October 23, 2009 | Celeb Watch

Young Tom Cruise 'a bore and a homophobe'

Well, someone is telling tales out of school.

Bronson Pinchot - you know, he played the crazy cousin from 80s sitcom hit 'Perfect Strangers' - has some dirt to dish on non-gay Tom Cruise. Pinchot was Cruise's co-star in 'Risky Business.'

“We thought Tom [Cruise] was the biggest bore on the face of the Earth,” Pinchot admitted. “Tom was 20, I was 23. Tom had picked up this knack of calling everyone by their character names, because that would probably make your performance better, and I don’t agree with that.

"He was tense and made constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments, like, ‘You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?’ I mean, his lingo was larded with the most… There was no basis for it. It was like, ‘It’s a nice day, I’m glad there are no gay people standing here.’ Very, very strange.”

What are you saying? That he was deflecting so no one would assume he was gay? Please, if anyone is all man it's Tom Cruise. Sure, he played a very convincing fairy in that 'Legend' movie, but that means nothing. Nothing!

Bronson Pinchot slams Cruise [TV guide]