Can Tom Cruise handle the truth? Now we know why he was fired from Paramount - according to a new report, the wife the studio head got her panties in a bunch when she heard the cruiser publicly dissing Brooke Shields for taking post-pregnancy anti-depressant medication.
Paula Fortunato, the wife of Paramount boss Sumner Redstone, was enraged when she heard Cruise's comments on live TV, and warned her 83-year-old husband that the star's Scientology-inspired tirade was offensive to female fans.
Redstone though, hinted it was due to the couch-jumping incident last spring, as well as other bizarre antics by Tom, when he said last week: "As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal. His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount."
But insiders from Paramount's parent company Viacom claim Redstone's 43-year-old wife has great influence on the decisions of her husband and she wanted him out.
