USAToday:
Tom Cruise talks about fatherhood
Tom Cruise has starred in 14 blockbusters over 25 years, and is trying to power another one to the stratosphere. But it’s in the other role he landed recently, he says, where he really feels the pressure: As father of a newborn.
“It’s indescribable,” Cruise tells USA Today. “You hold this newborn, and you realize you’ve got responsibilities like you’ve never had before.”
Cruise, who stars in May 5’s Mission: Impossible III, had been promoting his film worldwide when the arrival of his first child with fiancee Katie Holmes brought everything to a screeching halt Tuesday. Their daughter, Suri, weighed in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Her name means “princess” in Hebrew and “red rose” in Persian.
Mother and newborn are doing well, Cruise says. Cruise has two children, Isabella, 13, and Connor, 11, with his second wife, Nicole Kidman.
“I thought I had been used to long days and nights on movie sets,” Cruise said Friday. “But I think I’ve forgotten what sleep is.”
Cruise says he was hesitant to resume doing promotional interviews for the movie, which is directed by J.J. Abrams, the creator of Lost and Alias. “I talked it over with Katie, and she said ‘Go, go, everything’s great,'” Cruise says. “But I don’t want to do anything that keeps me away from home for too long. I just want to be near my family.”
Hollywood.com reports Tom showed off his playful side in his first interview since the birth of his daughter, Suri, when he pretended he had a picture of the baby in his back pocket.
The movie star sat down for an interview with newscaster Deborah Roberts and the rest of the Mission: Impossible 3 cast last week and decided to have a little fun when the prying interviewer attempted to get hold of a first shot of the new baby.
Roberts was thrilled when Cruise reached into his pocket after the interviewer asked if he had a photo of his newborn on her news show 20/20, which aired last night. His castmates also held their breaths as a giggling Cruise presented Roberts with nothing but an empty palm. Roberts says, “It was really funny at first and I really thought that we would get the first peek at this beautiful little baby.”
Not giggling is Nicole Kidman – she is fuming according to NationalLedger:
In what can only be described as an odd declaration Nicole Kidman has stated through her publicist that she never congratulated Tom Cruise or Katie Holmes on the birth of their new little baby Suri.
Uh-okay.
In a report from the UK, Kidman’s publicist Catherine Olin is reportedly fumng and declared, “Ms Kidman never issues statements about her personal life. I’m her publicist and I never released this statement.” She fumes, “I’ve been deluged with press queries on the back of this and I’m completely taken aback.”
Goodness. Wit – isn’t that what PR folks are for? [end of quotes]
