Tom Cruise declines Kennedy Heart Honors invitation from President Trump: report

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Tom Cruise reportedly turned down a chance to obtain one of many nation's highest arts honors from President Donald Trump.

The "Mission: Not possible" star, 63, was supplied the distinguished award however declined as a result of "scheduling conflicts," based on a number of Kennedy Heart workers who spoke to The Washington Post .

Reps for Cruise and the Kennedy Heart Honors didn't instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

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Tom Cruise declined a Kennedy Heart Honor from President Donald Trump as a result of scheduling conflicts together with his movie tasks. (Getty Photographs)

Cruise’s reported rejection comes after Trump introduced the celebs set to be honored on the extremely anticipated ceremony in December earlier this week.

The honorees this 12 months are nation legend George Strait, Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone , rock band KISS, English actor Michael Crawford and iconic singer Gloria Gaynor, identified for hits like "I Will Survive."

"I'm past blessed and honored to be receiving this award. My hope is that in accepting this honor, I can proceed with the inspirational phenomenon that started with ‘I Will Survive.’ Sharing my music and artwork on a worldwide degree to supply encouragement, hope, empowerment, inspiration, understanding, and unity is the core of my function," Gaynor shared with Fox Information Digital.

Sylvester Stallone and George Strait are amongst these being honored this 12 months by Trump. (Getty Photographs)

"I’ve all the time targeted on a artistic path that can assist others and I hope that being awarded the Kennedy Heart honor will assist me proceed this legacy."

Trump, now chairman of the Kennedy Heart, is ramping up efforts to reshape the honors program — pushing for a glitzier, star-studded celebration.

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President Donald Trump on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, D.C. (Getty Photographs)

"The forty eighth Kennedy Heart Honorees are excellent individuals, unimaginable, we won't wait… in a couple of brief months since I grew to become chairman of the board, the Kennedy Heart, we have utterly reversed the decline of this cherished nationwide establishment," he mentioned in his speech Wednesday.

When reporters requested Trump how concerned he was in choosing the 2025 honorees, he didn’t maintain again.

"I used to be about 98% concerned… all of them got here via me," he mentioned.

Trump defined he personally greenlit every honoree, and made it identified that some didn’t make the reduce.

"I turned down a lot, they had been too woke… I had a few wokesters. No, we've got nice individuals. That is very totally different than it was once."

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President Donald Trump (C) leads a board assembly on the John F. Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Photographs)

Whereas taking intention on the state of Hollywood awards exhibits, Trump didn’t miss the possibility to swipe on the Oscars.

"Have a look at the Academy Awards — it will get awful rankings now, it’s all woke. All they do is discuss how a lot they hate Trump, however no one likes that. They don’t watch anymore..."

The president beforehand informed Fox Information Digital, "The Kennedy Heart is coming again. It was not correctly taken care of and we're taking it again and we're going to flip it again into one thing nice."

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Cruise’s newest mission was "Mission: Not possible – Last Reckoning." He is confirmed this might be his final time portraying the fictional IMF agent Ethan Hunt. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

Sources informed Fox Information Digital that the president is dedicated to revitalizing the Kennedy Heart, with some suggesting it ought to ultimately be renamed "the Trump–Kennedy Heart."

In the meantime, Cruise’s latest project was "Mission: Not possible – Last Reckoning" – his final time portraying the fictional IMF agent Ethan Hunt.

"It’s the ultimate! It’s not referred to as ‘last’ for nothing," Cruise informed The Hollywood Reporter.

Cruise first appeared on-screen as Hunt in 1996, reprising the position in seven extra movies, with "Last Reckoning" being the final one.

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Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an Leisure Author for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions may be despatched to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.