Emily Blunt sets record straight on Tom Cruise telling her to ‘stop being such a p***y’ after ‘ludicrous’ reaction-Alicia Adejobi-Entertainment – Metro

Emily Blunt insists she and Tom Cruise still laugh about his tough love ‘to this day’ (Picture: WireImage)

Emily Blunt has claimed her comments about Tom Cruise telling her to ‘stop being such a p***y’ were taken ‘literally and absurdly out of context’. 

The A Quiet Place star recently recalled an exchange on set of 2014 sci-fi movie Edge of Tomorrow, in which she co-starred with Mission: Impossible actor Tom, 60. 

According to Emily, 39, she broke down in tears after injuring her ribs due to wearing a heavy robotic costume, reportedly prompting her co-star to dish out some tough love. 

‘He just stared at me for a long time, not knowing what to do, and he goes, “Come on, stop being such a p***y, ok?”,’ Emily said. 

However, she’s now set the record straight after some criticised Tom’s allegedly harsh advice. 

‘I absolutely adore Tom, he’s a dear friend and he was a total gem to me,’ Emily said in a statement issued to People. 

The actors co-starred in 2014 sci-fi movie Edge of Tomorrow (Picture: Warner Bros.)

Tom gave Emily the harsh advice when she broke down in tears after injuring her ribs during the film shoot (Picture: WireImage)

‘It was said as a joke to make me laugh, which it did in a big way.’ 

She added: ‘It’s ludicrous that it’s being spun as something that offended me. It didn’t. I shared the story as lightheartedly as it was meant by Tom. 

‘And it’s still something we laugh about to this day.’ 

Tom hasn’t publicly addressed Emily’s version of events (Picture: GC Images)

Emily said her words were taken ‘literally and absurdly out of context’ (Picture: Getty Images)

Emily reportedly recalled the incident on an episode of the Smartless podcast, according to The Times, and said: ‘We had to wear these enormous suits, which I think would’ve been great if we had CGI’d them but we wanted to do it in a tactile way.

‘When you hear the word tactile you think that sounds nice and cosy; there was nothing cosy about these suits. It was like 85lb, it was so heavy. The first time I put it on I started to cry and [Tom] didn’t know what to do.’

The Devil Wears Prada star continued: ‘He just stared at me and was like, “I know, I know”, I was like, “Tom, I’m not sure how I’m going to get through this shoot”, and just started to cry. I said, “I’m feeling a bit panicky about the whole shoot”.’

Recalling Tom’s advice, she added: ‘He just stared at me for a long time, not knowing what to do, and he goes, “Come on, stop being such a p***y, ok?”.’

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