Cruise tops 'celebrity meltdown' poll

Tom Cruise has been judged to have had the wildest celebrity meltdown in a new American poll.


Cruise's antics on the Oprah Winfrey show, on which he jumped up and down on a sofa and declared his love for his new girlfriend, Katie Holmes, has been judged the "Wildest Celebrity Meltdown" by American TV Guide readers.

Cruise beat Mariah Carey's MTV breakdown, Michael Jackson's baby-dangling incident, Whitney Houston's startling drug admissions and Farrah Fawcett's spaced out interview on David Letterman's chat show to claim the top spot.

The top 5 Celebrity Meltdown Moments judged by US TV Guide readers are:

1. Tom Cruise loses control on The Oprah Winfrey Show (2005). Tom, when questioned by Oprah about his new relationship, jumped up and down on his couch, got down on one knee and repeatedly pumped his fist before declaring his love for Katie Holmes.

2. Michael Jackson dangles his baby from a hotel balcony in Berlin (2002). Screaming fans waiting outside Jackson's hotel window were astonished to see the popstar bring his baby son out to the balcony, then briefly dangle him over the edge. The incident drew worldwide condemnation.

3. Farrah Fawcett's "space out" on David Letterman's The Late Show (1997). Upon entering the stage, Farrah required Letterman's help to sit down, repeatedly lost her train of thought and became entranced by the fake skyline behind Letterman's desk. She was supposed to be promoting her new Playboy pictorial.

4. Mariah Carey's impromptu appearance on MTV's Total Request Live show (2001). Mariah appeared unnanounced on TRL, attempted to strip while wearing only a T-shirt and gave out ice cream to the audience. Citing mental exhaustion, she checked herself into a hospital just a week later.

5. Whitney Houston's "crack is whack" speech (2002). During an interview with Diane Sawyer in which she appeared withdrawn and extremely thin, Whitney Houston had this to say about her drug use: "First of all, let's get one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. Okay? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is whack."

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