Leah Remini

The Most Shocking Scientology Revelations According To Leah Remini's Show

... because we actually want to achieve something. So that's what we're doing. So know that there are things going on behind the scenes that we're not talking about, but just know that it's happening.". The church has declined to take part in the series. It says  that the statements Remini and the other contributors to the show have made about Scientology are false and driven by a desire to profit or gain publicity from their time in the religion. Here are the four most shocking revelations about Scientology from the show's second Reddit AMA episode. Remini says Scientology pressured her into recruiting "King of Queens" costar Kevin James to the church. Leah Remini and Kevin James on "King of Queens."CBS. "Kevin was very loyal to his religion," Remini said. "There's no in, and I was asked ...

Leah Remini Hears Former Member's Shocking Story

... from the best auditor in the church to someone who spent hours a day being audited. Then, he was sent to Philadelphia as “a nothing” and “a failure.” Their mom didn’t go with him. At only 15, he was by himself. He got a GED, enrolled in college and started writing papers about what he saw as the cult he had escaped. When Aaron found out, he wrote an internal report called a “knowledge report” about his own twin brother. Aaron and his mother turned their backs on Collin then. They believed they were doing what was best for him, and he would come back to the church. Collin was in a car accident and died before that ever happened. Aaron and his mom hadn’t been speaking to Collin at the time. Declarations of Independence. Aaron’s commanding officer told him not to go to Collin’s funeral because he was “just a suppressive person.” Aaron worried Collin wouldn’t have wanted him there anyway, but ...

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Scientology Horrors Include Imprisonment And Forced Abortion

... watching. How Can Scientology Exist In Our Time. Sitting opposite Remini and Mike Rinder—the former International Spokesman for Scientology—the Headleys shared tales of false imprisonment, forced abortion, and working for slave wages during their 15 years in Scientology’s most elite group, the Sea Organization. The Sea Organization (or Sea Org) is formed of a cadre of Scientologists who work full-time for the group, and have signed billion-year contracts promising their full allegiance. Unlike regular members like Remini, the Headleys lived and breathed Scientology, day in and day out. They worked for Scientology full-time, and lived in Scientology-owned property. The two most gripping scenes of the episode both featured Claire Headley, who joined the Sea Org in her teens and married Marc at the tender age of 17. Both left viewers wondering: how can this group continue to exist in the United States in ...

What's Next For Leah Remini And The Church Of Scientology

... After hearing several allegations of abuse and mistreatment from former members, Leah has also brought up the idea of having the police and FBI get involved. When asked for her fondest hope, the former co-host of The Talk expressed her wish that the legal system gets involved. "That somebody is willing to be honest and say, ‘What these people are saying is true and I'm ready to prosecute,'" she shared on ABC. "We need that person.". Celebs Outspoken About Their Religion. D Dipasupil/Getty Images. Since the show premiered, the Church of Scientology has slammed the series and its subjects. "We have said from the beginning that Leah Remini is exploiting her former association with the Church of Scientology for her own profit," a spokesperson shared with E! News. "The disclosures that Leah Remini and her principal source, Mike Rinder, were paid for their appearances, makes the series all the more dishonest. Ms. Remini needs to move on with her life.". The church's spokesperson also encouraged people to learn more about Scientology by visiting its website. While the church has accused Leah of "promoting hatred and religious intolerance as a means to line her ...

Conan O'brien Says Scientology Is 'not Happy' About His Revealing Leah Remini Interview

... the church in 2013. Since then, she has written a book, done several high-profile interviews, and now has a show on A&E, "Scientology and the Aftermath," all sharing stories of alleged abuses, harassment, and dirty business policies of the church. Remini appeared on TBS's "Conan" on Wednesday to promote her eye-opening show and O'Brien explained how surprised he was to get a statement from Scientology trashing his guest. "We were contacted by the Church of Scientology," the host said. "Today, they sent us a statement. They're obviously not happy you're on the show and they said in their statement that Leah Remini is doing this because she wants the fame, she wants the money, and she wants the attention. I was thinking today that it was very strange. I don't think I've ever had a document sent to me like that before and I've been doing this over 24 years.". Anyone who has watched Remini's show would know that the church has been making these claims  about her for ...

Scientology And The Aftermath

... docuseries. 1. The alleged forced abortions. Marc and Claire Headley on Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath | A&E. Marc and Claire Headley are a married couple who talked about their experience with Scientology on the episode, “Golden Era.” Claire is a former Sea Org executive who claimed to have escaped in 2005. Both of the Headleys used to live and work on the Gold Base, which is supposed to be for the top tier members of the organization. A rule for members of the Sea Org is that there are no kids allowed, which allegedly means many members are forced to have abortions. Claire revealed that she got pregnant with her husband Marc when she was 17, but allegedly wasn’t allowed to keep the baby since she was in the Sea Org. “If a woman got pregnant, she would instantly be scheduled to get an abortion,” explained Claire. “If she refused in any manner she would be segregated, not allowed to speak with her husband, put under surveillance, put under security watch, put under manual labor, and interrogated for her crimes as to why she wanted to leave.”. She then continued to say she knew some women in the organization who had “up to” six ...

Scientology Allegedly Told John Travolta Not To Do Pulp Fiction

... that I’m not sure I should really tell,” Rinder said. “When Quentin Tarantino approached John Travolta for a role in Pulp Fiction, John asked me to review the script to tell him what I thought, and his role was a heroin-addict assassin, and I said, ‘Oh, John, I don’t think that you should do this.’ What great career advice; I should be an agent. Sensibly, he ignored me.”. Sensibly indeed: the role earned Travolta his first Academy Award nod in nearly two decades—since Saturday Night Fever—and, as Indie Wire notes, is widely credited with revitalizing his career. Some other actors who were considered for the role? Apparently, if Harvey Weinstein had gotten his way, Vincent could have been played by Sean Penn, William Hurt, or Daniel Day-Lewis. As fate would have it, although he did not get to play Vincent Vega, ...

Leah Remini's Scientology Show Hits Close To Home For Jax Taylor

... I just love everything about her. I think I first saw her when she was on Saved by the Bell. She dated Zack Morris.". Does Leah Remini Regret Joining Scientology. But it wasn't just his love for the ex-Church member that got Jax interested in her new docuseries. "Any documentary-type show I love watching, so I just watched it. I was actually in Florida over Christmas and my mom and I were just watching this marathon and were like, 'Oh my God, this is happening down the street from your house.' It was all being taped in Clearwater, and my parents live in Clearwater, so oh my God. It was just so interesting, the things that these people do.". Jax said that he even once visited the Scientology compound in Hemet, California for a photo shoot for the Church's promotional materials. "It was just a modeling job. And it just seems like a very weird place. There's all these people ...

Brandy Seen At Church Of Scientology Fundraiser In Leah Remini Docuseries Footage, Still Secret Member

... the Life is Good supports Dream Court opening BGCLB event in Long Beach, California. [Image by Jesse Grant/Getty Images]. “Then they should sue us,” said the 46-year-old actress. “It’s as simple as that. They say this on every outlet they can. They have said that about every single person who’s spoken out, and not one lawsuit has been brought to anybody.”. Church of Scientology leaders have previously sought to quiet detractors with the threat of legal action, including in 2015 when the group published a five-page letter in the Hollywood Reporter ripping director Alex Gibney’s expository documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. More recently, church leader David Miscavige threatened to sue his father, Ron, for publishing a tell-all memoir. “What I’m not going to stand for is an organization with this kind of money to continue to do things like that and to bully people and to harass people and to defraud people out of their lives, their money, but more importantly their families,” added Remini, who has also written a book about her ...

Leah Remini Showcases Scientology’s Relationship Control Methods

... For the next year, he pretended to be disconnected, but eventually their nanny, who was also a Scientologist, heard household conversations between the children that indicated they still maintained a relationship with their “GG,” or grandmother. This was enough for Smith-Levin to be kicked out as well, but not before he was fired from his job lest his boss risk a wrongful termination lawsuit. Smith-Levin’s wife Heather was also working in the Scientology world, and was given the same ultimatum: divorce your husband or lose your job, friends, and family. Right before taping the A&E episode, Heather decided not to appear on camera alongside her husband out of fear of further alienating her family still involved in Scientology. This episode highlights that the policy of disconnection is a domino: When a member decides to leave, he or she risks losing friends and family. If ...

Leah Remini Talks About How Church Of Scientology Didn’t Want John Travolta In ‘pulp Fiction’ Role

... this that I’m not sure I should really tell,” Rinder said. “When Quentin Tarantino approached John Travolta for a role in Pulp Fiction, John asked me to review the script to tell him what I thought, and his role was a heroin-addict assassin, and I said, ‘Oh, John, I don’t think that you should do this.'”. Travolta went on to garner critical acclaim for the role that is largely credited with helping him to jumpstart his than stalled career. Remini has been embroiled in an intense war of words with church officials ever since she left the church several years ago. She recently learned during an appearance on the Conan” show that church officials had contacted the host prior to her scheduled visit to blast her for waging a campaign against the church they insist is driven by the lure of “money, fame and attention.”. Leah Remini and Nicole Remini attend the Life is Good supports Dream Court opening BGCLB event in Long Beach, California. [Image by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Life is Good]. While interviewing the actress, Conan reflected that in the 24 years that he’s been on the air he can’t recall a similar instance involving a scheduled guest. ...