FORGET FLOWERS—TOM CRUISE SENDS SCIENTOLOGY UNDER PLEXIGLASS AS HIS GO-TO GIFT
When most celebrities send a thank-you, it's a safe bet: flowers, champagne, maybe a box of designer truffles. But not Tom Cruise.
According to multiple insiders, the Mission: Impossible star has a signature gift — and it's not edible, scented, or remotely subtle.
“He sends Scientology,” one Hollywood executive told Straight Shuter, flatly. “Not a book. Not a pamphlet. A framed document. Under plexiglass.”
The gift in question? A high-gloss plaque featuring the 20 Tenets of Scientology, printed in metallic gold script, mounted with museum-style precision and engraved with Cruise’s initials.
“It’s his version of roses,” one recipient said on condition of anonymity. “It arrives in a velvet-lined box. No note. Just the tenets. Under plexi.”
The gift has shown up as a thank-you, a holiday gesture, and even a congratulatory item. One studio assistant claimed her boss received it after greenlighting a Cruise-friendly project. “We opened it and just... stared. It was like receiving the Constitution, but cultier.”
Another recipient said it appeared after Cruise was briefly considered for a role he didn’t land. “We thought it was a peace offering,” they said. “Now we’re not sure if it was a warning.”
Insiders claim Cruise considers it a meaningful gesture — a “piece of his truth” — and has even said it’s “more eternal than flowers.”
“You can’t eat it, you can’t smell it, but he believes it saves lives,” one longtime publicist noted. “It's very Tom.”
While reactions vary — from bemused to bewildered — one thing is clear: nobody re-gifts Tom Cruise’s plexiglass gospel. Most recipients store it discreetly, unsure whether tossing it out might trigger karmic retribution… or a wellness check from Sea Org.