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| | Leah Remini basically confirms that she's left Scientology & so much more | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Yesterday, we discussed the news that Leah Remini has pretty much abandoned the Church of Scientology after belonging to the organization for decades. Leah wasn?t, like, a Tom Cruise-level Scientologist, but she was a noted Scientologist who was close to people like Tom, John Travolta, and Jennifer Lopez too (maybe, kind of). In yesterday?s Page Six story, sources claimed Leah had left CoS after five years of ?modification? after asking an innocent question about the whereabouts of Shelly Miscavige. Leah was allegedly ?blacklisted? by CoS after she openly questioned Miscavige?s methods, especially the ?CoS excommunication? policies. This line came at the end of the Page Six story: ?A Scientology rep denied all allegations.? But Leah is doubling-down (good girl) and issuing her own statement:
Leah Remini has broken her silence after deciding to leave the Church of Scientology.
“I wish to share my sincere and heartfelt appreciation for the overwhelming positive response I have received from the media, my colleagues, and from fans around the world. I am truly grateful and thankful for all your support,” she says in a statement to PEOPLE.
For years, the King of Queens star, 43, was one of the best-known members of the Church of Scientology.
In 2007, Remini laughed off reports that she had tried to convert Jennifer Lopez, one of her closest friends, to Scientology. “Two girls can’t hang out together?” she told PEOPLE. “What does that have to do with religion?”
[From People]
See, that?s interesting. Leah issues an exclusive statement to People Mag and now we can all say, ?Oh, I guess that Page Six story was right on the money, she really has left CoS.? And so now we can really believe this story in this morning?s Page Six:
?King of Queens? star Leah Remini threatened to call police, sources said, after ?her many unanswered questions? about the whereabouts of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige?s wife, Shelly, which led to the actress being interrogated for years.
Page Six reported yesterday that Remini is making a dramatic break from the church after she began to also question practices including forcing its followers to ?disconnect? from family members branded as ?suppressive persons? [SPs] and the treatment of its Sea Org members.
?When you ask a question, like, ?Where is Shelly?,? you are immediately hauled in, interrogated and asked, ?Why are you asking, who are you connected to, are you going on the Internet?? ? said a source.
The source added that in such sessions, ?[You are then] shown pictures of the buildings that the church built, told that the ?SPs? are trying to get you because the church is winning, and that when you go on all these ?SP? sites, you are literally cutting across man?s ability to go free. You are, in fact, killing mankind.?
The source continued, ?Because Leah threatened to call the police to find Shelly, she was put through ?Security Checking,? her family was put through it, and her friends.?
Scientology blogger Tony Ortega wrote earlier this week: ?Shelly has not been seen [in public] since 2006, except for one sighting when she was allowed to attend the funeral of her father… Remini dared to ask about it ? and loudly.?
A source told Page Six that as a result of her questions, the former co-host of CBS? ?The Talk,? ?was put through ?thought modification? for five years,? but, ?When they tried this with her again earlier this year, she said, ?Enough.? ?
A Scientology rep had denied all allegations in our previous story, and did not immediately return a request for comment.
[From Page Six]
Seriously, though: WHERE IS SHELLY?!!?!?!!? For the love of God. The fact that it takes Leah Remini going to war with these people for the Church of Scientology to get this kind of coverage should tell you something. Leah is not an incredibly powerful celebrity by any means, but the fact that this C-list actress/TV host is willing to put herself out there and go to war should tell you that David Miscavige?s leadership of CoS is a house of cards. They are not all-powerful. They are just a really corrupt, insane cult.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Leah Remini leaves Scientology after asking about David Miscavige's wife | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I realized much too late that Leah Remini is/was a Scientologist. I liked her for years before King of Queens, so much so that I even watched those VH1 documentaries about her wedding and her pregnancy and birth. It was a few years later when I realized that Leah?s birthing suite went silent, it wasn?t a documentary-styling choice, it was because of the Church of Scientology?s dictate that babies should not be born into the world with screams or any noise whatsoever. So, Leah has been a Scientologist for a long, long time. She doesn?t really get hit with the Xenu label that often because she doesn?t give interview after interview about CoS, and I?d be willing to bet that most of her fans didn?t even know that she?s been rolling with Xenu this whole time. Well, Page Six has a fascinating little item about Leah leaving CoS after questioning David Miscavige?s ?methods?. Seriously, where?s Shelly?
?King of Queens? star Leah Remini is making a dramatic break from the Church of Scientology, a source said, after being subjected to years of ?interrogations? and ?thought modification? for questioning leader David Miscavige?s rule.
The source tells us Remini is quitting because of policies that don?t allow parishioners to question Miscavige?s management or the reported abuse of members of its Sea Org religious order ? and for forcing followers to ?disconnect? from family members branded as ?suppressive persons? if they choose to leave the church.
?It all began when Leah questioned the validity of excommunication of people,? a source said of her decision. ?She is stepping back from a regime she thinks is corrupt. She thinks no religion should tear apart a family or abuse someone under the umbrella of ?religion.? ?
Former Sea Org member Mike Rinder blogged this week that at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes? 2006 wedding, Remini innocently asked where Miscavige?s wife, Shelly, was. Former Scientology Celebrity Centre head Tommy Davis scolded her, ?You don?t have the [bleeping] rank to ask about Shelly.? Mrs. Miscavige reportedly hasn?t been seen in public since 2007.
As a result, Remini ?was put through interrogations and blacklisted within the church that she donated millions to and that her family has spent their lives in. She was put through ?thought modification? for five years,? our source said.
The source added that church friends Remini had for ?25 to 30 years wrote internal reports? about her that ?caused an investigation on her family.?
Someone close to Remini said she?s weighing going public ?when she sees what the church tries to do. She has heard they use people to scare you into silence.?
The source added, ?She?s from Brooklyn. The church can?t hurt her . . . they don?t have her family, that?s all that matters to her.? And, ?It?s not about wanting or not wanting to do Scientology . . . The issue is that [Miscavige] is taking down this church and hurting people and families.?
A Scientology rep denied all allegations.
[From Page Six]
Well, that?s interesting, isn?t it? If it wasn?t for the actual threats and cult reprogramming, I?d kind of think it was funny that Leah?s problems began when she innocently asked about Shelly. Seriously, though, where IS Shelly?!
As for all of the reprogramming ? excuse me, ?behavior modification? for ?suppressive persons? ? I believe it. I believe it all. And as many former Scientologists have noted time and time again, it would have been much worse for Leah if she had just been a regular non-celebrity person. She probably would have had to do slave labor on Tom Cruise and David Miscavige?s Xenu-of-the-Seas sex yacht. At the very least, she would have been sent to the ?Hole? for asking about Shelly.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Jennifer Lopez's Post-Idol Girl Time with Leah Remini | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Bringing an end to her crazy day, Jennifer Lopez was spotted leaving the set of ?American Idol? in Los Angeles last night (April 11).
Joined by gal pal Leah Remini, the ?Jenny From the Block? songstress looked cute and casual in a grey sweatsuit as she hopped into her Rolls Royce and sped off.
And though they initially announced their split this past July, Marc Anthony finally filed his divorce papers in Los Angeles Superior Court this week.
Filed under his real name Marco Muniz, the documents cited ?irreconcilable differences? as the reason for the divorce. Another possible reason- both Marc and Jennifer have significant others!
More Photos Here
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| | Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini: Lunch Mates | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Taking a break from their busy schedules for a little girl time, Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini were spotted grabbing lunch together yesterday (February 18).
The “Waiting for Tonight” songstress and the “King of Queens” actress headed over to Caf Med for a bite to eat, looking casual and relaxed.
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