Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

20 opinions for Unscripted: Mad Money Video Clips

• andrea mackey
  Mar 20, 2008 at 11:34 pm

  OMG! It is really weird watching katie speak. She has been coached and trained into such restraint and it is sad because that only occurs when you have lost total confidence in yourself. Things must be difficult at best for her right now, but hopefullly she will feel better soon

• Lucky
  Mar 21, 2008 at 5:47 am

  I really like Queen Latifa, Mad money did not open near me but I can’t wait for it on DVD hoepfully it will be out soon.

• New York
  Mar 21, 2008 at 6:01 am

  Katie just seems so uncomfortable and unsure of herself all the time. There is no resemblance of the earlier Katie. She used to be so sparky, perky, bright. If you look back at the old Letterman interviews with Katie, this isn’t even the same person, and we’re not talking all that long ago. It would appear as though she’s trying so hard to act older and more mature, which is of course normal, but she’s lost her personality. Katie, you were so wonderful before, and I know you can be that person again.

• Battlemama
  Mar 21, 2008 at 7:22 am

  She is very protective of what she says. It is a stark contrast to the woman who Letterman interview in 2005.

• taralexis
  Mar 21, 2008 at 7:37 am

  Age and maturity come, well, with age! She is a lot older now than her DC days! She is going to be more mature, she is a mother now too and I am sure that changes you!
  I don’t see any of the things you guys are saying! I think she chooses her words carefully, but so would I if everything I did and everything I said was picked apart by everyone!

• Mary
  Mar 21, 2008 at 7:42 am

  Everything about this woman has been analyzed to death over the last three years. So much nastiness has been written and suggested about her and all I have seen coming from her in response is dignity and class.There are some wonderful interviews from her………..The InStyle one is great, also her appearance on 106th and Park.

• New York
  Mar 21, 2008 at 7:53 am

  I do agree that we have been a bit on the nasty/sassy side and have analyzed their relationship to death. I have always thought Katie was adoreable. I think the general concensus amongst nearly everybody who tends to tear these two to shreds is that the public feels duped and lied to. Speaking for myself, I have never taken an “interest” in another couple like I have with these two, and I think it comes from the implausibility of what they tout and what reality truly is. My intuition tells me that this is a farce. I really don’t care for Tom at all. I would love to see Katie find herself again and break free. Time will tell (all of us). If we’re all wrong, and I hope we are, that would be wonderful. But I don’t think we’re all wrong.

• zoe
  Mar 21, 2008 at 8:18 am

  I am with tara. I was never a big Katie fan, but have seen a few interviews from years ago. I see the same KATIE, but just a bit more guarded, and who wouldnt be? She was never exploding with personality.
  I could not imagine the scrutiny, you have to be a VERY strong person to endure it, time will tell.

• Lucky
  Mar 21, 2008 at 8:29 am

  Even though some one feels duped by Tom and Katie’s relationship, attacking her and trying to make her life hell is unfair. If you feel duped then may be say so and ignore them, but why do they need to attack them at every turn, their friends like Will Smith, dig up four year old videos. Especially Katie, she is not a nasty person and has never struck me as a gold digger.

  Well now they have a beautiful child and they are trying to get on with their life. I think we should give them a chance.

• bumblebeej
  Mar 21, 2008 at 9:10 am

  Lucky, who was attacking them? People just said she seemed more bubbly when she was younger, and I agree.

  There were a couple of times in these interviews here when she started to say something, stopped herself and went on to say something totally different. Maybe she’s just uncomfortable in interviews - there are a lot of actors who aren’t comfortable being interviewed. I’ve seen some of Katie’s old interviews, and she was never great being interviewed, swung it with the ‘bubbly early twenties personality’. She’s never comes across as easily as Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton. I think they feel so relaxed in interviews because they’ve done it so much more often - they are ‘veterans’ of Hollywood, Katie isn’t (and I’m not picking on her, OKAY? I’m just saying, she’s only 29 which is not veteran age, even if she was in the biz since she was 18).

  She was frowning a lot in these clips.

• PuckHappy
  Mar 21, 2008 at 9:28 am

  My friend was part of the crew of MM. When the cameras were off, kh was escorted out by her “friends” and kept separate from DK and QL.
  tc stayed by her side and was very protective of her and all visitors went through him or her “friends”.
  Kate is VERY coached and trained. Her words are monitored and someone is always there to make sure her words are acceptable.
  She says she is happy with her new life and new friends. I would imagine those are acceptable words!

• Julie
  Mar 21, 2008 at 10:55 am

  Katie is different these days, but I look at myself just a few short years ago and I have changed drastically. Time does that, situations do that. Change can be good.

  I see Katie evolving into a sophisticated young mom. Do I miss the young Katie from DC? Yes, but I would hope she wouldn’t stay a bubbly young thing her whole life. Having children just changes you. Getting married changes you. I think she’s trying to take all of this change and gossip all in stride. I can’t imagine how tough it must be for her.

• raina
  Mar 21, 2008 at 6:32 pm

  Just want to shed some light - most of you perceive that Katie Holmes is simply “maturing.” I can tell you first-hand, that she is absolutely experiencing a lot of doubt, pain and fear. The changes she displays in personality, confidence and lightheartedness from two years ago is astounding. That is not “maturity,” it is far more damaging than that. People of course do change, do mature, etc. But being mature doesn’t mean losing your sense of humor and your insouciance; in fact, it’s usually quite the opposite. You begin to take things more in stride, you trust yourself more, etc. It is beyond obvious that she is surrounded by a lot of “holier than thou”, antiseptic, non-self effacing people.
  Something with her is terribly wrong. Do you really think it’s a positive sign when a person can’t even trust themselves to complete and communicate a single thought? Do you think it’s normal that she is saying one thing from her mouth and yet her entire body language conveys something totally different? She’s actually painful to watch - because she’s obviously in a lot of pain! All I’m saying is that she herself knows these things and yet can’t admit it to herself yet, and certainly not to anyone else until then. I do hope she realizes that life, especially hers, doesn’t have to look so hard and she doesn’t have to take it as seriously as she does. She will begin to feel and look a lot better when she realizes that whatever she says, good or bad, doesn’t have the impact she may suspect it does. What a relief it will be for her when she finally gets that!

• Battlemama
  Mar 21, 2008 at 6:57 pm

  raina: Very well said!!

• New York
  Mar 21, 2008 at 7:29 pm

  Raina, what you said was extremely succinct and well put. Something is terribly wrong. Her affect is painfully palpable. My fear for her is that she feels as though she’s made her bed and said things and that if she leaves, everybody will turn against her. What she doesn’t realize is that no matter what she says or no matter how hard she tries, nobody believes what she’s saying right now anyway. I pray she just cuts her losses and moves on. She was young and impressionable. We’ve all been there. What is different is that 99.9% of the world’s population isn’t under a microscope.

• lauren
  Mar 22, 2008 at 4:16 am

  With people attacking her from all sides. I understand why she would be skeptical. However I agree with Julie that she is maturing and as such we do expect some changes.

  I have reading Michelle’s interviews and I noticed she has changed a lot from the haunty girl. Katie seems fine. She will adopt to the changes. That is life, what matters is that she found the person she loves, has a beautiful child and that she is happy.

• PuckHappy
  Mar 23, 2008 at 12:42 pm

  lauren that would be her handlers that are the critical ones on her speech and actions.
  They have been hired to make kate into a woman that deserves to be seen with tc.
  They take their job seriously and are working hard day and night to mold kate into the older woman that tc needs by his side. Hopefully she will soon be able to meet his requirements.

  Her old friends and her family LOVED her for her. and will take her back with open arms.

• Jenna
  Mar 23, 2008 at 2:43 pm

  I love Katie and think there is something very special about her, HOWEVER, it was painful to watch these clips. Her demeanor is so odd, the inflections in her voice patterns is concerning. I am professional voice artist and counselor and if you all take a listen to her in clip three you may pick up on, like I immediately did, that when she says Suri “is good, she’s good” her voice is lowered to about three octaves lower than her normal speech and when and how she speaks these few words is strikingly similiar to how TOM has said and would say them. Psychologists have noted that married couples tend to adopt similiar habits/language etc. that the other spouse has. This could be what is going on here with Katie yet I fear that they have not known each other long enough to have adopted each others traits. It is of my opinion, that Katie has been coached by Tom’s handlers on what to say, how to say it, and when to say it. Her personality has become strangely similiar to Tom’s in his interviews. Her voice inflections are close to how his were during his interview with Diane Sawyer before the birth of Suri. In addition, as a professional voice artist and speech coach I know that speaking quietly is a passive aggressive measure that is used to get the listener to pay more close attention to what you are saying. The lowered voice demands strict attention by the listener on the receiving end. Pre-Tom, Katie’s voice and affect were vastly, vastly different than what she has adoted as of late. Just some things I have noticed, and not sure if they are entirely healthy for Katie. I would like to see her step out on her own and become her own woman, not just Tom’s wife, and not just Suri’s mom. Embrace your womanhood Katie! :)

• Jenna
  Mar 23, 2008 at 2:44 pm

  She has adopted Tom’s speech patterns and inflections

• Carla
  Mar 24, 2008 at 2:53 pm

  From the videos, I can see that she never attened any of her English classes.

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