Glib – marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)

When Tom Cruise had a chat with Matt Lauer on Today in 2005, he was asked by the host of the show about his remarks regarding Brooke Shields, antidepressants and Scientology. The debate got a bit heated, Tom Cruise felt strongly about psychiatry and abuse of antidepressants saying that there is no such thing as chemical imbalance. Matt Lauer insisted that Brooke Shields could be one example in which antidepressants worked well, as Brooke herself said it helped her. Tom Cruise responded by saying that he studied the History of Psychology where as Matt Lauer didn’t and called him a “Glib“. If you haven’t seen the video form it, scroll all the way down to watch it.

That was back in 2005, when the deal with Tom Cruise and his involvement with Scientology was huge. Tom Cruise had calmed down a little since and lately he even said he would not talk publically about Scientology anymore. Today, Tom Cruise was at Today show sitting opposite Matt Lauer again and apologized for his 2005 remarks, including Glib. Both Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer said that there was no animosity between the two when the show had ended, Tom Cruise even made an appearance at Matt Lauer’s Roast earlier this year.

Tom Cruise basically acknowledged during Today that his argument with Matt Lauer came across as arrogant and apologized for that.

BTW – for a celebrity such as Tom Cruise who’s in major spotlight it is definitely uncalled for to call an established journalist a “Glib”. He screwed up on that one. However I agree with what he had to say and he was right about the antidepressants and chemical imbalance bullshit. He was totally right, he just didn’t hold his temper that time around and “came across as arrogant”. Arrogant or not, he was right.

Below is the MSNBC clip from Today show with Matt Lauer and Tom Cruise. I love the crowd outside who stare at the screen above to see when a camera that has them in a background is on so they can give it a wave and brag to their worthless friends about it so they can get laid. Pfff, little fuckers end up having sex tonight while I’m jerking off to porn again…

In case you haven’t seen the 2005 goodness, here’s the video so you get into swing of things: