Colin Sheridan: Tom Cruise’s insane journey from Oprah’s couch to cult worship at Cannes

His posture is designed to portray a certain humility, like he is not worthy of the praise given to him. He also wants you to know that he absolutely is

Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell attend the premiere for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning during the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. Picture: PA

It’s exactly 20 years since Tom Cruise hopped up on Oprah Winfrey's couch and — in front of a live studio audience — dramatically proclaimed his love for his actress girlfriend Katie Holmes. Such an act of lunacy should have put paid to any notion the actor had Irish blood in him, because if he really did, Holmes would’ve been lucky to get a Brown Thomas voucher for Christmas.