Footage of a ‘terrifying’ Tom Cruise staring down a journalist back in 2005 has gone viral 17 years after it first aired.
The infamous interview sees the Top Gun star snap at and stare down journalist Peter Overton during a segment on 60 Minutes.
Cruise can be seen angrily telling the interviewer to ‘put your manners back in’ after he asked about Tom’s ex Nicole Kidman.
The clip was shared on Twitter last week and has since been viewed more than 2.1 million times.
In the interview, which took place four years after the couple’s divorce, Overton asked Cruise, “Is Nicole the love of your life?”
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Then when Overton asked what sort of relationship the former couple still had, Cruise lost his cool, telling the reporter, “You’re stepping over the line now. You’re stepping over the line, and you know you are.”
He then began staring intently at Overton, until the journalist explained, “I suppose they’re questions that people want to know…”.
Seemingly unhappy with the explanation, Cruise, 59, cut him off, saying, “Peter. Peter. You want to know. Take responsibility for what you want to know.
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“So, I’m just telling you right now, okay, just put your manners back in.”
Twitter users were quick to chime in on the star’s heated reaction, calling it ‘terrifying’.
“I cannot imagine having this man talk to me this way. I would start crying. He’s so scary,” tweeted one user.
“He’s literally terrifying without screaming even once,” wrote another
Host Overton, 56, opened up about the bizarre moment during a 2020 interview with The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
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Radio host Kyle Sandilands asked: “What were you thinking back then? When you’re being rubbished on camera by Tom Cruise? Are you thinking to yourself, how do I look respectful, but also still in charge of the interview?”
Overton explained: “I just maintained who I am, and I didn’t get angry. He did. And I just kept true to myself and said it’s a fair question.
“I hold no ill will towards Tom. It was one of those moments,” he added.
Overton said that he tried to smooth things over with Cruise after the interview, but felt slightly taken aback by the whole experience.
Cruise’s latest flick, Top Gun: Maverick, smashed its opening weekend this week as it soared past $151 Million (£119m), landing the A-lister his best box office opening ever.
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