Tom Cruise Misses Shelly Miscavige Joke at Golden Globes - Vulture

Jerrod Carmichael has an idea. “Backstage, I recovered these 3 Golden Globe Awards that Tom Cruise returned,” the comedian began astatine this year’s Golden Globes ceremony, awkwardly cradling the honors successful his arms. “Look, I’m conscionable the big briefly, whatever, but I person a pitch: I deliberation possibly we instrumentality these 3 things and speech them for the harmless instrumentality of Shelly Miscavige?” Top Gun: Maverick prima (and Scientologist) Tom Cruise publically disavowed the ceremonial past twelvemonth successful an L.A. Times nonfiction aft the show’s morals and diverseness failings came to light, returning the 3 statues helium won successful years past. Cruise was a no-show contiguous contempt his film’s nominations.

Miscavige, a subordinate of the Church of Scientology and woman of person David Miscavige, was besides a no-show. She was past seen successful nationalist successful August 2007, and her disappearance has been a root of large disapproval of the organization. Lawyers for Miscavige and Scientology person claimed aggregate times that she chose to unrecorded a backstage life, and constabulary closed a missing-persons study connected her made by Leah Remini soon aft it was opened, claiming she was safe. Last November, Remini, a erstwhile Scientology member, claimed a Los Angeles constabulary skipper received generous donations from the organization, insinuating helium was helping successful a cover-up. Remini said that her “first extremity was to effort and find Shelly” erstwhile she near Scientology and that she had been tense aft Miscavige did not be Cruise’s wedding successful 2006.

Remini seemed to admit Carmichael’s idea, tweeting a convey you to him aft the moment. Meanwhile, Carmichael punctuated his instauration with a shrug. It’s conscionable an idea, his look said. “From Top Gun: Maverick, delight invited Glen Powell and Jay Ellis.” Cue the gasps.

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