As anniversaries go, June 24, 2005, is probably one TomCruise would rather forget
While a notorious showdown took place with Lauer on NBC's morning show , in truth, the whole month long press tour for 'War of the Worlds' could have benefited from a do-over.
As anniversaries go, June 24, 2005, is probably one Tom Cruise would rather forget. That was the date of his notorious showdown with Matt Lauer onWar of the WorldsThe problems began in late 2004, when the megastar fired his longtime press agent, Pat Kingsley, and replaced her with his sister Lee Anne De Vette. "He had never been to my office before," Kingsley later told. "[After] a few minutes of chitchat … he said, 'I want you to know I've decided to make a change.
Cruise later apologized in person to Shields and even invited her to his fairy-tale wedding to Holmes in Italy, which she attended, on Nov. 18, 2006. The couple divorced in 2012.
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