HOLLYWOOD - Tom Cruise has criticized Hollywood pal Brooke Shields' "misguided" use of theanti-depressant Paxil, while declaring the actress' career as over.
In an interview with Billy Bush on the TV show Access Hollywood, to be
screened on May 26, Cruise speaks of his disappointment to learn
Shields used Paxil to fight post-natal depression following the birth of her
daughter Rowan.
Shields is currently weaning herself off her medication so she and husband
Chris Henchy can have another child.
Cruise, who claims to have helped people fight drug addictions through his
controversial Scientology religion, says the Suddenly Susan actress should have
used vitamins to help her feelings of despair.
Cruise says, "Here is a woman, and I care about Brooke Shields because I
think she is an incredibly talented woman. You look at, where has her career
gone?"
Despite the Minority Report actor's declaration her career is over, Shields
is currently receiving rave reviews playing murderess Roxie Hart in the London
theatre production of Chicago.
Cruise maintains, "These drugs are dangerous. I have actually helped people
come off.
"When you talk about postpartum, you can take people today, women, and what
you do is you use vitamins. 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."
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