Jerry O'Connell is still terrified of Tom Cruise years after Scientology spoof: 'I saw him at one event, and I hid'

It's been eight years since Jerry O'Connell parodied Tom Cruise for a Funny Or Die skit and it's still risky business.

During a US podcast, Jerry, 41, talked about his remorse over the infamous 2008 sketch (above) and the time he hid from Tom, 53, at a party. As you do.

"I saw him at one event, and I hid," he said. "I had to be at the event. I hid for as long as I could, and then when it was time to disperse, I literally was like the first at valet.

"So, I'm just sort of avoiding, like any sort of…I don't think there will be confrontation, but it's just, why poke that bear?"

The Stand By Me actor partnered with Funny or Die at the time, to parody his Jerry Maguire co-star's bizarre wild laughter and rantings from his notorious leaked Scientology recruitment video.

But it seems like he has massive regrets about the project now, telling the podcast hosts that "it was fun… but it was rude, what I did."