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Tom Cruise on GQ cover…

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queenceleste · 22/09/2026 19:16

I mean, when will he be too old for the bare chest swagger? 🤢🤢

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AnnesPuffedSleeves · 27/09/2026 08:24

SpidersAreShitheads · 22/09/2026 20:15

Tom is physically in good shape. I think it's quite an attractive pose tbh - it's not too revealing but still has a hint of sauciness.

Sadly though I find this thoroughly unappealing. Not because of his age or his body, but because of what he's done to his face. He looks absolutely awful, so plastic and artifically bloated.

As I'm getting older myself, I quite appreciate an attractive older man. And I love seeing sexy older females, especially when they are natural as opposed to chasing youth with surgery and fillers.

And yes, yes, I know: their body, their choice. I just think that looking young has been over-prioritised - it's now deemed better to have smooth, plump, youthful skin but also look a bit strange, than dare to have any wrinkles. We've lost the ability to find beauty and sexiness in anything other than the radiance of youth. And I think that's really sad.

I’ve just seen him interviewed and he doesn’t look plastic at all. In fact, he’s much more lined and craggy than I realised. In contrast, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic 2 interviews have not one line on their face. Tom looks much more normal and his age than they do.

SpidersAreShitheads · 27/09/2026 15:10

AnnesPuffedSleeves · 27/09/2026 08:24

I’ve just seen him interviewed and he doesn’t look plastic at all. In fact, he’s much more lined and craggy than I realised. In contrast, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic 2 interviews have not one line on their face. Tom looks much more normal and his age than they do.

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I agree he's nowhere near as plastic as he used to be - a couple of years ago he looked almost unrecognisable.

However, I think his face still looks puffy and somewhat unnatural. As a PP said, there's a look about people who have had significant cosmetic tweaks that never subsides. I agree he's now cut back on the tweaks so he's showing some natural signs of ageing, but he's still got that very plastic look overall, imo.

I'm not really sure what Nicole Kidman or Sandra Bullock have got to do with whether Tom Cruise looks plastic.

JustSetFireToIt · 27/09/2026 15:29

Well, if you’ve got it, flaunt it, and he has certainly got it, he’s in incredible shape for a man of his age.

I’d kill for a tenth of his charisma.

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