Madonna has come to the defense of Tom Cruise and his Scientology beliefs, saying he can worship anything he likes.
The singer, a follower of Jewish offshoot the Kabbalah, claims it is nobody’s business what religion people choose to follow.
She tells New York magazine, “I don’t care if people worship turtles or frogs – if they’re good people, that’s all I care about, and he (Cruise) is a good person. I think he gets a raw deal, just as I think the orphans in Malawi get a raw deal; just as I think a lot of marginalised people get a raw deal.”
Madonna does have a point here – religious persecution is not acceptable – but I love the way she brings the topic back to her own agenda. That’s the Madonna we all know and love! However, she’s forgetting just how the Tom Cruise brand of Scientology gained its reputation.
First, he claims Scientology can cure dyslexia, drug addiction, and chemical exposure. He also told Brooke Shields she shouldn’t take antidepressants for her post-natal depression, and that psychiatric medications are fake. Not to mention his ranting crazy Scientology videos the cult tried desperately to suppress.
Madonna, in case you were wondering, has topped the UK charts with ‘4 Minutes’, her 13th number one single in that country. She’s also topped the US charts. While Madonna may still be on top of the music charts at least her fashion influence is waning. The woman who inspired lace gloves and rah-rah skirts in the 80s has failed to create a trend with her pleather and spandex bondage gym gear.
Note by Celebitchy: Scientology also charges exorbitant sums of money from their brainwashed victims, much like Madonna’s Kabbalah cult. No wonder she’s defending Cruise.
Madonna is shown outside the gym she owns next door to her house on 4/19/08, thanks to WENN. I don’t know why she doesn’t just build an underground tunnel. Tom Cruise is shown clutching Katie Holmes at the premiere of her flop “Mad Money” on 1/9/08, thanks to PRPhotos.
lol, having Madonna defend you isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement. And for the record, Madge, being a good person (as Tom may well be) doesn’t necessarily equate with being a bright or intelligent person.
And why, with all that money, does her hair always look like something the cat coughed up?
She does have some roots showing, doesn’t she?
Fanaticism is always dangerous. I don’t care if Tommy worships fire-breathing dragons, the problem I have with these cults is that they rip off innocent people, ruin their lives and, I believe, sometimes end their lives for them.
Quite, syko. And the fact that she so arrogantly misses that crucial point in her throwaway ‘turtles and frogs’ line just highlights her own ignorance and stupidity.
Love me some Madge: that said, in her mega rich celebrity bubble, she obviously has no idea how the plebs in the real world see the likes of her or Cruise. Wonder how long ago it was that somebody actually said no to either of them? The money they donate to their pet ‘religions’, is to them up there in their super rich stratosphere, peanuts. Down here on earth, Toms’ ‘religion’ one he uses his fame to promote, ruins lives
Great about her number one though – that’ll shut up all the naysayers who’ve written her off god knows how many times before
ah, but if she built an underground tunnel from her house to the gym she wouldn’t get her picture taken quite so often in workout wear.
i’m sooo fucking over this old cunt and her pretentious load of bullshit. scientology is downright evil – a brainwashing moneyfixated organisation that destroys the life and families of its members. tom cruise deserves MUCH worse for promoting that shit. and she needs to go blend some seaweed juice or whatever the hell it is she does…tss
I heart Madonna!
I heart Madonna too, Mad Love. That’s one powerful woman, and rich enough to get away with being as bitchy as she wants to be. Fearless women are the most remembered, but they’re rarely the most liked.
I don’t know how flattering the statement is, overall, she’s comparing Tom Cruise to third world orphans. 😛
And not to defend Scientology, which is certainly not my cup of Xenu juice, but most religions “request” a tithe of some sort or another. We always gave 10% right off the top to our church when I was growing up. All religions are a little weird, they all have doctrines that seem odd or even dangerous to non-members, they all have ideas that border on paranormal – and they all have zealots who preach a little too hard or a little too often. I don’t think Tom spouting off actually hurts anyone – and barring Scientology actually inspiring some sort of legislature banning anti-depressants or psychiatry, the most they do is keep us all entertained and shaking our heads on our coffee breaks.
She’s essentially defending herself and her Kabbalah religion by defending him. Why do celebrities always have to join such weird religions?
um, chamalla, Scientology is not a religion. And to be fair (or realistic even), they arouse a little more than head-shaking in most quarters. Entertaining – not so much.
what happened to freedom of religon?
ameriKKa…a nation of hypocrites.
Madonna, please don’t tell us what to think. We don’t need your advice granny. Yes roots showing… it makes her look old and cheap. Should sing “In The Ghetto”… What do you think? Good night granny!
Why is Cruise always clutching Holmes? Is he afraid she’ll run away?