Make of this what you will...

For your entertainment value only, we're reprinting an email forwarded to just about everyone who calls themselves a blogger. Our reader survey data suggests that some of you, in fact, do not operate your own blogs, though you do continue to operate heavy machinery while under the influence of Sudafed. And god bless you.

It has something to do with Tom Cruise hooking up with Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas, having Rob's wife find out about it and forcing Tom to hook up with Katie Holmes to knock the gay scandal out of the press. Or something.

Got this forwarded to m thought it woudl interest you:
A friend of mine just got back from LA and heard this scoop about Tom & Katie from someone who works at Universal. The source said that they (Tom & Katie) have a 5-year contract and he's paying her $8 million. The engagement happened so fast because Rob Thomas' (Matchbox 20) wife caught Rob and and Tom in bed together and they rushed the engagement so that it would overshadow that scandal. Obv., take it with a grain of salt.

Read below. This was just published.


Independent Sources

Bureaucrats?Independent Sources Confirms Existence of Tom Cruise/Rob Thomas Rumor Independent Sources announced today that it has uncovered a new,previously undiscovered Tom Cruise rumor:
Tom Cruise and Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas are lovers!

Independent Sources has hesitated writing about Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes for many reasons. First, there are other things going on in the world that, believe it or not, rank higher on the importance scale. Second, pretty much everything that can be said is being said.

However, someone (I'll call her Mistress of the Hollywood Rumor) just
walked into Insider's office with the following dish that I feel compelled to pass on. I did a quick check of Technorati and it wasn't there. So even if it is not true, it is at least original.

No doubt that anyone with an Internet connection has read about Tom Cruise being gay. According to rumor lore, he has had a long-time boyfriend in Chicago who is an Asian pilot for American Airlines. This is an accusation that Cruise and more importantly Cruise's many attorneys vehemently deny.

There have been many stories that supposedly corroborate his sexuality but never a smoking gun. Rumor mongers attribute this to the fact that Cruise goes to great lengths to cover his tracks. We are told that everyone around him signs extensive confidentiality contracts with enormous penalties for indiscretion. (Exhibit A: the 8-page confidentiality contract Cruise's housekeeper was forced to sign).

Such stories have been around for years and Cruise has evidently attempted to counter them with a series of high-profile heteronormative relationships.

First, Nicole Kidman, then Penelope Cruz, and most recently Katie Holmes. In each instance, the "relationship" is actually a contract that gives the women a boost to their careers, a lot of money, and an elegant lifestyle.

Here is where this particular rumor gets interesting. Not long ago,
Marisol, the wife of Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas (who has had to contend with his own rumors of bi-sexuality) found her husband in bed with Tom Cruise causing Cruise's people to shift into high gear.

First, Mrs. Rob Thomas was bought off for an undetermined sum. Second, Cruise and his handlers set out to immediately find Cruise a girlfriend. Second-tier actresses were targeted. A list was drawn up with Jessica Alba (#1 pick) and three other girls who fell out for various reasons. Originally targeted (#3 I think) but later rejected as "undesirable" was rumor queen Lindsay Lohan. Way down at #5 on the list was Katie Holmes, but that was the one with whom they were able to strike a deal.

Once the contact was signed, photo ops were set up, leaks were made to the right places, and we've had celebrity relationship on steroids ever since.

One thing I will credit this rumor for is how it nicely explains Tom's behavior this past few months-including the couch jumping episode on Oprah. Cruise simply didn't have time for the Holmes rumors to circulate at its normal speed and he couldn't allow it to be second page news while the tabloids focused on Brad, Jennifer and Angelina. No, this relationship had to immediately become the "it" topic.

Well, that's how we hear it.



http://www.jossip.com/gos...050629.php

So he put the Thomas in Rob?

bkw said:

He put his match in Thomas' box!

I DON'T BELIEVE IT


That's my future husband, Rt, Marisol just doesn't know it yet!!!!

bkw said:

NO NO NO NO NO

2teh9s said:

NO NO NO

rob thomas looks too pasty and doughy for tom cruise. i always saw ol' tom as being a power bottom for muscleman types.

Lizzy7701 said:

Tom and Rob had sex!

2teh9s said:

YEEEAAAAH! THEY HAD SEEEXX!!!

2teh9s said:

It's now a fact!

Get over it Lizzy!

2teh9s said:

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

[Edited 6/30/05 17:35pm]

plus, i bet rob thomas has a thing for black guys or latinos or something super-specific like amish men or albinos.

My boyfriend works in the film industry and had heard a vague version of this story before Thomas' name got attached to it...

Obviously the status of this is still a rumor, but it does make sense in light of Tom's recent antics and how his relationship with Katie popped up out of nowhere. Usually with such a high-profile relationship, there are rumors and then a quiet announcement by the stars. With this one, it was just BOOM, straight to making out on the covers of tabloids.

thescandalouslife said:

He was briefly linked to Mexican actress Sofia Vergara earlier this year. He definitely wanted a Latin lady. And all, including Nicole, have been Catholic, like his momma.

I like this story so much I will choose to believe it it makes me very happy.

charlottegelin said:

i think i'm right there with you!!!

I hear both Tom and Rob are secretly wed to Keanu Reeves and David Geffen.

well really, what guy HASN'T had sex with rob thomas?

Anxiety said:

Ace said:

COUNTING bjs.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO It's not ture!!!!!

Anxiety said:

Lizzy7701 said:

But it IS ture!

Ace said:

Ace, you slut! You oughtta do a Reality Expose.

Everyone just hates Tom and found a reason for his strangness.....so you all believe it.....Next they'll say it's Prince....would you believe that.....IT'S NOT TURE!!!!














I don't believe it Rob!! I U

madartista said:

Anxiety said:

Sometimes the turth hruths!

Why doesn't Tom just be gay?

I don't really blame Katie for taking the money...she was a B-list actress at best before all this shit.

And she is boring as hell. I have friends who worked on "Dawson's Creek" and they said all she did was bake cookies and act like a grandma. Perfect submissive wife to keep things under wraps.

Sorry, I'm not really a gossipmonger...but damn, this is just some good shit.