Top 10 Celebrities Who Left Scientology

They may have some big names, but they couldn't keep these notables. Welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Celebrities Who Quit Scientology Before It Started, we post new content every day, so so be it. Be sure to subscribe to our channel and hit the bell to receive notifications about our latest videos. For this list, we're looking for

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who joined, dabbled, or showed interest in Scientology before leaving it for good. We will only include known people. on this list, so people like Jenna Miscavige Hill will not be included despite their bravery.

I was the only option I had. I mean, everything else had been taken away from me. They had taken my family away from me. They took me away from my friends number 10, Jerry. Seinfeld, although Seinfeld never officially joined the church, he admitted to dabbling in Scientology, you're telling the world I give up, I can't compete in normal society, I'm miserable, so I might as well get comfortable. Seinfeld told Access Hollywood Billy Bush that he enjoyed experimenting with self-help when he was in his 20s, which included studying karate yoga, meditation and Aikido; however, that list also includes Scientology.

Seinfeld admits that he only took a few Scientology courses, but claims that he enjoyed it; anyway, Seinfeld was more interested in experimenting. Instead of committing to a specific practice, he

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Scientology to pursue other avenues of self-help. Scientologists who can be quite sensitive. Number 9, Brad Pitt, while the church has one of the biggest movie stars and Tom Cruise, they almost nabbed another standout in Brad Pitt. In the early 1990s, Brad Pitt dated Juliette Lewis, a self-identified Scientologist who worked with Pitt in California and the TV movie Too Young to Die Isn't Fair when she won, I was grateful that she did according to Jenna Miscavige Hill, who She

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the church in 2005.

Brad Pitt Quote She took her first step toward Scientology while dating Lewis. At first he wasn't really interested but whilst dating Juliette Lewis he actually went in and did some courses and then found out it wasn't really for him, however the couple split up. emerged sometime around 1993 and Pitt lost all interest in the church shortly after Lewis still identifies as a Christian and Scientologist to this day. They are also things we have done ourselves. You know where you do something and you say, "I should know better." number eight William s Burroughs William S Burroughs was an important figure in the Beat Generation of authors, well, you always have to remember that that drug or any type of opiate is a painkiller and therefore it will diminish its effect.

He wrote notable works like Junkie, which is considered an important book about addiction, and Naked Lunch, which at the time was considered one of the best novels in English written between 1923 and 2005, what do you mean it's a literary high, it's a cahoy calf, do you feel like an insect after publishing these fundamental works? Burroughs joined Scientology and endorsed its self-help philosophies, however he soon became disinterested upon realizing that he did not accept criticism or discussion and left the Church. Burroughs would later have fierce debates with Scientologists in the letters section of Rolling Stone magazine issue #7 Don Simpson Don Simpson was one half of Simpson and Bruckheimer, the production team known for making a slew of hit movies like Flashdance Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun in the 1970s, before making his big break in Hollywood, Simpson was fully committed to the practice of Scientology, it was a lot of fun going to church three times a week to get down on his knees on a concrete floor thanks to God for not killing you that day in Jannat Reichman's book inside Scientology, the history of America's most secret religion, gets a 1993 interview in Simpson claims to have nearly disappeared after spending $25,000 at church, However, he left after realizing he had wasted a lot of money on what he believed was a scam that he knew they were full of and wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible. as could be number six Katie Holmes Mimi Rogers and Katie Holmes are notable as Tom Cruise's ex-wives, but they are also notable as high-profile former members of his church.

In fact, it was actually Rodgers who introduced Cruz to Scientology regarding Holmes. She became very enthusiastic about Scientology when she started dating Cruz in 2005 and claimed that it was making her a better person. Holmes and Cruz married in a Scientologist ceremony in 2006. Holmes broke up with Cruz and the church nearly six years later, citing fears. of being followed and intimidated by Scientologists and living in a constant state of anxiety as a result, the examiner also asks if Holmes ever indicated that she divorced Cruz to protect Surrey from Scientology, which Cruz said was one of her affirmations, yes, number 5.

Jason leaves, do good things and good things happen to you, you do bad things and I'll come back to haunt you, making a name for himself on the big screen in projects like the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies and on the small screen like Earl Hickey and My Name is Earl Jason Lee was once one of the most famous Scientologists. Lee was married to photographer Carmen Llewellyn from 1995 to 2001, but they reportedly split after Llewellyn read a book that criticized Scientology, it became very apparent if you don't like Scientology, we do. According to her, we don't exist.

Lee sent her a disconnection letter after learning of her betrayal. We later moved to Denton, Texas, with his family and admitted in the studio's local newspaper tonight that he does not currently practice Scientology. Number Four Christopher Reeve Superman himself was almost a Scientologist before making a name for himself as Superman on the big screen, Reeves briefly dabbled in Scientology and participated in a few auditing sessions. According to Reeve, he managed to trick the e-meter device and told a story from Greek mythology during one of his auditing sessions in each lie. After Scientologists believed his story from Greek mythology, he became disillusioned with the organization and wrote in his memoir a quote: The fact that I got away with a blatant fabrication completely devalued my faith in the process.

I am here to fight for the truth. and American style justice number three Lisa Marie Presley the problem with me is that no one ever tells me what to do oh my God, I would repel him, I mean, that would be, wouldn't he be like his worst nightmare, Elvis and Priscilla's only child. Presley Lisa Marie followed in her father's musical footsteps by releasing three studio albums between 2003 and 2012. She also gained notoriety by marrying notable

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like Nicolas Cage and Michael Jackson, and I don't think anyone thought this would last. Presley was introduced to Scientology as a child and became an important member of the organization that develops the literacy and skills program within the church, but in 2008 Presley began to become disinterested in the organization and officially left it in 2016, his mother and his daughter Riley Keough, meanwhile, remain at church number two, Paul.

Haggis I was ashamed of my own stupidity at how I could have been so willfully blind for so many years. Paul Haggis is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter known for writing films such as Casino Royale Million Dollar Baby and Crash Haggis joined Scientology when he was in his early 20s and remained in the church for over 30 years. until you became disillusioned with his beliefs and policies, the smear campaigns against his defectors, and his vocal support for banning same-sex marriage, suggesting that you know you should be able to think for yourself. and then I will tell you exactly how you have to think or get out and if you get out there will be consequences.

It was this that ultimately led Haggis to leave the church. Haggis would later appear in the documentary clarifying that Scientology and the prison beliefs make fun of the religion to which he had dedicated half of his life. Come on, what are you talking about? I'm depressed by self-help stuff. I'm depressed, okay, I can be clearer, I can, you know, I can get rid of it. those two negative emotions, but what is out of place is this number one, Leah Remini, as you progress and as you become more and more indoctrinated, you cannot leave without great harm to yourself and your family, and if you decide to leave , speaks like the majority.

Their policies claim to attack Leah? Remini is arguably Scientology's best-known defector, best known for her role on The King of Queens and the CBS talk show. The talk. Remini was introduced to Scientology when she was nine years old and later defended Scientology in interviews. If the shit works, the bad words that people will say, does it work with this man? Yes, what is it? Yes, however, Remini left the church in 2013 due to its numerous controversies and for refusing to allow criticism of its leader David Miscavige. She since then became a devout anti. -Scientology activist publishing a memoir and an Emmy Award-winning documentary detailing problems with the church, she not only turns her back on you, she pursues you, tries to destroy you, and then tries to take away the family you were. fighting to keep us together do you agree with our selections?

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