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Tom Cruise’s Antidepressant Rant Apology Wasn’t ‘The Best,’ but Brooke Shields Accepted It

Rolling Stone
Story by Larisha Paul
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Tom Cruise's infamous 2005 anti-antidepressant rant gets a fresh look as Brooke Shields reflects on his later 'heartfelt' apology.
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  • Cruise's 2005 criticism of Shields for taking postpartum depression medication sparked outrage, but she says his 2006 apology, though not 'the best,' was sincere.
  • Shields chose to 'meet him where he was' and accept Cruise's apology, even though she felt it could have been better, signaling a thaw in the high-profile feud.
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Tom Cruise, Brooke Shields
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