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Tim Allen Recalls Mocking Tom Cruise During Movie Premiere: ‘Cruise’s Ears Are Bright Red’
When Home Improvement star Tim Allen took the stage at famed Los Angeles comedy club Laugh Factory on January 8, he had plenty to say about Tom Cruise, according to the Daily Mail.
The comedian, 72, said that during the premiere of 63-year-old Cruise’s flick Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in 2025, he couldn’t resist yelling out “bulls**t” during a particularly unrealistic scene.
“Some BMW seven series goes off of a parking structure, lands—nose first—flips over. Cruise gets out and just does this…,” said Allen, mimicking Cruise emerging unscathed from the wreckage. “It would’ve killed Batman, so I said “bulls**t.”
According to Allen, an anonymous moviegoer heckled him back after his outburst by referencing his character from Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear. “Yeah, it’s kind of funny Mr. Lightyear?,” they shouted out.
Allen said he tried to apologize by saying, “Yeah, I’m just f**king around,” but that he noticed, “Cruise’s ears are bright red.”
When the movie ended, “[Cruise] walks down the f**king aisle, looks at me. I’m scared to death, even though the dude is literally this tall,” said Allen, gesturing to indicate the movie star’s 5′ 7″ stature.
“My grandpa always said eat crow while it’s fresh, so I apologized. I said, ‘hi, bye.’ And the guy was a nice guy, you know. I think he put a spell on me though because he’s a Scientologist. His eyes got really red and something hit me,” said Allen.
