Prediction: Tom Cruise is not the last "heart throb" movie star to say something crazy or controversial

Throwing this into the prediction section.

Tom Cruise recently came under fire for his strong statements against psychiatrists and antidepressant medication. For some reason, this reminded me of some of the strong statements Mel Gibson had been making about Christianity and social issues while promoting his last film (I believe it was a little movie about a carpenter).

These are all "heart throb" male movie stars who now, with a lot of works under their belts, have expressed stronger opinions about things and are portrayed by the media as "losing it" a little bit. This will happen again. Colin Farrell and Brad Pitt, watch out.

This, by the way, excludes people like Tim Robbins, who are outspoken about their politics, but never really made it to "heart throb" status. Richard Gere is a borderline case, I don't know if his Tibet statements are as well publicized as Cruise or Gibson, but he certainly likes to have opinions!

Let this also be a lesson to future celebrities and pretty people in general: For the most part, the public doesn't want to hear anything you say that's supposed to be intellectual. Most likely, ugly intellectuals will ridicule you even if you make sense because they are jealous of you. So just look pretty.