Shields lashes out at Cruise’s ‘ridiculous rant’

BROOKE SHIELDS has hit back at Tom Cruise’s Today show diatribe against antidepressants, saying the drugs helped her survive feelings of hopelessness after the birth of her first child.

In an op-ed piece published Friday in The New York Times, Shields criticised what she called Cruise’s “ridiculous rant.”

Cruise had criticised the actress for taking the drugs, and became particularly passionate about the issue in an interview on Today last week.