E.L. James' fantasy man Christian Grey may be a lovable control freak, but not sure the same can be said of the very real Tom Cruise ... Now that battle lines have been drawn between Camp Tom and Camp Katie, the details about what drove them apart are slowly trickling out, and the latest report in TMZ offers what they believe is a major -- if not the only -- cause for Katie pulling the trigger on the divorce: Tom's Fifty Shades-esque behavior.
Apparently, according to sources close to Katie, Tom controlled her "like a puppetmaster ... making every major and even minor decision in her personal and professional life" and "in the end, she felt like she couldn't breathe without his permission." They go on to report specific instances where Tom treated Katie like his very own Stepford wife ...
Apparently, movie studio-connected sources say Tom executed an "Art Kill" back when Katie was doing Thank You for Smoking in 2005. In other words, he told producers to "kill" any promo photos that showed Katie and Aaron Eckhart kissing or doing "anything else compromising." And then when she did Batman Begins, Katie was forbidden from flying with the rest of the cast and could only travel on Tom's private jet. Another source says Morgan Freeman was "disgusted" by the situation. I can imagine!
As someone who has always prided herself on being an independent woman, someone who would never allow her partner to be in the driver's seat of my life, I'm having trouble just wrapping my head around how or why Katie put up with this for so long. But women fall for control freak men and make up excuses for them all the time. Maybe she just thought he was trying to protect her and always had her best interest at heart ... But I find that hard to believe. Considering what we know of Tom, it's more likely he was just looking out for #1.
Thank goodness she reached her breaking point and decided enough was enough (or thank goodness she only contractually owed him five years of this nonsense!).
Are you surprised by these stories about Tom's control freak behavior? Why do you think Katie put up with it?
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I bet scientology has made him the control freak he is today.
from what i have been reading she gets nothing from the pre nup so she wasn't in it for the money,but i do hope he gives something to suri
if you've ever been with a controling and/or abusive man, then you could have seen the signs of his behaivor early on in their marriage...as some of us did. But, until you've been with someone like that and gotten out of it, and healed, you may not always know what you've got...like Katie i assume. I don't know details of their relationship, but i don't have to. Just seeing the way he was on talk shows and interviews made it obvious. Sometimes having children and needing to save them from it wakes up a mother to see straight and act in the best interest of her child.
The horror of being forced to fly on a private jet. No!
Maybe katie saw dollar signs when she met tom'
you mean when he had her brought to him by his scientology buddy's wife, who's been missing for years now?
I think I read that in an issue of Cosmo a few years back(I know I read it but can't remember what magazine it was).
I would be willing to put up with some things if the man I had a long standing crush on was interested in me but I wouldn't have a problem leaving if shit got creepy and controlling.
I always wondered what he was constantly whispering into her ear...I knew it couldnt be sweet nothings because her face never once bore it. I have had men in my life like this, always directing you, telling you what to do, questioning you, forbidding you to look at people in the face. This does not surprise me one tiny little bit and it all makes perfect sense now.
He seems like he has a bit of a Napoleon complex so I'm not at all suprised. And she went all robot like with him. I am actually really happy she was able to get away from him.... suddenly there are pictures of her laughing and *really* smiling now that she's away from him... imagine that??