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Brooke gets Cruise apology

As Brooke Shields knows all too well, new father Tom Cruise doesn't spend all his time playing happy families and being Mr Nice Guy.

In addition to doting on newly-born daughter Suri and his actress wife Katie Holmes, Cruise also spends his time engaging with his pseudo-religion of scientology – to the detriment of Shields.

The 41-year-old star of The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love was criticised by Cruise last year for using post-natal anti-depressant drugs. He argued that she should have used exercise and vitamins to keep her pecker up rather than resort to artificial substances.

After that prompted a reciprocal condemnation from Shields relations between the two Hollywood stars had remained frosty throughout the whole of this year – until last week, that is.

"He came over to my house, and he gave me a heartfelt apology… he apologized for bringing me into the whole thing and for everything that happened," Shields said on Friday's edition of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

"I was so impressed with how heartfelt it was… I didn't feel at any time that I had to defend myself, nor did I feel that he was trying to convince me of anything other than the fact that he was deeply sorry. And I accepted it."

Thank goodness Shields' unhappy spat with Cruise is over. At least similar arguments won't be following in the Cruise household following Suri's birth –Homes is as much of a devotee of the scientology cult as he is.

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