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I'm afraid the handler is real and breathing. And Asha, thank you for that excellent picture. It's making some sweet wallpaper for my computer right now. Here's the story about the handler from a few months ago.

Holmes Interview Stokes Brainwashing Rumors
Filed under “Media,” “Oddities,” and “Spirituality & Philosophy”
by Adam at 1:32 PM on July 15, 2005

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I’ve been doing my best to stay away from the bizarre celebrity coupling that’s become known as “TomKat,” but a recent article on Salon.com got my attention. Apparently, Holmes has gone into full-on Stepford Fiancée mode…

Katie Holmes’s eerie behavior during an interview for women’s mag W has cranked the creepiness factor of the Cruise–Holmes relationship to 11. Interviewer Robert Haskell paints a disturbing portrait of Holmes, “her beautiful green eyes focused on nothing in particular,” rambling on worshipfully about her beau in response to every question, no matter what the topic. The non-sequiters flow fast and furious:

Do you worry that this might be a rebound romance for either of you?

“I’ve never met anyone like Tom.”

Do you ever wonder whether this is just a honeymoon phase?

“Tom and I will always be in our honeymoon phase.”

Do you feel that, with more relationship experience, you get better at resolving conflicts?

“Meeting Tom—I’m just exhilarated. He makes me laugh, we have fun, we understand each other, everything is so aligned. I feel so lucky and so—like I’ve been given such a gift, such a gift, you know?” She pauses. “And it’s just really amazing.”

Is there anything you guys don’t have in common?

“You know, we appreciate each other.”

Has it been a challenge to make his kids feel comfortable?

“They’re just exceptional people.”

Isn’t it an adjustment to move in with someone—and after only a month?

“He’s the man of my dreams.”

Does he leave his dirty socks on the bedroom floor? Something? Anything?

“No.”


The glassy-eyed stare of true love? (photo from W magazine)Perhaps even more troubling was the (required) presence of her new “best friend” — high-ranking Scientologist Jessica Rodriguez — at the interview. Holmes recently announced that she’s converting to the kooky alien cult alternative religion, which her man Tom is a vocal proponent of. Rodriguez jumped in to answer one question on Holmes’s behalf (about rumors that the pairing is a publicity stunt), and at one point prompted the starlet with “You adore him” when Holmes seemed to be running out of effusive praise.

Finally, there are the pictures that accompany the article, one of Katie in a wedding dress. In almost every photo, she has this creepy glazed-over look in her eyes that chills the spine. What on earth is happening to this woman? Shouldn’t someone stop it?

more here, with all sorts of wierd scientology stories:

http://www.adammessinger.com/2005/07...es-w-interview