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The Mystery Revealed: Scientology Hands!!!

Filed under: Icky Icky Poo > Tom Cruise > Katie Holmes

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We learn something new every day!

We revealed yesterday that Katie Holmes has been wearing gloves and long sleeve shirts to cover her freakily discolored hands.

We thought she was sporting purple hands for her appearance on ABC's Eli Stone.

But, a few insiders in the know informed us that Katie might have taken part in a Scientology purification ritual that caused her hands to go purple.

Yikes!

According to reports, the purification ritual is called the Purification Rundown or Purif.

Peeps going through the process take 'vitamin bombs' to get 'toxins' out of their bodies.

A source says that in almost every single case, Scientology founder Hubbard recommends dosages in his teachings that are well above the safe limits, in some cases as much as 142 times more than the toxic level. The side effects of such huge overdoses range from liver damage, hair loss, brain swelling and nausea up to fatal heart and respiratory failure.

The cleanse also prescribes huge doses of something called niacin. A report says large doses of niacin can cause liver damage, peptic ulcers, and skin rashes. Even normal doses can be associated with skin flushing.

Poor Katie.

Someone help her!!!

[Image via Fame Pictures.]

287 comments to “The Mystery Revealed: Scientology Hands!!!”

More comments: « 1 [2] 3 »

  1. david says – reply to this


    101

    yes, somebody seriously needs to help her. tom cruise is a madman!

  2. Dani says – reply to this


    102

    uhm, where to start?
    1) Perez, 'niacin' is not some big scary chemical thing- it's Vitamin B, and you can get it in your Lucky Charms cereal. Stop making it sound so scary and abnormal. I hate when people do that to make perfectly normal things look weird.
    2) Scientology is still MESSED. Just because something is good for you,… well, there's a reason they have a saying "too much of a good thing…"

  3. kait says – reply to this


    103

    help her indeed

  4. sam says – reply to this


    104

    photoshoppped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. sam says – reply to this


    105

    photoshoppped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    .Besides, "flushing" does not make your hands black! Thats just stupid

  6. T in says – reply to this


    106

    Does anyone else remember — NICOLE KIDMAN ALWAYS HAD PURPLE HANDS TOO. Something weird is going on.

    Then there could always be the possibility that Katie's hands aren't really purple, it was just the picture, she was tan or even could just be blood flow.

  7. BOBBI says – reply to this


    107

    Could he be holding Conner's hand maybe! Just a suggestion…as it is stated in an earlier story that he was there also…if he is standing behind Tom, you wouldn't see him in the picture.

  8. The J says – reply to this


    108

    NIACIN = VITAMIN B3
    NIACIN = VITAMIN B3
    NIACIN = VITAMIN B3

    you CAN overdose. she's a looney.

  9. Toron says – reply to this


    109

    Yep that's normal! NOT!

  10. Mark says – reply to this


    110

    Who cares what she and her loser husband do? Both of their careers have tanked. Wonder why??? Could it be Scientolgy… the SPACE COOTIE religion?

  11. Kim says – reply to this


    111

    niacin is an important vitamin to the body's system it helps regulate the metabolisom The recommended daily allowance of niacin is 2-12 mg/day for children, 14 mg/day for women, 16 mg/day for men, and 18 mg/day for pregnant or breast-feeding women. It's found in many veggietables and fruits. It's commonly called Vitamin B6. However it's water soluable meaning you pee it out soon after taking it much like any other vitamin, which is why you take DAILY pills. But yes, taking too much of ANY vitamin can have unhealthy results.

  12. Ken K says – reply to this


    112

    I think Obama supporters should start this as well!

  13. escap says – reply to this


    113

    Has anyone else noticed that ever since Katie has been with Tom she is starting to look alot older than she really is??? I realize people's looks change some as they get older but she isn't even 30 yet and looks like she's in her 40's, the golden girls haircuts don't help either.

  14. zk says – reply to this


    114

    She's a grown woman………she entered into this contract with Tom with her full consent, so I don't feel sorry for her in the least. She did it to further her career, meanwhile, it's backfired because no one cares about her, her insane husband or their asian child.

  15. um says – reply to this


    115

    She's standing in front of a hedge , maybe she was filming a gardening scene and got those soily hands in the process.

  16. jem says – reply to this


    116

    I totally thought she home colored her hair without gloves. I would imagine if there were really a discoloration as a result of some sort of vitamin overdose, it would effect more than just her hands. Thats kind of a lame theory right there. Plus, you cant blame Niacin for everything….remember when they first started dating & she got all those cold sores? They blamed THAT on Niacin too. Im sorry, but if you give me something and then I break out all over my lips in the herp, Im totally not ever taking it again.

  17. Lynne says – reply to this


    117

    LOL! When I first say the picture I was wondering why Tommy was holding the hand of the black guy next to him!

  18. PETA says – reply to this


    118

    That is so gross. She is so dumb to buy into all these bullshit.

  19. shawn says – reply to this


    119

    Tom is nuts n she's a paid off twit trying to cover up the fact he is gay.Her career is garbadge n she's not attractive anymore she seems drugged pill form-

  20. snoop says – reply to this


    120

    scientology and its followers are a bunch of loons…..
    this is a cult….and she's brain washed.
    besides that, she always looks miserable to be w/cruise…i think he's
    forcing this religion on her and she dont like it.
    scientology is not a religion….not sure why it's categorized as such….

  21. JEnna says – reply to this


    121

    Niacin is good for you its a vitamin B … i guess they are taking way too much

  22. AMO says – reply to this


    122

    I told y'all it was some Scientology voodoo! I didn't actually think I'd be right though, damn…

  23. ANNA says – reply to this


    123

    ahaha!that 's some CRAZY shit.I hate this HO so much.she got married to this fag,with all the respect I have for the gays,only for his money hoping to become more successfull in her "career"(yeah,try not to laugh so much).now they're both has-beens.their "career" is OVER.

  24. cindy says – reply to this


    124

    What morons…thus prooving that all the money in the world can't buy brains…Katie, Katie, Katie…wake up girl! There is not a dick in the universe worth your soul…not a one girlfriend.

  25. shurf says – reply to this


    125

    I really, really do not think that is niacin flushing. Niacin flushing usually appears as red face; it's like menopause hot flash. Katie dipped her hands in something and ended up stained. I've done it, although it's hard to imagine what Katie would be getting into, she surely does no housework. Maybe something for Suri, or some craft/hobby thing. Yes, it could be a medical reaction, but…doubt it's niacin. Don't go posting stuff unless you know, Perez. She has purple hands, but so far none of us knows why.

  26. Sammi says – reply to this


    126

    OMG poor brainwashed Katie! I had to take niacin once and my body was on fire and my face swelled. I had really neat Angelina Jolie lips for a couple of hours but the reaction on whole sucked! Katie that purification shit is not good! The only way to flush toxins is with water!

  27. meme says – reply to this


    127

    if that is true, then that's the straw that broke the camel's back — her parents, friends, someone needs to step in and get her away from him.
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    her hands look like that of a serious, life-long alcoholic - lines right up with liver damage. At what point can it be considered that he is endangering her life? And for god's sake, get the kids away, too.

  28. hgdfs says – reply to this


    128

    I have never understood why everyone is so charmed by Tom Cruise? I thought he was geek in Risky Business?? I have also never understood the George Clooney thing either?

    Anyway, on topic, what is creepy is the the hold he has on her hand not the colour. It looks so forced & unnatural? Like he just grabs her and she doesn't even see it coming so their hands don't just naturally hold each other. He is a control freak. She is young and one day she'll wake up like Nicole and Suri will be calling her 'Kate & not mum'. Tom spin some kind of story on taht one too. The media should not cover cult stories. Haahaa

  29. Novel says – reply to this


    129

    SOMETHING called NIACIN?????

    OMFG — go live on another planet, will you PLEASE?????

  30. mee says – reply to this


    130

    Poor Katie, purple hands, bald, brainwashed, and wearing a cheap old lady wig. What's next?

  31. Steph says – reply to this


    131

    at least her hair is cute

  32. deb says – reply to this


    132

    Female Athlete Triad. Look it up.

  33. axn j says – reply to this


    133

    If it were due to Niacin, her neck, face, ears, arms, legs and total body would be discolored as well. Get some more pictures..Niacin causes extreme itchiness and vasodilatation…..of the vasculature…

  34. Derek says – reply to this


    134

    It's not enough that Tom Thumb ruined her career and her looks, now he wants to take her health too? When will her family step in to stop this? She's clearly in the clutches of some abusive man who's absorbed in a cult and uses his vast wealth and power to keep his wife and kids prisoner. Poor people have their children taken from them by the state for so much less offense. How come Tom isn't getting investigated for what the public has gotten glimpses of? Isn't forcing your family to join some psycho cult and keeping them held prisoner in your lifestyle a form of psycholigical abuse? The wife and kids are never seen alone without being in either his company or those of hos employment, as if he is keeping them imprisoned by being constantly watched over so they can't escape him. Since she got together with this lunatic, it's been like she is in a prison with glass bars. We can see her, but she can't escape.
    I've seen TV programs where people go into cults and kidnap their brainwashed family members and rescue them, since they are incapable of rescuing themselves, kept prisoner with psychological tactics. Her family should go and taken her away and de-program her. If not for her, then think of your grandchild!

  35. krist says – reply to this


    135

    this is stupid. Clearly not her hand, perhaps he is holding the hand of the black man standing right next to him…???

    HAAHA perez is running out of shit to gossip about and is going under.

  36. Galib says – reply to this


    136

    Perez, my hands are darker than my face for one. Her hands look fine in all the other pictures. I used to dye my hair in dark colors without using the gloves and the dye would turn my hands brown for a few days. I'd have to cover them good otherwise people would think my hands are dirty. We should just wait and see her hands on the show. It could have something to do with the story line.

  37. Sicko says – reply to this


    137

    You are SERIOUSLY mental and retarted….she probably just got dye on her hands. I do cleanses all the time and your story is soo outrageous and totally ridiculous as most of them are. HALF OF THE CRAP YOU POST IS BBBBBBBB MOTHA FFFFFFKKKNNGG SSSSHHHIIZZ!!!

  38. dani says – reply to this


    138

    I dont think that is her hand!..I think that is his sons hand…

  39. lissa says – reply to this


    139

    ummm ever think its the black bodyguard guy's hand he is holding, i mean it is tom cruise

  40. Emile says – reply to this


    140

    or he could just be holding Connor's hand –

  41. rando says – reply to this


    141

    "something called niacin"

    You've not heard of niacin??!

  42. The D says – reply to this


    142

    Re: MEGHA

    holy SHIT! Learn to form a correct sentence…preferably with CORRECT SPELLING as well!

  43. Krist says – reply to this


    143

    The Purif is actually a very healthy thing. Firefighters and others that worked at ground zero did the purif and were able to rid their bodies of all the harmful toxin associated with the collapse of the twin towers. Yes you do take supplements, but there are all in the normal range of safe dosages.

  44. Corin says – reply to this


    144

    its all tom's falut

  45. Chloe says – reply to this


    145

    she's trying to kill herself to escape from Tom's Scientology compound. He's insane–and he's taking her with him. I'll bet she has a tracking device he embedded in her ass to ensure she cannot leave him.

  46. Betty says – reply to this


    146

    Why is she wearing a wig for heaven's sake!



  47. 147

    I'll say it again - she soaked her hands in hypermangan solution because she had allergic dermatitis on her hands. Little firm white lumps that itch like hell and "attack" only your hands.

  48. Beth says – reply to this


    148

    I did a niacin burn in high school before a drug test and it SUCKED! You skin feels like its coming off. If she did that and took a cleansing agent, I feel very sorry for her. Why Katie? Why?



  49. 149

    E.T. Hands!

  50. vamp says – reply to this


    150

    DUH Perez I told you this yesterday. It WAS a ritual!!

  51. Erin says – reply to this


    151

    that is the best story ever. I am a pharmacist and niacin, in normal dosing, causes extreme itching. In higher doses, the itching becomes worse, specifically in the genital area. It is horrible (some people have been given the advice to take high niacin doses to pass a drug screen- I feel so bad for them as 1. it doesn't really work and 2. it is so horrible!)

  52. shirl says – reply to this


    152

    hair loss? so maybe that's a wig that she's wearing?

    when will someone get her away from the freak tom cruise? sheesh

  53. LOU_L says – reply to this


    153

    SHES GOING TO DIE!!!

  54. lisa says – reply to this


    154

    if this was a niacin flush (which it totally doesnt look like) her face/neck would be at least as flushed. Nice try but definitely not vitamin related.

  55. roni says – reply to this


    155

    Uh, unless she's a contortionist, that can't possibly be her hand. Either the photo's been retouched or it's someone cut out of the picture is holding his hand. C'mon, Perez, you know better.



  56. 156

    ahh, katie used to be so sweet and naive… and she used to actually look cute though you'd never guess any of this now by even just looking at her. she's to far gone basically… brain washed with scientology bullshit and i'm sure her crazy kook of a husband tom cruise isn't helping her at all either… it's sad actually, she's mentally gone! poor kid having to be raised in a cult with katie and tom -shudders- i'd be scared shatless lol.

  57. Ron H says – reply to this


    157

    Go back and look at pictures of Nicole when she was with Tom, she had the same hands which is really creepy.

    Good work Tom, our plan is coming together. See you and Xenu at lunch Tuesday.

  58. vitam says – reply to this


    158

    NIACIN! oh no, a type of vitamin B! *gasp*

  59. look says – reply to this


    159

    i think Scientology is for total whack-jobs, but I have to disagree on this one. if you go back to the pictures of her arriving on set, her hands are a completely normal shade, matching her face. this probably is something for the show.



  60. 160

    I really think Tom is holding her against her will. Her eyes always seem to have a "Someone please help me" look in them…

  61. ward says – reply to this


    161

    photosho anyone? perez has a lot of hate in him and doesn't care that he gets caught in lies all the time the sad, creepy individual that he is. he's like a mental patient with free reign of the ward

  62. mgpm says – reply to this


    162

    Mega doses of vitamins can kill you. What kind of "religion" tells people they can't take medicine to help you (anti depressants) but can take enough niacin to sink a ship? Too weird.

  63. cali says – reply to this


    163

    HaHA i thought this was some type of scientology handshake between a white tom cruise and his black friend…….

  64. UGH says – reply to this


    164

    You seriously need an education or to hit up a search engine. Niacin is a vitamin, and it very rare to overdose. Any excessive intake is quickly excreted.

  65. c. says – reply to this


    165

    katie… is the kid 3 yet? now is a good time to leave tom cruise. you got the fame you needed, but no one is taking you seriously because he's such a nit job. no one likes him anymore, and you are coming across as a scientologist stepford wife. leave him now and your career will soar just like nicole's did when tom left her. now's your chance katie.. get ouuuuutttt…



  66. 166

    I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS HOLDING THE HAND OF THE BLACK GUY HA HA HA HA NO I HAVE SEEN OTHER PICTURES OF HER HANDS AND HER HANDS COVERD UP??? THATS SOME CRAZY SHIT ..

  67. Suziz says – reply to this


    167

    but NIACIN turns your SKIN RED!!!! It kicks up your metab. –good to take to burn out any THC a week before a drug test ;) . But Niacin is in like all foods and drinks……..I know someone who took like 8 500mg tabs of niacin a day..and they just felt like they were on fire…and the skin gets RED NOT PURPLE!!!!!!!!!

  68. kate says – reply to this


    168

    Little man really knows how to pick them… I am definetely buyin her book when she splits from Tom… gosh what stories she might have… star wars anyone?

  69. moe says – reply to this


    169

    save suri!

  70. chach says – reply to this


    170

    Re: Sicko
    Why read his site then? I don't get why people who hate Perez come on here and post all the time. All they have to say is go to this site or how perez is gay. DUH! Or what a hack he is, or how much they hate him. You just put more money in his pockets by coming on reading and commenting all your shiz. So way to keep his site alive. If you don't like it… get the eff off!

  71. nutri says – reply to this


    171

    niacin is a b vitamin…water soluble…if you take a multivitamin YOU take it too, and when you eat as well, which is obvious you do, I'm sure you get >100% of the RDI for it as well.

  72. Banjo says – reply to this


    172

    Purification ritual…..homeopathic herpes remedy. Who cares!! What's with the 70's hairdo. This chick is ick.

  73. meg says – reply to this


    173

    WHY DON'T YOU GO HELP THE DRUG USERS LIKE PARIS and so many others you post on here! Katie HASN"T done anything ILLEGAL! It is not immoral, fattening, or even any of your business what vitamins she takes. GET OVER IT! LEAVE THEM ALONE!

  74. rori says – reply to this


    174

    I REALLY hope that you are joking about this. Either way, there is something not right with this relationship. She is looking more and more like a ghost and her forced (painted) smile disturbs me.

  75. good says – reply to this


    175

    just by looking at perez you can tell he knows nothing about exercise, nutrition, exercise, or vitamins and supplements.
    .
    his version of healthy eating means only 1 donut before bed.
    .
    anyway… niacin is a B vitamin which can be taken in huge amounts without any issues. why? because it's a vitamin fer christs sake.
    .
    anyone who says its toxic or causes liver damage etc.. is a quack who probably has ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
    .
    the medical industry is working to make vitamin c a drug because it can be so dangerous. When is the last time you heard of someone being hurt by vitamin C? It's a lie which was created so that the pharmaceutical industry would then be in control of the supplement industry. I mean if it could kill you, only a few corporations should be in charge of dispensing them.
    .
    most people are severely deficient and everyone can benefit from it.
    .
    the only thing perez was right about in this story is that it can cause flushing.
    .
    But that just tells you it's working.

  76. good says – reply to this


    176

    what else niacin does:
    it helps repair damaged cells possibly more than anything ever discovered.
    it can reverse cancer.
    it opens the pores of cells to let toxins out and bloodflow in.
    This extra bloodflow into the cells helps bring in oxygen and essential nutrients to the cell. This extra blood flow iss why you see flushing.
    .
    It's wise to take a good amount of other vitamins, minerals and filtered water when you take niacin since niacin does open those cell pores so take advantage of it.
    .
    perez read a book on nutrition before you do reporting on it.

  77. zulu says – reply to this


    177

    hubbard died a fucking raving lunatic with psychiatric drugs in his system to try to keep him sane…despite his own rantings against psychological practices

    and fucktards follow his beliefs? How fucken stupid are cunts to subscribe to this money hungry cult, far worse than catholicism and its indulgences from times past

    the cunt who took over from old hubby sails the world on fucken mega yacht avoiding taxes living a fantastic, priviliged life…need to sink some torpedoes into the cunt…

  78. BIG B says – reply to this


    178

    Niacin makes your blood rush!…and makes you feel like your head is going to pop. She is probably fasting on blueberries or beets. …When you fast like that you usually only eat one kind of veggie or fruit. Depending on the color of the fruit, that is the color you will start to turn. I have seen people on carrot juice fasts and they turn bright orange…( she is starting to look like a stepford wife )

  79. nutri says – reply to this


    179

    niacin is a b complex vitamin that causes flushing by expanding the capillaries and increasing blood flow causing detoxification thru the skin… RELAX! the scientologists are total NUTCASES but natural health is safe and something theyve incorporated into their faith which unfortunately negatively affects the credibility of natural medicine. BOOOO

  80. Josep says – reply to this


    180

    weeeeeeeeird Nicole also have discolored hands when she was married to that FREAK

  81. Hope says – reply to this


    181

    Someone help her? Please, she should help herself. Katie Holmes is a grown woman, and she should be able to see through the BS of that so-called religion. Whether this picture is real or not, she is so blind and just plain stupid.

  82. Dr. H says – reply to this


    182

    You are unaware of what NIACIN IS?????? It amazes me that people deify you when your spelling, grammar, and overall verbal comprehension is so sub-par.

  83. BRITT says – reply to this


    183

    I HAVE TAKEN NIACIN BEFORE. I ONLY TOOK ONE PILL AND IT WAS HORRIBLE! MY WHOLE ENTIRE BODY TURNED BRIGHT RED LIKE I HAD A MAJOR SUNBURN AND MY TEMPERATURE REACH ABOUT 103. IT FELT LIKE MY HEAD WAS ON FIRE. I CANT IMAGINE EVER TAKING IT AGAIN OR TAKIN MORE THAN ONE. I THINK ID DIE

  84. lalal says – reply to this


    184

    scientology caters to the egotistical. putting yourself LAST is the idea, not putting yourself in charge of every detail of your life. your destiny is predetermined.
    take it as it comes without expecting anything. why does scientology appeal to the rich? cause ego and wealth go hand in hand. poor people would NEVER ascribe to this religion, not that scientology would let poor people in anyhow

  85. ruu says – reply to this


    185

    katie holmes is the dumbest fuck ever

  86. duhh says – reply to this


    186

    niacin doesn't make you turn purple, perez you're a tard.
    it makes you red.

  87. linse says – reply to this


    187

    When they do the vitamen bombs they end up going into the sauna and it takes out all your vitamens in your body. I love how you guys make it sound so much worse than it is.

  88. Raebi says – reply to this


    188

    That's the first thing I thought of yesterday when I saw this. What's strange though is that the Purif is done relatively early in the Bridge…you need to do it in order to prepare for auditing prior to becoming clear. Which tells me she's not very far along into the Scientology "course work". Interesting, if true.

  89. JEn says – reply to this


    189

    Maybe she just dyed her hair at home?

  90. Saman says – reply to this


    190

    Scientology is for true assholes. I am so sick of hearing about this gay assed shit. That AND Kabbalah. FUCKERS.

    Love you!

  91. lilly says – reply to this


    191

    "something called niacin" ummm you mean that thing called vitamin B6?

  92. brian says – reply to this


    192

    Dumb. Looks like she wears a wig…maybe the hair already fell out. Maybe Tom is trying to get rid of her so that he can go out and suck d–k.

  93. Nada says – reply to this


    193

    These people are INSANE!!!! Poor Katie. Nicole is soooo lucky that she got away from these Scientology goons. Sheesh.

  94. kylie says – reply to this


    194

    niacin is something that a bunch of kids use to clean their system before they get drug tested. apparently it makes your entire body feel like it is one fire and is very painful… personally i'd never want to participate in a religion that made me do things like that.. crazy!

  95. boo says – reply to this


    195

    Re: Nutri – OMG, I took mega doses of Niacin for my cholesterol, and my whole boby burned so badly like the worst sunburn ever that I wanted to strip down naked and sit in a bathtub full of ice. Some can tolerate it, not me.



  96. 196

    well this can go in the "are you fucking kidding me" section.

  97. boo says – reply to this


    197

    Re: erin – You mean he WAS way out there…he committed suicide several years ago. When David Miscavage (their new leader) announced it to the "followers" he told them that LRH felt his work here on Earth was completed and that he needed to move on. There were actually cheers from the crowd–that's how fucking nuts these people are. Look it up on You Tube, it's crazy.

  98. erika says – reply to this


    198

    wow. scientology was based on a book…so fucking stupid. what type of religion effects your health!?!?! wtf. thats when you gotta start questioning it.

  99. D-Nic says – reply to this


    199

    There was a picture of her in the New York Post today and she was covering up her hands, but it looks like her feet might also have the same discoloration because she was wearing high-healed sandals with black nylons….possibly to hide her feet as well..???

  100. Goody says – reply to this


    200

    I'm pretty sure her hands are that color because shes starving herself, her blood pressure must be way down, thus her blood is not pumping fully to her extremities.

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