“You’re glib.” Remember that Tom Cruise quote? Flashback to June 2005, when Cruise first started showing signs of scientology brain and verbally attacked Matt Lauer about psychiatry. Well the two were reunited yesterday at Lauer’s roast and I think Tom was in a better mood this time. Photos and videos below.
Matt Lauer and Tom Cruise
The Friars Club annual celebrity roast in New York City, consisted of Katie Couric, Meredith Vieira, Brian Williams, Martha Stewart, and NBC Universal president and CEO Jeff Zucker. No reporters allowed. Jeffrey Ross, Bob Saget, Richard Belzer, and Gilbert Gottfried made up the fiesty comedic crew and last but not least a little surprise by the name of Tom Cruise. Now, like I said, these two got into it three years ago when Matt mentioned Brooke Shields and her need for anti-depressants. Well according to Tom, who is a self-proclaimed expert in psychiatry, no one needs anti-depressants and Lauer must be advocating the use of these drugs and ritalin. Sounds crazy right? Yeah, he’s a scientologist. Anyway Cruise got pretty heated during the conversation and made a complete fool out of himself.
Totally different Cruise at the roast though. He poked fun at their standoff several times, turning the infamous “you’re glib” comment into a joke: “Lose my number, you glib putz.” He even accused Lauer of advising him to put on that whole undying love for Katie, jumping on the couch outburst on Oprah. Man Tom is really losing it isn’t he? The best part was when he was leaving, Al Roker said something about Cruise not being able to stay because his spaceship was about to leave! Awesome.
Meredith Vieira was next on the podium and she is way cooler than I thought! Vieira reminded us who was being honored, “that motherf—– Matt Lauer.” She added that his former coanchor Katie Couric squeezed his balls so tight that there’s nothing there for her to grab. Also when people ask if she and Matt really get along, she answers: “F— no!” She also said that she now knows what NBC stands for “Nothing But Crap.” Her final words? “Congratulations on this honor. I’ll see you Monday, a——.”
Katie Couric wasn’t so bad herself. She read a list of the Top 10 Little Known Facts About Matt Lauer. No. 7 was when she got her on-air colonoscopy, the first thing the doctor found was Matt’s head! Ha! But No. 2 was the best: He loves to eat curry. As she clarified, “Indian food,” the camera got a closeup of a mortified Ann Curry. Our news ladies really know how to roast with the best of them, I love it!
More photos plus video clips of the Matt Lauer roast and the infamous Lauer / Cruise interview below.
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Access Hollywood video of Matt Lauer’s Roast
The controversial Lauer/Cruise interview
Photos: Wenn