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Thrilling Facts About Tom Cruise, Hollywood Maverick

53. He Dictated The Plan

On April 18, 2006, Holmes gives birth to her daughter with Tom Cruise in a silent birth. They named the girl Suri. The founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, recommended silent or quiet births, and they are common among Scientology's practitioners. As the practice outlines, in a silent birth "everyone attending the birth should refrain from spoken words as much as possible" and "... chatty doctors and nurses, shouts to 'PUSH, PUSH' and loud or laughing remarks to 'encourage' are avoided."

Scientologists believe that any spoken words could negatively affect both mother and child.

Thrilling Facts About Tom Cruise, Hollywood Maverick

54. He’s Different

Leah Remini was a prominent member of Scientology for decades, but when she broke with the Church, she began to reveal their darkest secrets—including Tom Cruise’s disturbing behavior behind closed doors. She described Cruise as “a big kid” with bizarre whims, like the time he invited her and some other celebrities over to play an adult game of hide and seek at his house. Unfortunately, this was just the tip of the iceberg.

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