Yahoo Lifestyle Tom Cruise Fans Concerned After He Looks Unrecognizable in Super Bowl Ad
Tom Cruise fans said they had to do a double-take ahead of Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.
On Sunday, Feb. 9, the Golden Globe winner was back on screens—this time, to help kick off Super Bowl LIX by hosting a promotional clip for FOX, in which the Mission: Impossible alum hyped up fans for the matchup at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
But in the wake of the ad, viewers found themselves picking apart the 62-year-old's appearance, with one X (formerly Twitter) user admitting it "took me a while to recognize him."
"Tom cruise doesn’t even look like tom cruise," someone else shared.
A third said the actor "looks like a Chuck E. Cheese animatronic got one wish and it was to be human for a day."
"Tom Cruise looks like Tom Cruise wearing a Tom Cruise skin suit," another critic wrote, while someone else similarly joked, "Tom Cruise looks like he's wearing a Halloween mask of Tom Cruise."
There were also comparisons about his resemblance to other Hollywood stars, as one social media user suggested he was "morphing into Dustin Hoffman" and someone else said he's starting to "look like a young Valerie Singleton."
Tom Cruise has spent thousands of dollars to look like a young Valerie Singleton. pic.twitter.com/iXrPpeSZHG
— Gyll King Post Skip Diplomacy (@GyllKing) February 10, 2025
One more asked, "Why does Tom Cruise look like a deepfake of Tom Cruise?"
Though many were eager to launch into conspiracies about whether or not the Top Gun star's unrecognizable appearance was the result of plastic surgery or a mix of AI and CGI, others were rather unfazed by it, pushing back on any proposed concerns and suggesting it's just part of the natural aging process and nothing more.
"Tom Cruise finally looking old makes me feel old," a different fan admitted.
"Legend 🔥," another Instagram user declared before someone else said that they're "Ready for Jerry Maguire's comeback."
"This was the perfect way to start it 🔥," a third cheered.
"Loved this part of the super bowl pre game!! Such an iconic actor and voice for this type of thing," one more gushed, adding, "Nice job Tom. Also loved of course the mission impossible trailer. Gonna be 🔥."
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