Leah Remini is known for not holding back, especially when it comes to Scientology. And she’s certainly not afraid to call out its most high-profile member!
There are still plenty of celebs who count themselves as members of the Church of Scientology, but none as well known as Tom Cruise. (Obviously John Travolta would be a close runner up, though rumor has it he and the Church are growing apart.)
In an interview with Us, Remini finally came right at the Mission: Impossible star, accusing Cruise of helping to bury her new special Scientology: Black Ops — and of being complicit in all of the church’s abuses.
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She said:
“I think it’s time for people to start waking up to the real facts here. Tom has for years manipulated his image to be the good guy. Although I believe there was a time when Tom was a decent and kindhearted person, he has morphed himself into David Miscavige [leader of Scientology] and is completely dedicated to Scientology’s mission to ‘clear’ planet Earth — which means making 80 percent of the world’s population into Scientologists.”
Wow! Harsh!
The King of Queens star claimed Cruise “has for years used Scientology and its staff to do his dirty work,” including breaking up with one of his girlfriends for him and giving another “sex advice.” Ewww.
Leah also claimed Tommy Davis, former Senior VP at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre, was instrumental in ending the marriage between Cruise and Nicole Kidman. She spilled:
“Davis … used confidential Scientology counseling sessions to bring a wedge between Tom and his wife Nicole because Nicole didn’t want to do Scientology anymore. And David Miscavige, through Marty Rathbun, got rid of Nicole to get Tom closer to Scientology.”
Dang. Is that really what went down between Tom and Nicole??
But it wasn’t just the star’s romantic relationships affected; she continued:
“Tom has for years used his Church to torture his employees by sending them in for interrogations at their expense, causing a woman I know to go bankrupt simply because the hours she worked for Tom made it impossible for her to raise her family. She was interrogated and punished by her church for years, causing her to lose her home. These are some of the things Tom has done that never get talked about, and I think it’s time to change that.”
Those are some serious charges!
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Previously, the 50-year-old had praised Thandie Newton for her recent comments about Cruise (“That takes huge balls”). She said that Scientology has crafted Tom’s “nice guy” image in order to gain positive PR. She told The Daily Beast:
“When I was in Scientology I got in trouble in Scientology for saying, ‘Why is this guy the poster child for Scientology? He can’t keep a f**kin’ marriage together, he’s jumping on couches, he’s acting like he knows anything about postpartum.’ I learned pretty quickly that that’s not something you should be doing, because Tom Cruise is considered a messiah in Scientology. This is a man who has not even seen his own daughter in years. That this guy can be running around and having people think he’s this super-nice guy, I don’t get it. But that’s the Hollywood-bullshit game people play.”
Damn. Leah’s exposed a LOT in Scientology, but we’ve never heard her come straight for Tom before! Has something changed? Does she feel the scales have tipped in her favor??
What do U think, Perezcious readers? Will this open the floodgates??
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