Tom Cruise and John Travolta both reportedly received phone calls in recent days from a man claiming to be Kim Ledger, the grieving father of Heath Ledger - and were both at least temporarily taken in by the con man.
According to the New York Post, the impostor convinced Cruise thoroughly enough to have "a couple phone conversations" with the actor, but was finally cut off after Ledger's people sent out a warning to Hollywood to be on the look-out for the fake Kim. Cruise's reps have since released a statement insisting Cruise realized almost immediately that the man was a charlatan and hung up the phone.
The Post also says that Travolta was initially talked into buying the impostor a plane ticket from Australia to the U.S., but caught on before going through with the purchase. Travolta's people, like Cruise's, claim that the actor saw through the fake Kim's charade almost immediately and never went so far as to agree to buy the ticket.
And what do Tom Cruise and John Travolta have in common besides being fat douches? Yes kids - they are both Scientologists.
If you're a con-man looking to bilk famous people, the obvious strategy is to choose Scientologists - because you already know what gigantic suckers they are.
Of course, in Cruise's case at least, you know there was more to it than just his being a dupe. You know Cruise wanted desperately to believe that this really was Heath Ledger's heartbroken father on the phone. Cause think about it: Heath Ledger may have died from using prescription drugs. Tom Cruise is on a crusade against prescription drugs. The grieving father calls Tom looking for support. Tom takes advantage of the father's grief by roping him in to being a Scientologist, a great "get" for Tom in his war on psychiatry. What a gigantic boost for Tom inside the Scientology world, not to mention the feast for his ravenous ego.
And that's what truly makes a world-class sucker - when your own crazy fixations blind you to the obvious.
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