Cruise, Holmes and Shields in Maternity Ward Mix-up

Yesterday, Katie Holmes gave birth to a baby girl, her daughter with Tom Cruise; the couple have named the child Suri. Ironically, Brooke Shields gave birth on the same day, to her second child with husband Chris Henchy, a daughter named Grier. But in a stunning development, the mothers were accidentally switched before leaving the hospital, sending Brooke Shields home with Tom Cruise.

This made for an awkward couple of days, since the two celebrities had a very public disagreement last year after Cruise criticized Shields' use of medication for post-partum depression. Shields documented her battle with depression after the birth of her daughter Rowan in her book Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Post-Partum Depression, and came out swinging after Cruise's assertions.

Tom was so bowled over by the birth of his first mini-Scientologist that he failed to realize he went home with the wrong baby-mother. Meanwhile, Shields became so enraged by Cruise's "I have a baby!" furniture-jumping antics that she picked up the diminutive superstar and threw him out a third-floor window. She was not suffering from post-partum depression at the time. After her rescue from the Cruise mansion, she called the defenestration “the most sensible thing I've done since Suddenly Susan."

Comments

[Janine]

I saw "Thank You For Smoking" this weekend and when Katie Holmes came onto the screen the woman sitting behind us sighed and said "Poor Katie." I think that just about said it all.

[Mavrides]

Agreed. Can't watch her anymore without thinking about that. Not that I enjoy looking at her any less...

What's even wierder than all these coinkydinks -- the name is probably from Kabbalah.

Too much for me. P.S. Love the blog.

[Lee Anne]

Am I the only one who never thought Katie was pregnant to begin with? I think the whole thing is a sham.

[Alison Rose]

The sad part is that Katie was the weakest thing in "Smoking" and "Batman Begins." But that doesn't mean I can't feel sorry for her, which I do. Does anyone else out there agree with me that the reason that Cruise hasn't married her yet is that he wanted to make sure she delivered a healthy baby first? Skeevy.

[Ellen]

Alison,
Very interesting theory! I guess we'll find out soon. I've also heard a rumor that the pregnancy was fake, although I'm not sure what that would accomplish.

While watching "Smoking," I thought, "this is the last time we'll see Katie in sex scene," as bad as the scene was.

Ellen

[ixgames]

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