Scoop: Katie insists she’s in control, not Tom

Katie Holmes wants the world to know that she’s not the helpless waif the media makes her out to be. Despite the public perception that hubby Tom Cruise has somehow taken control of her life, the newly minted Broadway star insists she’s her own woman.

“There’s a misperception about me that I just became this wallflower, this woman who doesn’t have any control of her life,” Katie tells The New York Times. “And that’s pretty wrong. From the very beginning, I’ve made choices in my life that have been very strong.”