After Donald Trump took over the Kennedy Center Honors by appointing himself chairman and host — he bragged that he could now tune the picks to his exact sensibilities and politics, and while people immediately started speculating who Trump meant when he said he removed some people because they were “wokesters,” new reports are now confirming that Tom Cruise rejected the honor all by himself.
Trump himself admitted to being very involved in the picking of the next round of honorees, which included Sylvester Stallone. So it’s a safe bet that he must have been the one who personally chose Cruise. But according to multiple reports, the Oscar-nominated actor politely declined the offer and attributed his decision to “scheduling conflicts.”
