Clearly, the week’s off to a grand start when one wakes up and hears that Justin Bieber challenged Tom Cruise to a UFC fight. Yes, you read that correctly. Even though the Biebs has kept his public image tame these past few years, and he doesn’t often publicly beef, he still apparently did this. “I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon,” he tweeted. “Tom if you dont take this fight your scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight?”
I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon. Tom if you dont take this fight your scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight? @danawhite ?
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 10, 2019
Bieber tagged UFC President Dana White with a request to host the fight, but Conor McGregor says that he’s already willing to do the job. He wondered, “Does Cruise have the sprouts to fight, like he does in the movies?”
If Tom Cruise is man enough to accept this challenge,
McGregor Sports and Entertainment will host the bout.
Does Cruise have the sprouts to fight, like he does in the movies?
Stay tuned to find out! https://t.co/TxsH9KUyFg— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) June 10, 2019
Obviously, no one knows what on earth is happening or why.
I looked away from twitter just for a second and Justin Bieber wants to fight Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep has won all of next years awards, and David Ortiz got shot? pic.twitter.com/Pi641PfmO5
— Groundhog Year (@Lopezdot0) June 10, 2019
Me: Why is Tom Cruise trending?
Twitter: Justin Beiber wants to fight him.
Me: pic.twitter.com/57KGvR1fBj
— Mon Duarte (@thisdorkynerd) June 10, 2019
*Finds out why Tom Cruise is trending on Twitter* pic.twitter.com/yzGRPVDgHA
— Elizabeth Rowe (@juliet316) June 10, 2019
Well, this got ugly, fast. Kevin Smith offered some tongue-in-cheek advice to Bieber for fighting with Risky Business-style strategies and warned him to avoid any couch-jumping manuevers.
You wanna control Cruise in this match? 1) Don’t fight him on a couch: he can be bouncy. 2) Make sure you’re fighting the actual Tom Cruise, because he’s king of impossible rubber mask reveals. 3) If he slides into the Octagon in Wayfarers and undies, go for his parents’ Porsche. https://t.co/mWdyeUiLQW
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) June 10, 2019
People then began to imagine how Cruise would react (because, let’s face it, he probably won’t respond) to the Bieber Challenge, and the movie references started dropping. Yes, Top Gun and Jack Reacher came up, but so did Mission: Impossible and a lot of Tropic Thunder.
Justin Bieber has challenged Tom Cruise to a fight…
Please @TomCruise send this to him… pic.twitter.com/5OH4TYLNQw— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) June 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/hyperomar/status/1137903531510390786
Justin Bieber: Do you accept my challenge?
Tom Cruise: pic.twitter.com/E7pO6Ldobg
— Original Memes (@ogfunnymemes) June 10, 2019
Tom Cruise responding to Justin Bieber’s challenge pic.twitter.com/2A4cttKhYL
— Bryson Valle (@brysonkvalle) June 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/MeIGibsonFan31/status/1137940270455152641
https://twitter.com/coolcam101/status/1137903132447395842
Tom Cruise is 56 years old. Biebs, at 25, is young enough to be his son.
My money is on Cruise. All that running he does in his movies tells me he's probably in better shape. pic.twitter.com/T35gIdqDNL
— April (@ReignOfApril) June 10, 2019
Justin Bieber: I challenge Tom Cruise to a fig……. pic.twitter.com/62nblc12q5
— Reese Waters (@reesewaters) June 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/hyperomar/status/1137898913929801729
Hopefully, this will be the reaction that actually happened.
https://twitter.com/coolcam101/status/1137952375988113409