TOM CRUISE ON HIS OPRAH COUCH JUMPING

Tom Cruise

Hollywood star Tom Cruise says his couch-jumping on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" seemed to set off a "confluence" of bad publicity for him, but he's not sure he would take it back if he could.
"That was a moment, and it was real, and I don't know if I would (do it differently). I really don't," Cruise said during an hour long interview with Winfrey taped at his Telluride, Colo. home. During the show broadcast Friday, Cruise said his antics on Winfrey's show three years ago were an authentic way of expressing his feelings for Katie Holmes. Holmes, now his wife, welcomed Winfrey to the couple's home at the beginning of the show. She then left Cruise to conduct a tour, which included a peek at daughter Suri's playrooms, the home's kitchen, Cruise's collection of bound film scripts, and stunning views of snow-topped mountains.Winfrey and a subdued, jeans-wearing Cruise conducted the interview on an overstuffed couch in the family's living room.About a month after his last appearance on Winfrey's show in May 2005, Cruise criticized Brooke Shields for taking anti-depression drugs after the birth of her child. He also berated "Today" host Matt Lauer for suggesting that psychiatric treatment might help some patients.

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