Tom Cruise is so powerful in the Scientology world, you’re considered ‘evil
Leah Remini exposes the truth of Scientology in revealing new interview. During such, the actress admits the nerves that come with deciding to up and leave the church, specifically because in doing so you are “giving up everything you’ve worked for your whole life”.
“As time goes on, you begin to lose touch with the real world”, she says. “The mindset begins to be ‘Us against them'”.
ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images Tom Cruise is one of the Church of Scientology’s most famous followers.
For his part, Tom Cruise doesn’t seem to have any reservations about being the standard bearer of the Church of Scientology’s efforts in the United States and overseas. “You are evil”, said the former King of Queens star.
The actress is asked “If you knew that Tom Cruise was watching this, what would you say to him?” before the clip cuts off.
The full interview with Remini will air Friday, October 30 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.
Remini made a high profile exit from the church saying she feared it’s effect upon her daughter and how isolating being a Scientologist can be.
She and her family joined the Church of Scientology when Remini was a young girl and she was a devout member for 30 odd years. And I want them to understand how it happens.
“Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology” by Ballantine Books will be released on November. 3.
“Through Scientology’s tax exemption, we all subsidize the church’s documented cruel and unusual punishments of its adherents and critics”, explained Alex Gibney in a piece for The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year.
Once she left Scientology, she spoke out about the disappearance of her friend, Shelly Miscavige, who was the wife of the church’s leader David Miscavige.