Statement From Paula Wagner Regarding Tom Cruise

Statement From Paula Wagner Regarding Tom Cruise

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Paula Wagner, the co-owner and CEO of United Artists Entertainment, issued the following statement regarding her long-time friend and business partner Tom Cruise.

"I have known and worked with Tom for more than 25 years. He's a rock-solid dependable partner, and I have the utmost respect and admiration for his talent, integrity, kindness, and dedication. Andrew Morton's book is a disgraceful piece of gossip-mongering, filled with distortions and outright lies that no sensible person will take seriously. I am not a Scientologist, nor are most of the people Tom and I work with, but that doesn't mean I can sit by silently while he is attacked for his religious beliefs. As a filmmaker and an American, I feel strongly that an individual's religion should have no bearing on their professional life. I have always believed that Americans celebrated these differences, and to see the vitriol that has been directed towards my friend is truly discouraging. It's easy to mock an out-of-context video, but that doesn't change the fact that Tom Cruise is one of the hardest-working and nicest human beings I have ever known."

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