Cruise pokes fun of image on 'Letterman'

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Tom Cruise showed he can take a joke by reading a list of the "Craziest Things People Say" on the Internet about him on "The Late Show with David Letterman."

The Hollywood actor appeared on the late-night chat show Tuesday to promote his new World War II suspense drama "Valkyrie."

On the show, he gamely read the night's Top Ten, a list that included alleged rumors like:

10. I sleep upside-down, suspended in a special bat-like harness.

9. During the filming of "Days of Thunder," on a dare, I ate a tire.

8. I still wear those underpants from "Risky Business."

7. My real name is Tom Blagojevich.

6. I once Heimliched a koala.

5. Once a month, I take the Universal tour naked.

4. I believe all emotional and psychological disorders can be cured with Vicks Vaporub.

3 I'm a power-mad egomaniac who's completed insulated from reality. Oh, wait, that's Letterman.

2. After jumping on her couch, Oprah hammer-locked me till I coughed blood.

1. I keep a cell phone in my pants so I can tell friends, "Call my (butt.)"