“Tom Cruise is correct here FYI. Sorry/Not sorry,” tweeted Josh Gad.
Hollywood reacted to one of its own reportedly going off on a production crew for not following COVID safety guidelines.
On Tuesday, The Sun leaked an audio recording that the outlet claims is Tom Cruise engaged in a profanity-laden rant against employees on the set of “Mission: Impossible 7” after some of them apparently stood too close during filming.
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In the two-and-a-half minute recording, Cruise threatened to fire workers if they continued to disregard the protocols, all while telling the crew Hollywood is counting on them to bring the movie business back to life.
“I’m on the phone with every f—ing studio at night, insurance companies, producers, and they’re looking at us and using us to make their movies. We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf—ers,” Cruise is heard yelling. “No apologies. You can tell it to the people who are losing their f–king homes because our industry is shut down. It’s not going to put food on their table or pay for their college education.”
Tom Cruise went full Les Grossman on the Mission: Impossible 7 crew for breaking COVID protocols https://t.co/88dgou18Qu pic.twitter.com/u9HjFpljOI
— Icculus The Brave (@FirenzeMike) December 16, 2020
@FirenzeMike
After the recording went viral, Tinseltown put its two cents into the mix.
“Tom Cruise is correct here FYI. Sorry/Not sorry,” tweeted Josh Gad, while Aisha Tyler wrote, “Need to work on my bitchness.”
Hilarie Burton Morgan added, “I’ve never liked him more! Can I just blast this at the supermarket?”
Designer Kenneth Cole got in on the fun by referencing a classic scene between Cruise and Jack Nicholson from a 1992 film.
Tom Cruise is correct here FYI. Sorry/Not sorry.
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) December 16, 2020
@joshgad
Need to work on my bitchness https://t.co/lznCWHDqbR
— Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler) December 16, 2020
@aishatyler
I’ve never liked him more! Can I just blast this at the supermarket? https://t.co/KBFLDhKBwU
— Hilarie Burton Morgan (@HilarieBurton) December 16, 2020
@HilarieBurton
“‘I want the truth’. ‘You can’t handle the truth’. -A few good men. Tom Cruise.”
Straddling the lines of criticism and praise, actress Bethany Anne Lind shared, “I don’t think it’s for anyone to judge an out-of-context ‘rant.’ But someone screaming at people (with the pretense of others losing their homes – when you could pay your entire crew their yearly rent without batting an eye) is gonna be triggering for some.”
“That being said,” she continued. “I for sure hollered in the privacy of my home tonight about someone not present and their decisions that affect me and the decisions I make during a pandemic and I would NOT want it to be shared.”
See more reactions, below.
“I want the truth”. “You can’t handle the truth “. -A few good men. Tom Cruise https://t.co/7Z4cUPM617
— Kenneth Cole (@kennethcolereal) December 16, 2020
@kennethcolereal
That being said… I for sure hollered in the privacy of my home tonight about someone not present and their decisions that affect me and the decisions I make during a pandemic and I would NOT want it to be shared. If you’ve gotten through this without hollering…were you awake?
— Bethany Anne Lind (@LindBethanyAnne) December 16, 2020
@LindBethanyAnne
I love the Tom Cruise audio. Not because I think that’s the right way to talk to people. It’s just nice to finally hear an unhinged white person who’s PRO-mask.
— Matt Fernandez (@FattMernandez) December 16, 2020
@FattMernandez
Dear Tom Cruise, Please come yell at America.
— Mike Scully (@scullymike) December 16, 2020
@scullymike
THIS. IS. GODDAMN. BEAUTIFUL.
I wish MORE people in charge would react like this to people who violate protocols or not wearing masks. If only more people saw the bigger picture that Tom is highlighting here.
Good on @TomCruise . Thanks for setting an example on this, sir! https://t.co/YH9ICI2CCT
— John Rocha (@TheRochaSays) December 16, 2020
@TheRochaSays
Wow. This audio is amazing. It’s like Tom Cruise is giving the entire world a lesson in the stakes of not abiding by COVID-19 guidelines: https://t.co/vp3fFXeEfC
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) December 16, 2020
@mikiebarb
If there are on-set covid violations, you call a fucking safety meeting and address it like an adult. You don’t cuss out grown men and women like they’re your misbehaving children.
— Eric Haywood (@EricHaywood) December 16, 2020
@EricHaywood