On May 23, 2005, Cruise raised some eyebrows with a frenzied appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in which he —in the words of The New York Times— “jumped around the set, hopped onto a couch, fell rapturously to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his new girlfriend, the actress Katie Holmes.” Some publicists have speculated that this has lowered his reputation considerably, sparking controversy as to whether or not producers will drop him from future leading roles in various movies.

The legitimacy of the Holmes-Cruise romance was openly questioned in many mainstream media outlets, with 63% of respondents in an informal People magazine poll calling the affair a “stunt”.

This short, yet very public love affair took a dramatic turn when Cruise and Holmes got engaged in Paris while on a world publicity tour for their two most recent movies.

On June 24, 2005, Cruise appeared in an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today Show. Lauer asked Cruise about his recent controversial comments towards actress Brooke Shields and psychiatry. Cruise then launched into a long and contentious argument with Lauer. He explained “Here’s the problem. You don’t know the history of psychiatry. I do.” He went on to say “There’s no such thing as a chemical imbalance in the body”. He added that Lauer was “glib” and that he should be more “responsible” in how he talked about anti-depressants on the show. The incident garnered intense scrutiny and led to increased speculation about the change in Cruise’s behavior. It has been noted that his conduct on the Today show was markedly different from his behavior the previous night in an appearance on The Late Show with Dave Letterman.

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