Tom Cruise arrives for the premiere of "Valkyrie" at Fredrick P. Rose Hall in the Time Warner Center in New York on December 15, 2008. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh) |
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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.)"