Politician Michael Healy-Rae has said that Tom Cruise was falsely accused of stealing somebody's cigarettes in a Kerry pub when he was taking a break from filming Far And Away in the 90s.
Speaking on Newstalk's Pat Kenny Show, the Kerry TD recalled how a punter threatened the Top Gun actor with a stick as he thought he was going to steal the barman's cigarettes.
Cruise had reached over the counter to get more ice for his diet coke when according to Healy-Rae, a local man named Ger The Manny didn't take kindly to the actor's intentions. "He was an elderly man and he had his stick up on the counter and he was sipping away at a little glass of Guinness.
"Ger jumped up off his stool, he caught his stick and drew a belt at yer man’s hand trying to hit him across the hand," he continued. "But he just missed and there was a big bang down on the counter right near the Yank’s hand." he added.
Cruise shouted "My goodness I was just leaning in to get a bit more ice’."
"Ger The Manny shouted out, ‘You b*****d you were trying to steal Matt’s fags’." Healey-Rae added.
Top Gun 2 is due in cinemas Monday July 17, 2020.
