David Letterman calls out Tom Cruise for skipping Oscars 2023

Everyone has been wondering why Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise did not attend the 95th Academy Awards that took place on March 13. American TV host David Letterman is also among the ones demanding answers to the question.

While conversing with Jimmy Kimmel on his show, the former late-night host asked Oscars emcee Jimmy Kimmel for the real reason why Cruise wasn't among the myriad stars in attendance at the Academy Awards, Variety reported.

Despite Top Gun: Maverick earning six Academy Award nominations and Cruise being a nominee for best picture as one of the film's producers, the A-list star skipped the 2023 ceremony.

"We don't know where Tom Cruise was," Kimmel answered Letterman. "We heard production issues."

"What does that mean?" Letterman asked. "That's nonsense."

"Exactly. It's very non-specific," Kimmel said. "But we have no idea what happened."

Letterman proceeded to say that Cruise "should've been" at the Oscars "celebrating his big jet pack Maverick show," to which Kimmel responded, "Yeah. It seems like he should've been there, but he was not there. Maybe he feels like he wasn't going to win so he didn't want to come."

"But between you and me, he should have been there right?" Letterman then asked Kimmel.

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