Katie Holmes: Speaking of Publicity Stunts
Everyone was kind of surprised when, out of the blue, Katie Holmes was seen crossing the finish line at last week's NYC Marathon. Well, everyone except the devoted readers of OK! magazine, who broke the story about a month ago. Regardless, she finished with a less-than-spectacular time of 5 1/2 hours (the minimum qualifying time for women is 3 hours and 23 minutes) and supposedly only trained for "a little over two months," per her puppet-master, er, I mean husband, Tom Cruise. So, hmm, wait...isn't it difficult to get to race? Isn't there a lottery for non-competitive runners? Well, sure, but see, the future ex-Mrs. Cruise? She don't need no stinkin' rules, as Access Hollywood discovered.
Sarah Hunninghacke, the manager of media relations for the NY Road Runners Club, says she was contacted by "Katie's people" (i.e. Tom disguising his voice) months after the race deadline, asking that Katie be allowed to run. The reason it was granted? Per Hunninghacke, she was admitted as a "VIP" with a compelling story ("my husband's movie needs the publicity?"/"This will be the first time in 2 1/2 years I'll be allowed out of his sight for more than 10 minutes?"/"A robot running--c'mon! that's compelling!?") Additionally, per Richard Finn, the Media Relations Director:
"Celebrities and people with name recognition are important to every sport, it adds glitz and glamour. Does Billy Crystal have trouble getting tickets to the Yankees World Series? No. Do celebrities have trouble getting reservations in hot restaurants? No. In fact, they probably don’t even pay for the meals much of the time.”
Actually, all I've heard Kate's inclusion adding is a lot of suspicion and questions. Like how did she seem not the least bit tired afterwards? Why did she run braless? Not to mention going out in open-toed heels--HEELS--mere hours later, without her pedicure looking any the worse for wear? And for someone who wanted to do it on the QT, boy, she was fine with all the publicity afterwards, wasn't she? Mmm hmmm.
Someone really needs to sit the Cruises down and explain to them that they are making themselves seem less and less believable when they continually pull shit like this. It's their own damned fault that everyone thinks they're a giant sham. And what perfect timing to have more doubts cast on them, what with Andrew Morton's long-awaited biography on Maverick set to hit stores in January. Think it's just a coincidence we've been getting inundated with sappy sweet stories from the likes of People and OK! lately? There are no coincidences in Cruise Control. Unless, by coincidence, you mean damage control.
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