Is Tom Cruise a good judge of character? Not really. But is he a good judge of charisma? Can Tom recognize when someone has the rizz and when someone is utterly rizzless? That’s the question. To promote Digger, Tom is apparently one of the guests on this week’s episode of the Graham Norton Show. No surprise – Cruise loves Graham, and Graham loves having him on. Tom is more “loose” on Graham’s couch than in any other TV interview I’ve ever seen with Tom. Anyway, in a preview of the Norton episode, Tom apparently chatted about the Prince and Princess of Wales, who attended the royal premiere of Digger.
Tom Cruise is celebrating his red carpet reunion with Kate Middleton and Prince William.
During an appearance on the Friday, Sept. 25 episode of U.K. chat show The Graham Norton Show, Cruise, 64, was asked about the Prince and Princess of Wales, both 44, attending the world premiere of his new film, Digger, in London on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
“They are amazing — very charismatic. I had such a good time,” Cruise said of the royal couple, per a release obtained by PEOPLE.
Ahead of their arrival at Leicester Square, Tom shared his admiration for the royal couple. “I just love them,” he said. “They are lovely people, and I have great respect for them.”
Very charismatic?? So that’s why I’m asking – does Tom recognize rizz? Or is his Rizz Detector on the fritz? Obviously, he’s gassing them up and he has been sucking up to the Windsors for years now. He’s good at it too. This kind of public insistence that William and Kate are amazing and charismatic can be seen in a different light too – some people have shared theories that Tom is trying to recruit William and Kate into Scientology as well. There’s a non-zero possibility of that.
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- London, UNITED KINGDOM Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is seen attending the World Premiere of ‘Digger’ in London alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales. Cruise, who stars in the title role, joins Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, at the prestigious premiere as the film’s cast, filmmakers and invited guests gather for the special screening. Pictured: Tom Cruise, Prince William, Princess Catherine BACKGRID USA 23 SEPTEMBER 2026 BYLINE MUST READ: Regina Voronina / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- London, UNITED KINGDOM Guests were seen arriving for the “DIGGER” film and TV charity performance and world premiere. Pictured: Tom Cruise BACKGRID USA 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 BYLINE MUST READ: Zak Hussein / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- London, UNITED KINGDOM Guests were seen arriving for the “DIGGER” film and TV charity performance and world premiere. Pictured: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Tom Cruise, William, Prince of Wales BACKGRID USA 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 BYLINE MUST READ: Zak Hussein / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- London, UNITED KINGDOM The Prince and Princess Of Wales arrive at the world premiere of DIGGER at Leicester Square Gardens, London Pictured: Prince William of Wales, Princess Catherine of Wales BACKGRID USA 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 BYLINE MUST READ: Zak Hussein / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- London, UNITED KINGDOM The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the World Premiere of ‘Digger’ at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London, UK, on 22 September 2026. Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, join the cast, filmmakers and invited guests for the highly anticipated London premiere, with the royal couple arriving at the iconic Leicester Square cinema for the special screening. Pictured: Prince William, Princess Catherine of Wales BACKGRID USA 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- London, UNITED KINGDOM The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the World Premiere of ‘Digger’ at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London, UK, on 22 September 2026. Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, join the cast, filmmakers and invited guests for the highly anticipated London premiere, with the royal couple arriving at the iconic Leicester Square cinema for the special screening. Pictured: Prince William, Princess Catherine of Wales BACKGRID USA 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- London, UNITED KINGDOM Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is seen attending the World Premiere of ‘Digger’ in London alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales. Cruise, who stars in the title role, joins Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, at the prestigious premiere as the film’s cast, filmmakers and invited guests gather for the special screening. Pictured: Tom Cruise, Prince William, Princess Catherine BACKGRID USA 23 SEPTEMBER 2026 BYLINE MUST READ: Regina Voronina / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Celebrities arrive at the world premiere of ‘DIGGER’ at Leicester Square Gardens, London Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales, William, Prince of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 22 Sep 2026 Credit: Cover Images
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Which William and Kate? Surely not the ones in England?
Funny how he uses the word “charisma”. Because that’s exactly what that “couple” lacks, and that’s exactly what people say Harry and Meghan have.
LOL.
Sure Tom.
Tom doesnt have it in him talk sht about people. It’s always over the top. Everybody knows lazy willie’s charisma vanished at the same time as his hair and that Lazy Kate just never had any charisma. She’s just there.
he’s not the second most important person in a cult for nothing
He’s doing his job, promoting his movie. Simple as that.
David Beckham seems to have got what he wanted, a Sirship.
I think Tom really wants a title like Beckham. How long will he have to wait?
Until Charles dies. He will be a lot more wary about Scientology than his son. I think that Charles really does God.
I think Tom is angling for an honorary knighthood like Steven Spielberg’s.
As charismatic, say, as boiled newspaper or cold margarine? Right. Cruise has always been full of it.
He knows what he’s doing and it isn’t being honest. Whether it’s just for his own profile and/or a recruitment effort, this is a years long play that he’s absolutely committed to.
Isn’t that why he’s so valuable to Scientology? His ability to network and recruit? Lord knows he doesn’t have much else going for him as he ages.
We saw Beckham crawling until he got his title why not Cruise as well.
I mean, he can’t really say being with them was like watching paint dry if he wants to keep being invited across the pond.
@SarahCS, I co-sign this entire comment (and think that Bill is ripe for recruitment).
But see I don’t even think Tom has real rizz. It’s a surface-level almost robotic rizz at this point. Superstar who smiles and does stunts and acts like the ambassador of movies. Okaaay. There’s no depth there.
Completely agree. You can’t have rizz if you’re 100% fake.
I agree. Never for a second do you not think he’s “on” and playing a role. And the few times the mask has publicly dropped and you actually see “him,” a whole other person emerges, and it’s ugly and a little cray.
To be fair, Tom was pretty loose on Oprah’s couch some years back.
Er…..not quite. He’s a good performer. You know how aliens study human behavior so they can replicate it when they need to appear to be human? Yeah. That’s our Tom. No one can ever accuse him of not being a good performer.
But when the mask drops, he’s that guy being interviewed by Matt Lauer and who tore the skin off Brooke Shields for taking anti-depressants.
As a recovering escapee from a cult based on a different alien “God” (Mormonism), let me say UNEQUIVOCALLY that everything a devoted cult member does is for the benefit of the cult. And William is ripe for the picking. Imagine what a coup (literally) it would be for Tom to snag and bag the future King of England for Xenu?
He totally is ripe for the picking. He’s already dismissing the Church of England as unimportant to his future reign.
William’s religion is not at all a personal matter that he can just choose. It’s an actual constitutional thing. It would be impossible for him to join something like Scientology, it simply wouldn’t be permitted, which Cruise would obviously know. So whatever he sees in them (honourary knighthood) it is not that. It just isn’t.
@Meme, but once he’s the King, who could stop him? He’d need to keep his involvement on the DL, obviously, but I think he’s a perfect mark for Tom. It would be something that was *his*, something he chose (well he would think he chose it; I don’t think he’s smart enough to realize Tom specifically targeted him), since everything else in his life was prescribed before he was even born.
Unless they totally break the rules and make him some sort of honorary Scientologist who doesn’t have to do any coursework, it’ll never happen. He’d never make it through all the reading (even assuming somebody would read aloud to him).
If you have to *say* someone has charisma…. Chances are high that in fact they don’t. It’s like comedy: either people laugh, and go, god, that guy, he’s hysterical, so funny, what a hoot, or…. They just don’t laugh at all. Someone asked Jerry Seinfeld years ago if, as a comedian, you had to work your jokes out on different audiences, to understand whether they were landing, and he replied, without missing a beat, “nope, you pretty much know right away.” It’s like that other guy in Good Morning, Vietnam, who takes over the radio show, and thinks he’s the bee’s knees, and his colleagues have to implore him to admit, “Sir, you’re not funny.” Just …not. At. All.
Exactly! Thou dost protest, etc.
I snort-laughed at this. Kate and William are a black hole of rizz.
They are where charisma goes to die. They wouldn’t recognize rizz if it slapped them in their boring faces. And clearly neither does Cruise.
But sure, Tom Cruise, you keep doing that cult recruiting thing that your pal David Miscavige wants you to do. Give our regards to Shelly BTW.
Not a fan of Tom Cruise but he’s entitled to his opinions even when they are wrong.
Lisa, bullseye! 😄
What the SIR title going to do anything ? Seriously ? It’s stupid in 2026. Geez ,these Brits are idiots and they have the audacity to look down on us.
Chenni, they have always looked down on us.
That’s not much coming from dead-behind-the-eyes Tom.
He could hardly go on the BBC and say that William and Kate lack charisma and charm.
Scientology apparently lets you publicly also still believe in whatever faith you grew up in, so I can see it. But it would be an end to the British Monarchy. At least King William’s reign.
Recommend for the novel Anno Dracula, where Prince Albert is a vampire who turns Queen Victoria and her court Novel is about those trying to save England from the vampires. Relevant
I think that Tom and Miscavage are cunning enough to figure out a way to make Bill keep quiet about it while letting him think it was his decision.
If they’re publicly still members of another religion, what would be the point? The tithes?
I tend to doubt William would be so foolish as to torpedo his reign by converting, even in secret. He does want to be king, after all. And not on Carol Middleton’s watch!
Talking cultist garden gnome says what now?
Celebrity glomming: yer doin’ it wrong, WanK.
Yeah, he’s in full recruitment mode. And this is utterly embarrassing to witness.
Honest question though : given that the purpose of Scientology is to get as much money as possible from their followers, would that mean that they would be getting tax-payer money when they eventually recruit the two idiots ? Because they sure as hell are not earning their own money.
Recruiting them for Scientology? Haha. Bill believes in entitlement, anything else? Nope. Oh wait. Being better than Harry!
Lau, even if these two nitwits agree to become Scientologists, they are innately (genetically?) unable to give any of “their” (the British public’s) money to anyone but themselves. So no, Tom may recruit them, but he’ll never get a dime out of them.
I heard that William is opening doors for Scientology and helping it become more acceptable in the UK. That’s probably as valuable or possibly more valuable to TC than them becoming Scientologists themselves.
Smices, that makes sense. If Tom Cruise is hobnobbing with those two idiots, it will give Scientology credibility to the royal lovers–who are mostly of an older generation. Do you really see women and men in their 50’s into their 80’s joining Scientology just because two royal idiots think Tom Cruise is cool (he’s not)? I’m asking, because it is a mad, mad world and I no longer trust my instincts on what could and could not happen. Maybe that’s true for a lot of us. I don’t think young people in their 20’s and 30’s worship the royalty. So hopefully, no new recruits for Cultist Cruise. Maybe he’s just looking for a safe haven where people don’t ask him what happened to Shelly Miscavige all the time. And by the way, Tom, what happened to Shelly Miscavige? How’s it going with your daughter Suri, whom you disowned as a “suppressive person?” It’s well known that the English are “eccentric,” but would they really welcome Scientology into their racist country?