what's the big deal about jumping on a couch???

Question

tom cruise jumps on a couch and he's considered nuts, yet in other countries they have nude cooking shows and beaches. Is America really that prude? I used to jump on couches all the time. What's the big deal??

Answer 1

Tom Cruise got backlash for a variety of reasons--NOT for jumping on a couch. That just started the whole "What the hell is wrong with Tom Cruise?" thing.

He jumps on a couch and acts like a 15 year old on TV because he is in love with a woman who is young enough to be his own daughter. Ok fine--whatever floats his boat. But if you watched the show it was like he was exuding his masculinity at catching such a fine looking younger woman. He was as excited as I get when my favorite football team scores a touchdown. Maybe he was celebrating "scoring" with Katie Holmes.

The real backlash came when he publically went after Brooke Shields and decided that he knows more than doctors. Watch his interview with Matt Lauer. It was like he knows it all and no one else does. Last time I checked, Tom Cruise was an actor, not a doctor. I have no problem with Tom Cruise doing what he does best--acting in movies. When you start talking like an expert and you are NOT one, then I have a problem. He has no idea what Brooke Shields went through with post partum depression, yet he presumes to know better than her how to handle her problem. He is forcing his Scientology ideals down everyone's throats and people are tired of it.

That is what the issue with Tom Cruise is--NOT about jumping on a couch.

Answer 2

I think they needed a scapegoat to explain why MI3 didn't do so well. They used Tom Cruise as their reason. His recent outburst against Brooke Shields and his outspoken beliefs in Scientology were just excuses. Maybe they should blame the writers for why MI 3 didn't do so well. Everyone was disappointed in MI 2 and they didn't bother going to see Part 3. If they were going to fire him for jumping on a couch, they shouldn't have waited so long to do it. Sounds like an excuse to me. Have no fear, Tom will be back.

Answer 3

I'm not sure what you're asking, but if you're just talking about jumping on a couch-because you could fall through and break your ankle. But not because of the couch. If it wasnt for the possibility of breaking your ankle or otherwise hurting yourself it would be best to keep an old couch around for kids to jump on so life isnt so boring . .I dont like feeling like I live in a fancy tearoom except it doesnt even look like one

Answer 4

Its not a big deal, everyone just keeps it going by buying the magazines and listening to all the entertainment shows. Big deal the guy jumped on a friggin couch.

Answer 5

tom cruise turned weird after couch jumping

Answer 6

I do not think it was so much the couch jumping, as the weird Scientology stuff that turned people off! Most Americans are fun loving great people!

Answer 7

It's not just the jumping on the couch, but the rest of the odd behavior that went along with it

Answer 8

Nothing, it's just the fact that he did it on national television. The media then uses it as an excuse to say that he is crazy.

Unfortunately America is that prude sometimes, but believe me many Americans hate it as well. I wonder why we have so much violence, death, shootings, and killings on television, but a DAMN nipple is the end of the world. Why??? It's beautiful, natural, and it doesn't involve people dying.

Answer 9

Tom Cruise's jumping is just a little more evidence. All Tom has to do is open his mouth to prove he's become a wacko.

Answer 10

Well, when you jump on a couch it's because you think you're a ninja or an astronaut. When celebrities jump on couches, they think they're in love. THAT'S crazy.