Asking Tom Cruise about his personal life or bringing up his affiliation with Scientology is considered risky in the world of celebrity interviews. Journalists have been prohibited by his staff from doing so. The practice was put into place during Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation promotional campaign, as just a few months earlier, a Scientology documentary Going Clear accused the church of severe misconduct.
His affiliation with Scientology, a controversial religion established in 1953 by science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, is arguably the biggest cloud that hovers over Cruise’s otherwise illustrious career. Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic, once opined, “At the very least, Cruise is the highest-profile advocate for an institution that’s been repeatedly charged with human rights abuses over the past few decades.”
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As reported by The Independent, she added, “If [accounts] are accurate, he’s the second-most-powerful person in Scientology, and he’s completely insulated from even the most irreverent television personalities in the country asking him questions about it.” Mimi Rogers, Cruise’s ex-wife, reportedly introduced him to Scientology in the late 1980s. As reported by HuffPost, Rogers’ father was one of the most important members of Scientology in its early years.
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