Brooke Shields reveals Tom Cruise 'eventually' apologized for rant about her use of antidepressants
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Brooke Shields has revealed that Tom Cruise 'eventually' apologized for ranting about her use of antidepressants in a shock 2005 interview. Cruise, now 61, was widely slammed when he weighed in on Shields, 59, admitting using the drugs during her battle with postpartum depression in book Down Came The Rain during a chat on The Today Show,.
![[Cruise, now 61, was widely slammed when he weighed in on Shields, 59, admitting using the drugs during her battle with postpartum depression in book Down Came The Rain during a chat on The Today Show, He said: 'Where has her career gone?... These drugs are dangerous.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/17/94087359-0-image-m-12_1736874206029.jpg)
He said: 'Here is a woman, and I care about Brooke Shields because I think she is an incredibly talented woman. You look at, where has her career gone?... These drugs are dangerous. 'The thing that I'm saying about Brooke is that there's misinformation. She doesn't understand the history of psychiatry... she doesn't know what these drugs are, and for her to promote it is irresponsible.'.
![[He added the drugs 'don't cure anything' and said: ''You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things' - leading Shields to hit back at the time and take aim at his Scientology beliefs: 'Has he had a baby? Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women decide which treatment is best for them']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/17/94087719-0-He_added_the_drugs_don_t_cure_anything_and_said_You_can_use_vita-a-15_1736874357647.jpg)
He added the drugs 'don't cure anything' and said: ''You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things' - leading Shields to hit back at the time and take aim at his Scientology beliefs: 'Has he had a baby? Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women decide which treatment is best for them.'.
![[The Pretty Baby star wrote in new tome, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman that the Top Gun star had regretted his words and said sorry to her.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/17/94087759-0-image-a-14_1736874337741.jpg)
The Pretty Baby star wrote in new tome, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman that the Top Gun star had regretted his words and said sorry to her. Brooke Shields has revealed that Tom Cruise 'eventually' apologized for ranting about her use of antidepressants in a shock 2005 interview.
![[In 2006, Shields revealed Cruise had come to her house to personally apologize. She told Jay Leno: 'He came over to my house, and he gave me a heartfelt apology. And he apologized for bringing me into the whole thing and for everything that happened' - Cruise pictured 2023]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/17/69490939-0-Cruise_annually_sends_those_in_his_Hollywood_circle_the_cake_a_1-a-18_1736874402590.jpg)
Cruise, now 61, was widely slammed when he weighed in on Shields, 59, admitting using the drugs during her battle with postpartum depression in book Down Came The Rain during a chat on The Today Show, He said: 'Where has her career gone?... These drugs are dangerous.
