Why I Fear for Katie Holmes

Because her boyfriend has gone ACTUALLY CRAZY. It's not just the insane, tweaker-like, sofa-jumping performance he gave recently on Oprah, though that is indeed worthy of note. But more than that, it's the fact that he seems to honestly believe ACTUALLY CRAZY things about the powers of his "religion." One especially virulent example is his recent criticism of Brooke Shields for going on antidepressants:

Tom, sticking close to Scientology's anti-psychiatry party line, believes Shields, despite experiencing what she has described as suicidal thoughts, should have avoided taking the anti-depressant drug Paxil following the birth of her daughter, Rowan, in 2003.

"These drugs are dangerous. I have actually helped people come off," Cruise proselytizes, er, says, in an interview with Access Hollywood set to air Thursday (via the New York Daily News). "When you talk about postpartum, you can take people today, women, and what you do is you use vitamins."

According to Dr. Tom, "There is a hormonal thing that is going on, scientifically, you can prove that. But when you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that. You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things."

Um ... yeah. You're a fucking moron, Tom. I pray no woman you are involved with ever has post-partum depression. (Are you listening, Katie?!?!) Fortunately, not everyone is letting Cruisey-pie get away with his bullshit, as evidenced in this delicious Spiegel interview:

SPIEGEL: Do you see it as your job to recruit new followers for Scientology?

Cruise: I'm a helper. For instance, I myself have helped hundreds of people get off drugs. In Scientology, we have the only successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. It's called Narconon.

SPIEGEL: That's not correct. Yours is never mentioned among the recognized detox programs. Independent experts warn against it because it is rooted in pseudo science.

Cruise: You don't understand what I am saying. It's a statistically proven fact that there is only one successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. Period.

SPIEGEL: With all due respect, we doubt that.

Indeedy. At what point, exactly, is the movie-going public going to get tired of Mr. Looney-Bin? I mean, it's not like he can act or anything. Thoughts?