Citizenship Offer to TomKat Withdrawn
November 20, 2006 by Gayla McCord
Newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have left residents and officials of Bracciano, Italy, unimpressed, after they refused to publicly thank the town for the chaos their wedding had caused.
The town government was forced to draft in extra police and rent public toilets to cope with the huge influx of visitors and media ahead of the actors wedding at the town’s Castello Odescalchi Castle.
Bracciano Mayor Patrizia Riccioni had planned to bestow upon the couple, an honorary citizenship of the town, but has changed her mind after the pair avoided the media and locals.
Riccioni says, “Honorary citizenship? They do not deserve it. “A whole town has sacrificed itself for them, volunteers worked all day, traffic was closed off.. They (Bracciano residents) put up with all the inconveniences very patiently. It would have been nice if the couple had showed themselves to the public even for a brief moment – maybe at a window or from a balcony.
Well, it looks like not all the world was quite as captivated with the TomKat wedding as we thought.
Can’t say that I blame them. I can only imagine what an event like this would do to my small town.
They should have at least thanked the locals.
I had wondered how the town would feel, especially after reports kids ditched school and stayed out in the rain for a glimpse of the happy couple but they never did come out and wave or anything like that.
I am proud of a city that isn’t impressed by Celebrity.
I think it’s admirable for the town to stand for what they believe.
I think it’s horrible the way tomkat has acted. Showing themselves on a balcony would have been such a nice gesture to the town and so simple for them to do.