Tom Cruise’s Publicist Blames the Media for His Declining Popularity
No, really.
First the facts:
According to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll over the weekend … when 1,013 adults were asked their opinion of Cruise, 35% were favorable and 51% unfavorable. Nearly a year ago … the rating was 58% favorable and 31% unfavorable … His popularity with women seems most affected: 56% were favorable in 2005, compared with only 35% now.
Now, the explanation:
Arnold Robinson, his publicist, blames the media for the lower poll results.
“The only thing new in his life is this movie and his baby with a woman he loves,” he says. “The public has been besieged with these images. Whose fault is that? Tom hasn’t done anything.”
Arnold: please put down the vitamins and head immediately to a psychiatrist.
I wonder who’s doing his coverage analysis?
Comments like from Robinson show very “dark side” of PR. Not sure anyone could pay me enough to blantantly BS.
Mike
I’m sure Tom could pay me enough to try. The problem is that when I lie, my face turns red and my voice changes and it’s very obvious — so I can only lie via e-mail.
Maybe if he wasn’t so weird, people would stop reporting about how weird he is. I dunno… just a guess…
SB- You’d lie? C’mon…
No, I blame couch jumping.
An interesting aside: Thomas Dolby spoke out on this recently in an article called Blinding me with Scientology. A unique view from the other side of the camera, as it were. Worth a read.