The Suri Cruise Obsession (Tom and Katie Too)

Watching the news the other day, I heard a shocking statement from a reporter. He claimed that the first photo of Suri Cruise, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes long-awaited infant, could go for as much as five million dollars. Now, I was shocked when I heard that the first photo of Shiloh, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's baby, could well go for one to two million dollars. Is it just me, or is there something wrong with this picture?

We have become so enthralled with the famous that tabloids are willing to dish out millions in order to get a picture of a baby on their front cover? First of all, a baby is a baby, whether it was born to the farming family of Iowa or a celebrity picture-perfect family (if there is such a thing, I'm not really sure). Five million dollars is a lot to dish out, especially considering that I have been in magazine stores and supermarkets hundreds of times, and I think that I have seen maybe one person actually pick up a tabloid and buy it. If any company thinks they will profit from sticking a photo of a baby on the cover of their tabloid, I believe them to be gravely mistaken. People will merely walk buy and think 'Oh, so that's what Tom's baby looks like.' Once you've seen the photo, you've seen the photo. Just the same as if you've seen a baby, you've seen them all. Yes, babies all look the same.

While five million bucks might not seem like a lot to a magazine coorporation, maybe they should take a step back and think about how ridiculous they are behaving. Considering that some children around the world can be fed on two dollars a day, five million dollars could feed almost 7,000 children for an entire year. So, here's the tradeoff, on one hand you have saving the lives of thousands of children, and on the other hand, you got it! Having a baby's photo taken!

I have the upmost respect for Tom Cruise's and Katie Holmes' privacy, and even more for their daughter. I respect even more the fact that they have not stooped so low as to sell a picture of their child to the press. For now, as Suri Cruise grows older, reporters claim that we will see a steady price drop until she reaches two or three years of age. Oh good, then Suri can finally come out of hiding.

Until that time, I say back off, or at least consider spending the 5 million in a little more sane situation.