Tom Cruise succeeds in having South Park "out of closet" episode censored

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

HOLLYWOOD - Tom Cruise has reportedly stopped an episode of South Park that mocks him from being aired in Britain. The show, in which Nicole Kidman and Cruise's fellow Scientologist John Travolta are depicted attempting to coax an animated version of the actor out of a closet, caused controversy when broadcast in the U.S.

The cartoon Kidman tells Cruise, "Don't you think this has gone on long enough? It's time for you to come out of the closet. You're not fooling anyone"—referring to allegations about Cruise's sexuality.

According to TheRegister.co.uk, Paramount has agreed not to show the episode again, after Cruise complained.

A source tells the site, "Tom is famously very litigious and will go to great lengths to protect his reputation. Tom was said not to like the episode and Paramount just didn't dare risk showing it again. It's a shame that UK audiences will never see it because it's very funny."

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[Crazy Dave]

1. Damn Tom. If you can't take a joke, then take a....

...well...you all know the rest.

[Squatch]

2. Too bad you can get the video, in its entirety, off the internet.

[pilgrimsoul]

7. Link, please....

That is just too good to pass up!

[Atmashine]

3. We're going to sue you! Ya, in Britain!

Didn't they say that at the end of the episode? (Before the John/Jane Doe credits)?

[peekaloo]

4. You bastard!

[ET Awful]

5. It didn't cause any controversy, that's bullshit, it caused $cientologists

to whine and complain that people might find out what they actually teach. That's not controversy, that's progress.

[RandomKoolzip]

6. Didn't Shakespeare once write something

about "Protest(ing) too much?"

If he really was comfortable with his sexuality, he wouldn't give a shit what the tabloids write about him.

[AllegroRondo]

8. I wonder what Isaac Hayes thought of that episode

he does the voice of Chef, and hes also a Scientologist.

[Yavin4]

9. Tom Cruise Is Gay!!

Tom Cruise Is Gay!! Tom Cruise Is Gay!! Tom Cruise Is Gay!! Tom Cruise Is Gay!! Tom Cruise Is Gay!!

There, now I dare you to sue me.