Tom Cruise decreases the invitation to honors of the Kennedy Center of President Trump: report
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Tom Cruise would have refused an opportunity to receive one of the highest honors of the country’s arts of President Donald Trump.
The star of “Mission: Impossible”, 63, was offered the prestigious price but refused due to “schedule conflicts”, according to several Kennedy Center employees who spoke at the Washington Post.
The representatives of Cruise and The Kennedy Center immediately responded to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.
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Tom Cruise refused an honor of the Kennedy Center of President Donald Trump due to schedule conflicts with his film projects. (Getty Images)
Cruise’s reported rejection comes after Trump announced that the stars would be honored at the long -awaited ceremony in December this week.
This year, the winners are the Country George Strait legend, the Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone, the rock group Kiss, the English actor Michael Crawford and the emblematic singer Gloria Gaynor, known for her successes as “I Will Survive”.
“I am more than blessed and honored to receive this award. I hope that by accepting this honor, I can continue with the inspiring phenomenon that started with” I will survive “. Share my music and my art on a global level to encourage us, hope, empowerment, inspiration, understanding and unity is at the heart of my goal,” shared Gaynor with Fox News Digital.
Sylvester Stallone and George Strait are among those who are honored this year by Trump. (Getty Images)
“I have always focused on a creative path that will help others and I hope to be rewarded the honor of the Kennedy Center will help me continue this inheritance.”
Trump, now president of Kennedy Center, increases efforts to reshape the specialization program – putting pressure for a more fascinating and starry celebration.
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President Donald Trump at Kennedy Center in Washington, DC (Getty Images)
“The winners of the 48th Kennedy Center are exceptional, incredible people, we cannot wait … In a few months since I became chairman of the board of directors, the Kennedy Center, we completely reversed the decline of this expensive national institution,” he said in his speech on Wednesday.
When the journalists asked Trump to how much he was involved in the selection of the 2025 winners, he did not hold back.
“I was around 98% involved … They all came by me,” he said.
Trump explained that he personally enlightened Green every winner and said that some had not cut.
“I refused a lot, they were too awake … I had a few woketers. No, we have great people. It’s very different from what it was.”
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President Donald Trump (C) runs a meeting of the Board of Directors to John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
While targeting the prices of the state of the Hollywood, Trump has not missed the chance to slide the Oscars.
“Look at the Oscars – it gets ugly notes now, everything is awake. All they do is talk about how much they hate Trump, but nobody likes it. They don’t look anymore …”
The president previously declared to Fox News Digital: “The Kennedy Center returns. It was not properly taken care of and we take it back and we will transform it into something big.”
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The last Cruise project was “Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning”. He confirmed that it would be his last time to represent the fictitious agent of the IMF Ethan Hunt. (Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images)
Sources have told Fox News Digital that the president is committed to revitalizing the Kennedy Center, some suggesting that he should possibly be renamed “the Trump – Kennedy Center”.
Meanwhile, the last Cruise project was “Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning” – his last time depicting the fictional agent of the IMF Ethan Hunt.
“It’s the final! It’s not called” final “for nothing,” Cruise told Hollywood Reporter.
Cruise appeared for the first time on the screen under the name of Hunt in 1996, taking up the role in seven additional films, “Reckoning” being the last.
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