 PM
Gracias?!?!? What a dumb douchebag... Was it so hard for him to learn how to say "Obrigado".
5. PourBeerOnAlkies - February 5, 2009 3:55 PM
He also watched Black Orpheus, and commented that it's a blaxploitation take on the Orpheus story. Orpheus is a cold brotha man in that mothafucka. He's got a plan to stick it to the man.
6. Portugeezer - February 5, 2009 3:55 PM
Ola = Hello in Portuguese.
So he only sounded half retarded.
p.s. TCLTC.
7. PourBeerOnAlkies - February 5, 2009 3:55 PM
He also watched Black Orpheus, and commented that it's a blaxploitation take on the Orpheus story. Orpheus is a cold brotha man in that mothafucka. He's got a plan to stick it to the man.
8. Randal - February 5, 2009 3:56 PM
Such things happen when you're as big as Tom Cruise is, always being flown around the world to where groups of screaming fans wait. Valkyrie has been a big hit for Tom, so it doesn't surprise me that he's doing the full world tour promoting it.
Randal
9. weaselspeed - February 5, 2009 3:56 PM
He drugs katie holmes. I figure his personality for real is more like that crazy ass dude he played in tropic thunder.
10. Tom Brady - February 5, 2009 3:58 PM
Come on, everybody knows he fell in love with Brazil while masturbating to pictures of Gisele Bundchen...at least until somebody told him she's female.
11. Kate - February 5, 2009 3:58 PM
I thought he was going to stop grabbing her arm and dragging her around like that?
12. Massa' - February 5, 2009 3:59 PM
Tom Cruise was also a huge Biraq Obumma supporter, go figure. Deushbags.
13. TUBBO - February 5, 2009 4:01 PM
I like Toms stepford wife.
14. pete - February 5, 2009 4:01 PM
He should have tried harder to appreciate their country, like learning enough Portuguese to say "You certainly do have a lot of poor people."
15. Sid - February 5, 2009 4:02 PM
He looks like he's with his mom at his First Communion.
16. everyone - February 5, 2009 4:03 PM
#12 - you have only one thought and we've all heard it 100 times. If you can't come up with new material get off the stage.
17. Kate - February 5, 2009 4:05 PM
She has the weirdest legs.
18. Beth - February 5, 2009 4:09 PM
What he was looking for is: Eu amo o caralho.
19. Alberto Lupe Montoya - February 5, 2009 4:12 PM
I am discusted by his behavior. Maybe he should go back to hollywood and got some understanding lessons
20. Canadian Idiot - February 5, 2009 4:14 PM
Whatever, I'd hit that
21. morga - February 5, 2009 4:18 PM
Note to midget (who is about the same height as me): When you are are approx. the same height as your woman, do not let her wear 3" heels. Idiot
#6 - it's similar, but I thought that in Portuguese you put much more stress on the "a", vs. the "o" in Spanish. oh-LA vs. OH-la
22. Mike - February 5, 2009 4:19 PM
He learned about Brazil by watching all 27 volumes of "Brazilian Trannies: Thongs and Dongs."
23. Europe - February 5, 2009 4:21 PM
Obrigada
24. Europe - February 5, 2009 4:21 PM
Obrigada
25. Jrz - February 5, 2009 4:22 PM
Asshole.
Show me the stupid!
26. Raven11 - February 5, 2009 4:24 PM
Tom Cruise is the most controlling and insecure person I have even seen in my life. I would love to see him keep his hands to himself for once and let Katie walk by herself. These pictures, and most other look like she is not able to walk under her own power. Note to #12: Learn how to spell. Hopefully you are not an American, because it really would be illiteracy if you didn't know your own president's name, regardless how you felt about him or her.
27. Build the Fence - February 5, 2009 4:27 PM
Everybody knows there is NO difference from Mexicans or South Americans.
Who gives a s h i t what language they speak, it has no relevance to the fact that both are wetback leaches on all of society.
28. p0nk - February 5, 2009 4:31 PM
@26 - he's afraid she'll make a run for it.
29. Yeah - February 5, 2009 4:32 PM
I guess sometimes, Innocence is not a bliss :D
30. Ted Kennedy's Tumor - February 5, 2009 4:34 PM
#22 Mike, LMFAO!
What did Jesus say to the Mexicans before he left?
Don't do a damn thing until I get back!
31. timmy the dying boy - February 5, 2009 4:37 PM
I saw the pic before the headline; I thought the item was about Vince McMahon.
32. obvious - February 5, 2009 4:37 PM
How can anyone see Tom Cruise on the screen and not think "That high school drop out has SERIOUS problems?"
His paid apologists work their asses off to cover for him but how quickly would any of us get up and move to another seat if we were sitting in a bar having a beer and Tom Cruise came in and sat down next to us?
33. Canadian Idiot - February 5, 2009 4:39 PM
@27
You have some serious problems. How are South Americans or Mexicans leeches on society? They "takin' yer jobs"?
34. Marie - February 5, 2009 4:40 PM
I agree with another poster. He seems to think his wife cannot walk without him grabbing on her and guiding her every step of the way, it's ridiculous.
Guess what Tom, she's a big girl!
35. azalea - February 5, 2009 4:41 PM
I can just see him trying to steer Nicole around like that; she's have hissed in his ear, "Get your greasy paws off me, you little troll, or I'll beat the living shit out of you right here and now!"
36. Sauron - February 5, 2009 4:46 PM
Hola! :) Maybe he was making a joke? He got the attention anyway.
37. Hay - February 5, 2009 4:48 PM
1) What do you mean with "fake religion"? All religions are fake!
2) Fuck you for not letting me read the whole article on my feed reader. I'm out of here forever. You lost a reader, goodbye.
38. lola - February 5, 2009 4:49 PM
I don't know how Tom Cruise is in his personal life as I have never met him. But after looking at these photos I understand why he didn't want Katie to wear heels. That isn't controlling. This is embarrassing
39. Richard McBeef - February 5, 2009 4:53 PM
Where are the scientology fucks at? Usually they come in and defend their saviour. Fuck Tom Cruise and fuck the Cult of Scientology.
TCLTC. LRHLTC. TCLLRHC.
40. lola - February 5, 2009 4:55 PM
haha.. yes organized religions are fake. BUT DO NOT DENY THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. Just as Christianity says that women are cursed and worth 2/3 a man and Mormonism says that black skin is a curse on bad people. HAHAHA!! I am rolling over laughing for all of the people who believe this shit! Go on believing there is an actual reason that you are inferior and trying to live with it. Go on with all your useless wars and killing.
LOVE GOD, not the bible
41. Simba - February 5, 2009 4:56 PM
Jambo! My name is Maverick!
42. pistola - February 5, 2009 5:01 PM
@17
i agree... like tree trunks. sad...
43. JPRichardson - February 5, 2009 5:03 PM
LOOK AT THOSE LEGS!!!! Yummy!
44. PunkA - February 5, 2009 5:05 PM
Katie used to be so hot and cute and cuddly. Now she looks like a ginormous thing next to TC. I mean, he makes her look man-ish and hulky when they are photoed together and that is just wrong. I like hot chicks to look feminine, but look like they are amped up on roids and getting hulky. Damn TC for that.
45. Alexis - February 5, 2009 5:08 PM
@ 27 you are a freaking moron! No difference between mexicans and south americans.. hahahahaha! Geezzz! I don't even know where to start with you but I won't cos...you don't even deserve to breathe.
Well, let's be fair, Tom's like most people in america. I've LMAO listening to americans answer questions regarding geography or culture from another country. Like, what's the capital for argentina? lima? um yeah. They don't know. Or they know two stupid referenses like "Oh, si si, argentina, tango and maradonna" hahahaha, retards.
We are all part of the same world people, know your neighbor. And one day when the northern hemisphere starts to flood you'll come knocking on our doors, beleive it! wahahahahaha.
46. tom cruise - February 5, 2009 5:13 PM
dude, all religions are fake invented by somebody. so that really doesn't make scientology any less plausible than the rest :P
47. NY Ted - February 5, 2009 5:17 PM
Of course Tiny Tom Thumb is a "Jack-Ass"...but his wife has beautiful feet whch I would love to devour...as I fuck the living scientology right out of her!
48. Alex - February 5, 2009 5:20 PM
poor girl, she looks like shit. he's a douche. He fell in love with brazil watching movies about samba and tango? hahaha I've never seen a movie about samba. I saw one about tango that Robert Duvall filmed in argentina, he got married to an argentinian girl and he's a huge tango fan but he cant dance for shit hahahah dancers in the tanguerias here talk about how bad he is. What an idiot, just google stuff before opening your mouth moron! hahaha. I'm thinking brazilian journalist wanted to eat him alive! There's this huge rivalry between argentina and brazil mostly based on football hahahaha but we don't like being mistaken with brazilians or the other way around. Despite what @27 we are far from being alike.
49. freejose - February 5, 2009 5:22 PM
He was so good as Les Grossman, I'm gonna let this one slide.
50. 10pound - February 5, 2009 5:23 PM
tacoburritoenchiladanachoooooooooooooooooooooooo
51. Marius - February 5, 2009 5:25 PM
Yuck. He's turned Katey Holmes into a man.
52. dude - February 5, 2009 5:27 PM
At least he's showing them one of our national treasures, Katie's legs.
53. authorego - February 5, 2009 5:33 PM
He's Clear, He's here.
54. Lexoka - February 5, 2009 5:34 PM
"fake religion"? Sure, scientology is a bit more ridiculous than the others, but not that much.
55. Victoria - February 5, 2009 5:38 PM
There's ZERO sexual tension between them. Zero. They look like hardly know each other.
And he looks like her "walker."
56. HolyGhost - February 5, 2009 5:38 PM
is that Jay-Z in the background?
57. Tom Cruise - February 5, 2009 5:44 PM
I'M TOM CRUISE I LIKE TACOS Y BURRITOS
58. Desmond Hume - February 5, 2009 5:55 PM
I actually didn't realize that Brazil spoke portuguese until i met some brazilian immigrants in my building and tried to speak spanish to them. Silly me. The langauges sound nothing similar even though they are neighboring countries.
geeklovematch.com
59. Tracey - February 5, 2009 6:15 PM
He leads her around like his large pet. sheeesh They don't even pretend to look at each other lovingly.
60. sunshine - February 5, 2009 6:48 PM
#26, you are so right. If he lets her hand go, will she run away? He makes her wear those ridiculous shoes so she couldn't get far before she fell off of them and broke her ankle. These pictures are creepy.
61. lolocaust - February 5, 2009 6:57 PM
"because Scientology is a fake religion invented by a science fiction writer. "
Tomorrow's headline: "The Superficial Writer found dead in mom's basement with nine heroin needles in vein beneath penis. No investigation will be forthcoming."
62. ORLY? - February 5, 2009 7:02 PM
#61 LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
63. Ann - February 5, 2009 7:28 PM
"Scientology is a fake religion invented by a science fiction writer".
Amen!
(#61 isn't funny.)
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65. Ein - February 5, 2009 8:28 PM
He's also comenting on how City of God makes you belief in a false prophet and all that catholic stuff.
66. dondraper - February 5, 2009 8:39 PM
He looks like an elf standing next to Katie.
67. Geronimo - February 5, 2009 8:47 PM
This girl has tree trunks for legs.
68. Lima - February 5, 2009 8:50 PM
67 she doesn't have tree trunks for legs they just look like tree trunks next to Tom Cruise the pixie.
69. kate - February 5, 2009 9:27 PM
He is a good manager! You can check out more on his blog at***sugarmingle. c Om*** , where all single men are welcome since so many handsome black and white single women are there for a right guy..
70. May - February 5, 2009 9:32 PM
Samba and tango? omg, how stupid can someone get?
Oh, if anyone in here come to brazil, do NOT ask about samba, caipirinha and soccer. we can love it, but we hate when people seem to know only this about us.
Ask about. Jesus. You know, Madonna's personal male prostitute.
71. gerard Vandenberg - February 5, 2009 10:04 PM
WELL, I was already convinced of this fact about twelve years ago, folks!!
72. lazy troll - February 5, 2009 10:05 PM
first yuo pussies
73. tote - February 5, 2009 10:16 PM
thats really stupid
74. toueaste - February 5, 2009 10:17 PM
hi
75. E - February 5, 2009 10:19 PM
He's botox injections make him look like a wax doll!
76. ORLY? - February 5, 2009 10:41 PM
#63, I found it funny because it was in poor taste.
77. catska - February 5, 2009 11:14 PM
rsrsr, 18 puxa! vc e' tao mau!!!
78. shut it - February 5, 2009 11:31 PM
45 & 48- shut the fuck up- hahahaha. And never use cos in a sentence again. hahahaha.
79. Ali Knievel - February 6, 2009 12:47 AM
That Katie Holmes is one sexy ass fembot. Look at those legs. She does have this look like "I turned down the Dark Knight for this bullshit?!?!".
80. Pri - February 6, 2009 12:56 AM
@27 Poor you.
Know nothing! Hope someday you realize that your not better than anyone... And I'm sorry if some Mexican or South American got your job, or your girlfriend or whatever! This is probably because you suck!
People like this that make the rest of the world see USA (not "America", because America is ALL the continent) like shit!
Grow up!
81. snake - February 6, 2009 1:57 AM
Hee hee ... TCLTC
OK, so I had to look it up. But, now, hee hee.
82. qtpie - February 6, 2009 3:20 AM
Can't SOMEONE put some concealer under that girls eyes! She has the darkest circles I've ever seen in almost every pic of her since Tom. She wouldn't look nearly as bad if they took 2 seconds to cover that shit UP!
83. Mac - February 6, 2009 4:17 AM
Who's the tall guy on the right standing next to Tom in the last picture ?
84. Fati - February 6, 2009 5:19 AM
katie holmes looks horrible. someone should rescue her.
85. Hari Michaelson - February 6, 2009 6:00 AM
The term 'fake religion' is redundant.
86. joanna - February 6, 2009 6:27 AM
jeez what happened to katie holmes? she looks so old and sad.....
87. clx - February 6, 2009 6:31 AM
He's still okay here.
88. joanna - February 6, 2009 6:32 AM
and look like he's always holding her, like she's a possession or sth
this is too sad. Or maybe she would just bolt on him, hmmm
89. wettster - February 6, 2009 7:54 AM
OMG he is just so foul. Creepy as fuck. I don't remember him ever looking so ugg. Looks at the way he's holding onto Katie. What a softcock.
90. L. Ron Hubbard - February 6, 2009 8:53 AM
Christianity is a fake religion invented by a lying jew. And mindlessly followed by a bazillion in-duh-viduals.
91. Crumps brother - February 6, 2009 9:09 AM
Cruise is a c*m stain
92. RichPort's Ghost - February 6, 2009 9:23 AM
TCLTC... but apparently Katie Holmes doesn't...
93. Lily - February 6, 2009 9:34 AM
What a douchebag! Not only he is such a moron that doesn't know that Brazil is the only South American country that speaks Portuguese (Brazil, by the way, has the largest economy, is the largest country and has the largest population, all in Latin America) but he also has no ideas that Argentinians and Brazilians hate each other to death!!
Like americans love making fun of canadians, brazilians love to make fun of argentinians!!!
Argentinians are mostly jealous of brazilians because their economy sucks and they've just turned out to be a cheap ass country in the last 10 years with their pathetic government.
Anyway, any moron that studies history in school would know that Brazil speaks Portuguese!
94. Ummm...yeah... - February 6, 2009 10:16 AM
What?
95. Julio Jordao - February 6, 2009 11:26 AM
Thanks, TheSuperficial, for the correct info about Brazil! Unfortunately, for many stupid Brazilian fans and upper-class leechers that love to praise anything that comes from abroad, Tom was considered a "gentleman" and a "very nice person". At the movie premiere, the level of brown-nosing was unbearable, with some famous and wannabe-actors fighting to have their picture taken beside him. And, of course, during the collective press interview, no questions about Scientology were allowed...
Anyway, on today's news: Efrom and Hudgens were spotted on several touristic points in Brazil.
OMFG!!!! We *deserve* this :D
96. xenu - February 6, 2009 12:03 PM
@93 tom hates reading and is still dyslexic ("cured" my ass.)
It's funny how these dumb celebrities with daddy issues turn to the COS to feel smarter, like Cruise and Will Smith.
Only one I feel bad for is beck, because he was born into it and indoctrinated for all his life. He also suffered through their horribly rated private schools that don't prepare their members foe anything but a life of servitude.
97. EWWWW - February 6, 2009 12:14 PM
Has anyone noticed he looks younger? I think Sir Tom paid a visit to the doctor???
98. A Person - February 6, 2009 1:29 PM
Seriously, how think are you all? How can you have a 'fake' religion? "A religion is a set of beliefs and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human ..." Therefore, how can a religion be fake! It can be wrong, but can you prove it. I personally hate religion, and it is obvious that Scientology was set up to extort money, but that doesn't stop it being a religion, just a crooked one. Everyone should believe in what we perceive to be fact, science.
99. A Person - February 6, 2009 1:29 PM
Seriously, how thick are you all? How can you have a 'fake' religion? "A religion is a set of beliefs and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human ..." Therefore, how can a religion be fake! It can be wrong, but can you prove it. I personally hate religion, and it is obvious that Scientology was set up to extort money, but that doesn't stop it being a religion, just a crooked one. Everyone should believe in what we perceive to be fact, science.
100. Bigo - February 6, 2009 1:52 PM
Tom should have consultud with Fed-Ex before going to Brazil
101. Oprah's couch - February 6, 2009 3:40 PM
The first clue that he was going nucking futz was when he jumped with glee on Oprah's couch, yet for some reason millions of women found this cute, and endearing... *shudders*
102. Is that the green giant and the little asparagus helper?? - February 6, 2009 4:01 PM
Is it just me, or does she look like a giant next to him? I mean, not only the height thing, but the MASS as well. What is he, like 5'4" and 105Lbs??
I keep reading on the net that Tom is 5'7" / 5'9" (and 147Lbs), and I also keep reading that Katie is 5'8" (and 108Lbs) but she looms over him in heels and even looks thicker than him, so he must be really tiny!
He would look much better standing next to Hayden Panettiere or Tila Tequila... lol
103. zsa - February 6, 2009 4:41 PM
Neither of them look good in white.
Seriously, though, they both look estranged from each other. They don't even really stand close, and he looks like he's holding on to her to give the appearance that they're together.
She looks unhappy and ghoulish. She looks like she's sick, actually, with the bags under her eyes and the pallor of her skin. It could just be the white dress though.
As for height and weight, I think even in flats she's at least 1" taller than him. It looks as though there's only about 10-15lbs in weight difference. But how much can you tell from a photo?
It's all just very sad. I feel sorry for her. She used to be a vibrant, seemingly happy, young woman. From these pics it looks like maybe she is starting to realize she made a mistake? Maybe not...
FK&S!!!
TCLTC
zsa
104. zsa - February 6, 2009 4:55 PM
@21
Or at least have the confidence to stand proudly next to your wife while she's wearing heels. Like, yeah, my wife is tall and beautiful! He doesn't look confident, he looks like he's hiding insecurity behind his creepy ass smile, and trying to keep up with her strides.
I just realized he's holding on to her right hand with his right hand. Who does that? That's what looks so strange about how they're standing...What is he digging for in his pocket with his left hand, that he can't hold his wife's hand the propper way?
FK&S!!!
TCLTC
zsa
105. blip - February 6, 2009 11:09 PM
@104 he holds her like that because he's a m-m-m-midget.
If Tommygrrl held her right hand with his left it would look like his mother was taking him for a walk.
106. Giggles - February 7, 2009 2:11 AM
Oh gee, is it me, or do these two look like posers, and Tom looks gay?
107. SCSteve - February 7, 2009 8:27 AM
Who cares what language they speak? They're all just a bunch of dumb spics anyway.
108. Dance Instructor - February 7, 2009 12:50 PM
Tom is a total douchebag - but i felt the need to clarify that Tango has roots in Brazil and Spain as well as Argentina. Originally called the "Milonga", there is much debate from these three main countries over where it originated.
109. Alex - February 7, 2009 4:04 PM
@93
Um Lily, argentinians are not jelous of brazilians, hahahaha where did u get that from? The rivalry is mostly based on football and the fact that both teams are the best you can find in south america,it is a huge deal when they play each other. I agree that brasil is in a different economic situation right now but we don't hate each other because of that, our presidents actually really get along and help each other. How can you be jelous of a country that has such serious problems with its security and problems handling the favelas and drug trafficking. I think you got it wrong, either you are not from here (and did not get your facts straight) or you are a resentful brazilian still pissed off because you got eliminated from the last world cup with a shameful performance hahahaha. But it sounds quite ridic to be jelous of another country's economy hahahaha.
@108 yes, you are right. But he did not say that he studied the origins of tango but that he fell in love with brazil watching movies about tango... I've never seen a movie about tango that speaks about brazil, usually it is related to argentina. He is a douche.
110. Erica - February 7, 2009 7:23 PM
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TCLTC
111. argghh - February 8, 2009 11:42 AM
more stuff to see this jackass
Tom Cruise
112. BritSwedeGuy - February 9, 2009 5:23 AM
He was on a chat show in the UK recently claiming to have learned German for Valkyrie, when the host said a couple of words in the most basic schoolboy German imaginable Cruise was completely dumbfounded.
Pants found to be totally on fire.
113. AmeriCanadian - February 10, 2009 1:33 AM
Dumbass $cientologist...I guess Xenu made him do it, eh?
114. gigi - February 10, 2009 12:18 PM
awww... poor Katie - she has this look of 'help me' in almost every shot.... and we can't forget-- TCLTC [perhaps still Rob Thomas'?]
115. Toonkinstein - February 10, 2009 2:16 PM
WHY the hell does he hold her hand like he is walking his granny accross the street?....
never mind! Rhetorical question.....
116. Rodrigo - February 14, 2009 1:16 AM
I dont think you should blame Cruise, but his poor PR team. tbfh i dont know what language is spoken in a thouand countries, i only know those the media shows me. Brazil is the only non spaish speaking country in south america, you cant balme ppl for not guessing we (im brazillian) speak portuguese.
He couldnt give a dam about what we speak as i dont give (or i know) what they speak in Luxemburg by example.
The thing is he does have people (as any public person should) who are paid to reasearch and find out tango isnt our dance and Spanish isnt our language.
He should just fire those ppl for making him look like an idiot, being he a real one or not