Tom Cruise Returning To Oprah: First Time Since Couch Jumping

CHICAGO — Oprah might want to nail down her furniture. Tom Cruise is scheduled to return to "The Oprah Winfrey Show," nearly three years after a couch-jumping appearance that spawned countless YouTube parodies and late-night jokes.

The two-part show will coincide with the 25th anniversary of Cruise's booty-shaking turn in the film "Risky Business." Friends and colleagues will surprise Cruise with taped messages honoring his work in movies, according to a statement Thursday from Harpo Productions.

Winfrey will interview Cruise from his home in Telluride, Colo., for the first show on May 2, which will cover his "family, his life and the future," Harpo said. Then on May 5, Cruise will appear in Winfrey's Chicago studio.

Cruise became the butt of jokes after a May 2005 appearance on Winfrey's show, where he repeatedly jumped on the talk-show host's couch, saying his love for then-new girlfriend Katie Holmes was "beyond cool."

Cruise and Holmes became parents in April 2006 with the birth of their daughter, Suri, and married in Italy in November 2006.

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Comments

[iluvsam]

Who cares? The great actor who starred in some great movies over the years has turned out to be a complete nutcase.

[MyThought]

Tom's career is going down the toilet - Oprah is probably trying to get him back in the spotlight - I'll pass.

I can't stand the guy and he's certainly overrated as an actor.

[DramaQueen101]

yawn.....

[NoSillyName]

I'm so happy I'm not a fan/watcher of TheBigO.

[GeoLee]

I don't generally watch Oprah, but I appreciate the warning so I can make sure to boycott it that week. thanks.

[kellygrrrl]

is Oprah a little too tight with the COS?
I don't get it

[AurigaRa]

thanks for the warning so I can NOT watch this crap

[auramac]

Time for new furniture.

[GenRom]

Tom Cruise has NO pride....n­othing like revisiting the scene of the "accident".

[TheCowman]

Tom...do us a favor, OK??

Stay the hell of the couch this time, alright? Just chill and try to act normal for 8 minutes.

Thanks,

- Your Friends

[Sparhawk]

Well...you gotta make up news to sell papers and ad space on the Net....

[booker52]

Who cares???

[OtayPanky]

This time he's going to make Katie lie on the floor, and jump on her head.

[vandegrasse]

He must have a movie to push. Amazing all the backscratching on these programs.

[ENK727]

Yeah I think it's that crappy Valkyries movie... which the studio keeps pushing back the release date!!

[Rachel36]

You're right.

I want to see Eddie Izzard's performance but don't know if I can stomach Tom for more than 20 minutes.