Jenny McCarthy is sharing new memories from her time inside Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’inner circle, and the details are stopping fans mid-scroll. On her podcast Thursday, McCarthy said Holmes looked like“a deer in headlights”well into her marriage to Cruise, a period when McCarthy was dating Jim Carrey and attending events with the couple.
McCarthy, who was at the pair’s 2006 wedding and rehearsal dinner, described Scientology handlers following Cruise room to room and said Holmes seemed uncomfortable with the church’s influence. She also recounted the reception, where Holmes’maid of honor gave a folksy Midwest speech before best man David Miscavige took the mic for a 30-minute address calling the couple the world’s most important pair. And then there’s the line everyone is repeating: when McCarthy asked to hold baby Suri, she says she got“the Scientology stare.”
The story hits differently knowing Holmes filed for divorce in 2012 and left Scientology to protect her daughter. McCarthy’s account adds another layer to a marriage fans have dissected for nearly two decades. What do you think, does this change how you see that whole era?
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