No...Tom isn't shy....in a chat one night when asked what his biggest pet peeve is he replied fans that treat celebrities like they are so much...he said that they were no different than anyone else...they have their own problems too...and in fact celebrities often have more. Tom has had obsessive fans that went far beyond what they should have prying into his private life, stealing from him, stalkers, etc. I sure don't blame him. I have NEVER heard of him speak openly about his mother's death and highly doubt that he would being as private of a person that he is... not only that, no good interviewer, in my opinion, would ever bring that up. So, I guess I'll believe you when I see it for myself, Kay. I'm not even famous and talking about my mom's death is something I wouldn't do with just anyone... I can't ever see Tom going into detail about it...