Me too...but then I wouldn’t get online and use my kids as props. The way she’s commercialized her children to boost her following is utterly gross; she’s not the only one, for sure, but she’s no one our society should be lionizing either.

Simon Pegg says he has a “simple” friendship with Tom Cruise where they don’t talk about the thing

Can you imagine hearing anyone under the age of 70 saying “you mean the world to me”? It’s gotta be AI cuz no one talks like that, much less 2nd graders.

I long for even one in them to go full Aimee Osbourne, get away from the public eye, and change their names to Todd or Sally when they turn 18. 

“Mom, I’m really grateful for you,” he said via a virtual greeting card. “I know I’m rude to you a lot, I say you’re nothing to me, but you mean the world to me. I love you more than anything.” Huh. A 7-year-old who regularly tells the woman who gave him life that she means nothing to him? My “I hate my mom” phase…

Part of it, I think, is because women, of all classes, are always supposed to do it all: be a great and devoted mother, keep the house together, and (depending on your religion/politics) have a career. It’s not considered shameful for any father, rich OR poor, not to know who the pediatrician is, but if Mom doesn’t,…

As narcissistic as those naming conventions are, if I were any of those kids I'd be counting my blessings that my parents weren't Elon Musk and Grimes.

How are they not roasting her over letting their batshit father have a say in their names?

I don’t pretend to know why they do anything. But for whatever it’s worth, several regular folks I know with similarly-aged kids posted cards their kids made at school with similarly cringey sentiments. There was a fill-in-the-blank “I love my mom because:___” answered “i dont know”, a “My mom is the best at:___"…

I can’t tell if this is some sort of slick PR stunt designed to gain sympathy for Kim or Kim is so out of touch that she has no idea how any of this content comes across to everyone else. 

That is the test that all of us would inevitably fail when speaking with Tom Cruise, since at some point we would all be unable to resist the temptation to say “hey, so what’s the deal with—“ and then we’d get cut off as he sprinted away at full speed and never spoke to us again.

The stories are out there that you can meet Cruise at a party/event for 30 seconds and 5 years later, he’ll remember your name and some relevant fact.

He’s one of those famous people that really illustrates how people can’t just be put into neat little boxes. On the one hand, he’s deep into a scam cult that does extremely unethical stuff. Sounds like he’d be a clear-cut bad guy, but on the other hand I’ve never heard anything negative about his professional behavior…

Friend of mine worked on JACK REACHER. He’s worked on a number of AAA projects.

Tom Cruise learns EVERYONE’S name on set. Tom Cruise treats EVERYONE like a human being on set.

It goes a long way.

Being a friendly co-worker isn’t the same as being an intimate friend.

In Pegg’s case... well, right now Mission: Impossible is the most consistent stream of big paychecks in his filmography. I do understand why he’s not eager to poke the bear and potentially get boxed out if he winds up having any disagreements. 

He won’t talk about that thing with Tom Cruise.

he doesnt like ben grimm?

I dunno...I don’t talk religion with a lot of people. Most everyone, really. I’d likely ask why he’s running in every movie and what his fitness regimen is.

Take a breath. You’re getting testy over punctuation marks.