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Jenny McCarthy Believes ‘There Was a Shift’ in Katie Holmes During Tom Cruise Marriage
Jenny McCarthy spilled the tea about her experience at Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise‘s wedding in 2006.
During the October 15 episode of The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show, the 53-year-old actress looked back on what she noticed about the former couple while she was dating Jim Carrey, 64.
“At that time, she looked like a deer in headlights. This was well into the marriage,” McCarthy claimed. “During the wedding part, she still seemed like Katie, but into the marriage it seemed there was a shift in her.”
The former Singled Out host noted that Holmes, now 47, appeared uncomfortable with Cruise’s involvement in the Church of Scientology.
“They would come over and Tom would have his group and they would just follow him from room to room,” McCarthy recalled. “Those handlers are there because they don’t want them to stray or say the wrong thing.”
She continued, “The juxtaposition between Katie at this time and Tom’s world were very polar opposite.”
McCarthy went on to share Holmes’ maid of honor’s speech at the wedding, which she described as “very Midwest” and “adorable.”
Meanwhile, according to McCarthy, Cruise’s best man — Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige — delivered a puzzling speech about how there is “no other powerful force, mega celebrity duo” like the former couple.
“It was 30 minutes long, about how Tom and Katie are now going to be the most important couple in the world,” McCarthy recalled. “I’m sitting next to Will Smith, JLo [Jennifer Lopez], Jim, the crème de la crème.”
Another moment that stayed with McCarthy was at the rehearsal dinner, when she tried to hold Holmes’ daughter, Suri, now 20.
“[Holmes] had just had her baby and we’re having dinner and all of a sudden I see the nanny bring out the baby over to Katie… I went over and I said, ‘Can I hold the baby?'” McCarthy shared, adding that the entire room glared at her upon hearing her.
“It looked like ‘Rosemary’s Baby,'” she quipped. “I got the Scientology stare.”
Cruise joined the Church of Scientology in 1986 after his first wife, actress Mimi Rogers, introduced him to the religion.
