American actor Leah Remini is as soon as once more talking out about Scientology — and taking direct goal at Tom Cruise and John Travolta. In a brand new interview with US journal, the previous Scientologist didn’t maintain again as she mirrored on the Church’s ongoing grip on Hollywood and its most high-profile members.
“They’re being uncovered for what they honestly imagine in and realized, ‘We higher shut up, or we’re not going to have careers. However that doesn’t imply that they aren’t in settlement with its insurance policies,” she was quoted as saying.
Leah, who publicly exited the Church in 2013, has since devoted her time and platform to exposing what she alleges are abusive practices and inside management techniques. “I used to hope lots of these folks would, however now I really feel like they want Scientology. I don’t know in the event that they’d make it in the true world,” she added, when requested whether or not she thinks both actor will ever stroll away from the faith.
This isn’t the primary time she’s taken difficulty with Tom. In 2020, leaked footage from an unaired Australian miniseries confirmed her expressing sturdy views. “I’ve met many individuals who labored with Tom. They go, ‘He’s the nicest man.’ I’m going, ‘Bulls**t.’ Tom is an terrible human being to Scientologists. He’s the instance of Scientology. They selected the suitable man,” she stated.
Leah additionally alleged that Tom and others have been answerable for shutting the mission down. She believes the Mission: Unattainable star stays the Church’s most influential determine and stated he’s shielded by its highly effective sources. “Are you able to think about Tom being in a standard world? Like, with out Scientology doing his soiled work for him? No,” she stated.
She went on to assert that the actor’s picture is tightly managed by the Church, recalling how damaging press and even private relationships have been reportedly managed behind the scenes. “He’s given monumental energy. This can be a man who has a multi-million-dollar group utilizing all its sources to cease a guide being written about him,” she stated.
In keeping with Leah, her Scientology and the Aftermath cohost Mike Rinder — as soon as a senior Church official — left with hundreds of inside paperwork, together with what she says have been “lots of” that detailed Tom’s staff shutting down destructive protection. “They used every kind of sources as a result of they couldn’t threat Tom’s treasured eyes seeing that,” she stated.
She additionally spoke about an ungainly interplay with actress Laura Prepon, who quietly left Scientology in 2016. “Poor Laura noticed me at a celebration with Chelsea Handler and ran out. It’s a excessive crime for Scientologists to talk to me. You’ll be able to’t even be in the identical room with me,” Leah recalled.
As for John, who’s lengthy been related to the Church, Leah believes his public ties to the faith have come at a value. “I imagine it’s damage Tom and John — and rightfully so. In the event that they ever wished an actual life, to be who they are surely, they’d have to depart the group,” she stated.
Whilst their public endorsements have pale, she doubts that signifies a change in beliefs. “They’re being uncovered for what they honestly imagine in. And so they realized, ‘We higher shut up, or we’re not going to have careers.’ However that doesn’t imply they aren’t nonetheless in full settlement with what the Church does,” she stated.
Pressed once more on whether or not she thinks any of the foremost celeb Scientologists would possibly ever go away, Leah didn’t sound optimistic. “I used to hope lots of these folks would go away. However I sort of really feel like they want Scientology. I don’t know in the event that they’d make it in the true world,” she admitted.