Unsexy Tom Cruise

01-11-2006 15:00

Tom Cruise was sacked by his film studio amid allegations he is no longer a sex symbol.

The 'Top Gun' star was dropped by Paramount Pictures earlier this year and Sumner Redstone, the chief of Viacom - the company which owns Paramount - has now revealed why they made the decision.

Redstone claims he made the decision not to renew the Hollywood star's multi-million dollar contract because his wife Paula started to dislike Cruise.

He said in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine: "Paula, like women everywhere, had come to hate him. The truth of the matter is I did listen to her.

"His behaviour was entirely unacceptable to Paula and to the rest of the world. He just didn't turn one woman off. He turned off all women, and a lot of men."

Redstone also cited Cruise's erratic behaviour, including the infamous 'couch-jumping' incident on Oprah Winfrey's chat show and his bizarre Scientology beliefs, as another reason.

He added: "He was embarrassing the studio. And he was costing us a lot of money.

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