Hmmmm...yeah I have a few friends like that but I will admit that I do it too.

I definitely think that the overemphasis of your own happiness is a surefire sign of UNhappiness. In Katie's case, I'd love to believe that things really are this wonderful for her. However, it certainly does seem a little suspicious. She's a little overly aggressive when it comes to advertising her family bliss.

She's been lobotomized. Or is a robot.

I think she seems pretty unnatural/rehearsed when asked about her family, and she repeated the same things over and over during the interview. Which is fine, maybe she's being private and is only willing to share small part of her life--which made her sound rehearsed. Maybe she's not very good with interviews so she'd just memorize what she's going to say, and try asking questions (like she did during Letterman's) so she doesn't have to answer questions she's not prepared to answer (knowing how high profile her hubby is, I'm pretty sure she doesn't want to muck up her answers).

But oh well. It's her life. I don't have the 'perfect' home life, but yeah, I see where she's coming from, I'm not going to share to the world how annoyed I get when my hubby does this or that Or when my son is misbehaving

wow this sites obsession with katie and tom and debunking thier happiness has gone overboard. This is the third, fourth, post today on Sugar about them. Why cant they be happy? is it hard to believe just because she has changed, and so has he? people cant change?!

I know a few people...and they do get annoying. I find people talk more about people who "retend" everythign is perfect too because they want to find out something that isn't perfect about them.

Sometimes I tend to act like everything is ok when it isn't. But I do it more for me. Sometimes I find that if I keep tellign myself everything is ok, in the end, it really is ok. You know?

When I saw her on Good Morning America, I was thinking 'When did the major upheaval just happen to her like that?' One year she is the innocent, fun-loving Katie Holmes. Now she is the creepy, quiet, stepford wife. Everything is just dandy!

i totally agree with le luxe...it's just creepy. she's super soft-spoken and just plain boring. it's like she doesn't have a mind of her own anymore. i hope she starts acting like a real person again.

I think Katie is genuinely happy. Back before Tom Cruise she was just as happy and giddy and lets not forget so in love with Chris Kline the only difference between then and now is that people are more in her face and life because of her husband and so now people are commenting on her constant happiness and comments of how wonderful things are.

I dont like when people fake happiness(im not sure if Katie is really happy or faking. Your only fooling yourself when u fake ur happiness because at the end of the day I dont really care about you and ur life YOU have to deal with it so whatever.

I have problems but I dont let it affect me like it would everyone else - that is not faking, I simply deal with it in a fab way. lol And overall Im a happy person, God has been good to me!

A friend of mine CONSTANTLY advertises how self confident and outgoig she is. Ask her how confident she is, how much she loves herself. She'll tell you ALL about it. Ask her how good she is. She'll explain that in great detail as well. Its sickening sometimes. And I believe, without a doubt, that she is trying to mask her serious self esteem issues.
Katie's situation could be like this. When it comes to advertising her hapiness.

shes a robot and tom has aged her.

i know some people who like to pretend that everything is ok all the time.. and i mean.. its ok, cuz it does help.. but sometimes it just WAY too much.. and you know that its all a cover up!.. but hey whatever helps you!

She creeps me out big time.

I don't think anyone's life is perfect. I'm not sure if it's a Scientology thing or what, but it seems clear that she's taking the positive spin on everything. But if she wants to keep things private and pretend things are perfect, it's no sweat off my back.

I guess I would think that people who were really happy wouldn't be sitting around rooting for someone they didn't even know to be unhappy or have a screwed up life.

ive heard that when people say they are happy more than once they are lying. cuz happy people dont have to say it they just are.
as for katie holmes ive wondered about her. i hope we are all wrong and she is truly happy. but yeah its suspicous.

Of course she's rehearsed. Some people are transparent like that.
I wonder how much tom paid her to sell her soul. From the get go things were sketchy. She started sounding like him immediately.

I think she's been brainwashed and probably genuinely believes that her life is perfect...because Tom said so.

I don't know her so it is hard to know if she is faking her own happiness. I just find them both incredibly creepy!

i feel like maybe i might over compensate to if everywhere i go people are questioning the validity of something that's not even their business anyway, you know? i mean, it's definitely rehearsed, but she probably feels like she has something to prove because people are always saying bad things about her and her marriage.

Before she seemed so honest and full of life. Now she seems lackluster and vague. Yes, she looks great, but if she's truly happy it rarely shows through in the way it used to.

She has been brainwashed.

ITA with CaterpillarGirl!

To sum up what I've learned in the past few Katie Holmes topics-

Katie Holmes is robotic, drugged, mind controlled, different from how she used to be (though no one knows her), no longer a good interview (if she ever was anything but dull?), hiding something, doesn't know her child, and a bad mother?

Tom Cruise is a svengali, too religiously devout, in a weird/strange/scary religion (aren't they all from the outside?), not the father of their child, neglects his other children (no proof exists), is a bad father, bad husband, and hiding something (as opposed to preserving a sense of privacy)?

The Baby is not being raised to the standards some posters set and is not the child of her reported father?

I think that's about it, but repeated ad nauseam. The reason people ride this girl so hard is because she is an easy target, or at least a uniting one, that leads every story about Holmes/Cruise to turn into a feeding frenzy of nonsensical dislike and judgement.

Who cares if she is happy, unhappy, or faking happy? Her life is what she wants it to be right now or she would leave. Other than that, no one has a right to know every single detail and up or down of someone's life and relationship. You may note something is strange, but take them at face value and move on to your own affairs.

I think it's human nature to do this when you're insecure about something. I do know people who do this...that go on and on about something, making it sound like they're SO happy about it, but it just doesn't sound genuine. I think they're really just trying to convince THEMSELVES of something.

I know because I used to do this too, when I was dating my ex-boyfriend. We had a very rocky, up-and-down relationship, but I didn't want people to know this. I thought people would judge me for being with him. So I pretended that everything was peachy between us. My friends have now told me that they could totally see through my "act".

i think a lot of people tend to sugar coat their lives. i don't necessarily find anything wrong with keeping the negative aspects of your life private. it is a problem when what you are saying is far from what your life is actually like.

Not everything in your life is going to be perfect! I have a friend who does this quite a bit. She is constantly boasting about how wonderful her boyfriend is and what a wonderful couple they make, how wonderful her job is, how wonderful her life is...and it may very well be, but I think a lot of people who do this are simply trying to convince themselves. It really turns others off. Obviously not everyone is going to tell you the sad, sordid details of their relationships and so forth, but let's be realistic here! I think sugarcoating is a sign of insecurity.

The secret to happiness is allowing yourself to be happy and letting other people worry about their own worries. She seems, despite the picture that has been so often painted, to really be thrilled about being a parent and the new luxuries that have come her way.

I totally agree with who ever typed this up. It's like she's fake now with a big old fake smile and answers now.

Sometimes I feel like she's faking but who really knows so I am just like whatever.

There is definitely something in her general aura that just reeks insincerity. But as *Miss Dee* theorised above she might feel the need to portray this uber happiness as a method of reassuring the public that her marraige is solid.

There are two sides to every story. Imagine if all of your friends and family thought your marraige was doomed from the start....many of you would put alot of energy into putting up a good front ALL THE TIME as well....

Brainwashed, period.

I'm sick of all of the Tom Cruise/ Katie Holmes bashing. At least, they aren't in rehab or having their kids taken away from them. Besides, they're rather dull-neither have that much going for them career wise for the moment.

Also, who wouldn't sound fake when being interviewed. I wouldn't want open up about any problems on Good Morning America.

Now, don't get me wrong. I like Katie. I'm also a Tom Cruise fan from way back. But isn't part of Scientology to literally brainwash out of your mind, recondition your psyche to eradicate all negative experiences and emotions? Saw her on Letterman the other night and could see it written all over her face. Such a shame she seems so boring these days. It maybe shouldn't be a conspiracy theory, but the effects of Scientology could be a cause.

Now, all what I said aside, Suri looks suspiciously Asian at times...

Why do people have to always try to explain away another's happiness? Yeah, I'm sure that being Tom Cruise's wife is simple awful. Please. Let her be happy and focus on your own!

I also find it somewhat slightly ironic that perfection is spelled incorrectly in the title of this post. ;P

I dont know.. I actually am starting to really like Katie Holmes. Tom Cruise is a weirdo but when you are in the public eye I am sure that her and Tom sit down and decide what to say about their personal lives.. Hence why she repeats so many things. Obviously if you give too much info people think that it's a green light to go even further. Oh well. People need to not worry about famous people so much. I think Katie is more gorgeous than ever and seems genuinely happy.. but in the industry that they are in how can you NOT be on your guard 24/7??

After I saw the Today show, I watched an interview with her from the Dawson's Creek days, and she really stayed out of the spotlight and was very subdued. I just think she is a quieter person.
I also think that she says everything is wonderful because it's really none of our business if she and Tom squabble or argue or if Suri's actually hell on wheels. It's her life and she prefers to keep it as private as possible. Since total privacy is not an option, I think she's painting a stable picture for the press so as to not incite MORE paparazzi. I mean, come on, we've all see how the photographs and magazine covers get more frequent when bad things happen to people.

Since I don't know Katie I can't really say if she is fake or not. However, I do think that most people that go on and on about how wonderful everything is don't really feel that way.

I also understand her need for privacy, I just find some of her word choices to be a bit exaggerated(hence all the scrutiny). She could respond that everything is "Just fine, thank you" or similiar, as opposed to everything being so amazing and magical.

Ok this is the last thing I'm going to say about the Tom and Katie thing, because I agree we give it too much attention. I don't know Katie Holmes at all so I can't say for sure whther she's faking but IMHO she is. There is a difference between being quiet and reserved and being rehearsed. I don't think anyone is looking for ways tomake her unhappy out of jelousy or obsession or anythnig like that. It's just plain odd. I love my fiance and if I had a child I believe I would be ecstatic but I cannot see myself describing our life together as magical or fantastic all the time. People have moods and based on those moods our feelings and thus our expressions change. I think the reason there is so much scrutiny is because she seems to say the same things over and over exhulting in her fabulous relationship and her strong an dmagical child. Who knows maybe she is just that happy. But I know that as a private person I would try to keep some of that information selfishly so as not to have to share my most personal joy with the world.

she totally bugs me. i don't know what it is, but she just bugs the hell out of me.

Katie Holmes = Stepford Wife.

Never liked her....I've always thought she seems a bit "false".

If she is brainwashed, she may actually believe she is happy and everything is "amazing" and "wonderful". Then she wouldn't be faking.

good point, twinkle