Tom Cruise advises Spencer Pratt; no good can come of it

By April MacIntyre Dec 10, 2008, 3:22 GMT

Advice giver? Tom Cruise JOHANNES EISELE

Tom Cruise has offered marriage advice to Spencer Pratt.

Pratt and Heidi Montag's bogus Mexican marriage has managed to snare Tom Cruise, who took it upon himself to comment.

"If the girl wants the wedding, you gotta do the wedding," Cruise advised Spencer during "The Hills: Live After Show" on Monday night. "She's gonna remember it forever. And you gotta make it a special occasion. Spencer, dude, you'll realize this later."

Spencer quickly responded to the actor's advice, telling UsMagazine.com, "You all know how I feel about big weddings, but if Tom Cruise says so, it must be true. If Tom's the best man, we'll have a big wedding!"

Spencer's sister, Stephanie Pratt, also piped in: "Well, [my friend] Cameron and I were going to meet my mom at breakfast, and I think my mom read [about the elopement] on Perez Hilton," she explained. "She's on her phone, and she didn't believe it all. She wasn't upset, but I totally believed it. And then she talked to [Spencer], and he said, 'Yeah, we did.' "

And the family's response to Heidi's mother's statement to Us Weekly that the marriage was a mistake?

"Actually, when I read it ... it was all the worst day of our lives," Stephanie said. "We were crying. We were so upset."

Heidi's mom, Darlene Egelhoff, later did damage control and called the Pratts to explain her side of the story and clear the air about the interview. "Heidi's mom actually called my mom and was really apologetic and crying," she said. "They took a lot of her things, like her tongue-in-cheek things, out of context. ... It was her first interview."