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'm not surprised at all, and in fact suspected this is how things were for her from the very beginning. His rabid devotion to Scientology is certainly indicative of how very controlled and controlling he must be in his personal life. I'm really glad she is getting out now while she still can with her daughter. The older the girl gets the more likely it is she will begin to become indoctrinated into this "religion", making it much more difficult for Katie to get out of the marriage with custody. Good luck Katie, you're going to need it.
Oh please...I realize that a lot of 20 something write for the stir and a lot of 20 somethings read the articles but it's ridiculous how everyone is assuming the "old" guy is to blame. NOONE but the couple in question really know what happened. She was young when she married him but was still old enough to know better if he was such a miserable creature.
The difference between Katie and most other women: She had money and could/can stand on her own. She put with it maybe out of fear because she was so young.
Most other women are trapped in marriage because they have no financial foot to stand on.
No, I'm not surprised. He did this bullshit to Nicole Kidman too.
Why do you think Katie put up with it? <--- the penis musta been good.... Or more realistically he probably threatened to keep the kid.