Considering his association with The Church of Scientology,Tom Cruise is no stranger to controversy.

For Shields, antidepressants and therapy ultimately proved helpful.

“You gotta understand, I really care about Brooke,” he told Matt Lauer.

Tom Cruise smiling

Still, he believes that psychiatry is a “pseudoscience.”

The two actors first connected in the early ’80s on the set of “Endless Love.”

He invited Shields to his 2006 wedding to Katie Holmes and even added her to his Christmas cake list.

Matt Lauer and Tom Cruise

“I want to get back on that cake list.

It’s the best cake,” she joked.

Brooke Shields in New York City