Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer bury the hatchet VIDEO

By April MacIntyre Dec 15, 2008, 18:41 GMT

Tom Cruise had a do-over interview with Today\'s Matt Lauer on Monday. JOHANNES EISELE

Tom Cruise had a do-over interview with Today's Matt Lauer on Monday.

Standing over Lauer and co-anchor Meredith Vieira as they were beginning the morning program at 7 a.m. - Cruise got a jump start on his scheduled interview to talk about his new flick, "Valkyrie."

"Let's set the record straight," Lauer said before Monday's sit-down with his one-time on-air nemesis. "This is not Rocky II."

But the two cleared up their awkward June 2004 confrontation, in which Cruise accused Lauer of being glib during a discussion of Brooke Shields's use of anti-depressants to treat her post-partum depression.

Cruise spoke of his moratorium on talking Scientology in current interviews – "I think there's a time and place for it," he said – he is still a follower.

He also deflected the "time for another baby" question from Lauer."I think that's the question for the women," Cruise told him.

Lauer told Cruise that he received about 10,000 e-mails immediately after the interview.  Cruise also had a similar reaction. "Probably pretty much the same," said Cruise. "I went back, and looked at [the interview], and it was interesting."

Yet, he also said, he came across "not as I had intended. In looking at myself, I came across as arrogant. … I didn't communicate it in the way I wanted to communicate it. Also, that's not the way I am. That's not the person I am."

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