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Five Celebrities We Wish Weren’t Scientologists

Posted 10/19/2010 at 10:30 am by

Famous ScientologistsEver since Tom Cruise went couch jumping on Oprah and maybe even before that, the general consensus has been that Scientology is a bit weird. We’ll be the first to admit that maybe we’re the crazy ones, but for some reason alien worship, silent births and the general defensiveness and secrecy of its members and leaders doesn’t sit well with us.

With a decent portion of Hollywood involved in the cult-like religion, it’s not unusual to find out that some of your favorite entertainers are regularly getting both their colons and their Thetans cleansed. Most actors fear getting audited (hi, Nic Cage), but a clam never misses an auditing session.

We made a list of the Scientologists we wish weren’t Scientologists not because we’re convinced the religion is wrong (we may or may not being saying that for our own protection), but just because it kind of sort of creeps us out.

Beck

Beck ScientologistWe’ve been listening to Beck since we were teenagers and his involvement in Scientology, while not at all a secret, wasn’t made known to us until we were ear-deep in Midnight Vultures.

Beck Hansen was born into the religion and practiced it all of his life, so his involvement is pretty deep. There’s even some urban legends out there that two of the artists who worked with Beck on his album covers experienced harassment by the Church of Scientology and were found dead not long later. Their deaths were ruled suicides.

Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley ScientologistKirstie Alley would be the perfect overweight, washed-up and totally whacked-out older lady star if we didn’t know that at least a percentage of her kookiness was due to her heavy involvement with the CoS.

Originally introduced to the faith by her Look Who’s Talking co-star John Travola (he’s just way too far gone to even make it on this list), Kirstie credits her auditing sessions and involvement with the church with helping her beat her drug addiction.

What the religion has been able to do for her food addiction clearly remains to be seen.

Jason Lee

Jason Lee ScientologistWe tried to warn you that this list wasn’t going to be easy to read. Yup, Earl is a Ronbot. The dude from the Kevin Smith movies is a devout Scientologist. So much so that his ex-wife went on a tear after their divorce, sharing details about the religion and its two most famous members at the time, Tome Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

Earlier this year, Jason’s ex, Carmen Llewellyn, reported the following story to the National Enquirer:

“Jason and I were talking to Tom, and we told him that we went to the CoS center in LA. He said brightly, ‘Oh yeah? Well, me and Nicole are Scientologists too! Right, Nic?’ But she turned and gave Tom the most evil look. She stared at him for about 10 seconds, and Tom looked at her like he was throwing daggers with his eyes. I interpreted her look to mean, ‘I am not a Scientologist, and I will not be a Scientologist.’ She was clearly mad at Tom for saying she was. And the next thing you know, they’re getting a divorce!”

And next thing you know, Carmen Llewellyn is going to be found floating in the Silver Lake Reservoir!

Nancy Cartwright

Nancy Cartwright ScientologistIf it wasn’t hard enough to believe that the voice of Bart Simpson is actually a chick, it’s even more difficult to wrap your head around the fact that he’s also a Scientologist chick.

Of course neither of these things are enough to stifle the joy that The Simpsons have brought us over the years, but Nancy using “Bart’s voice” to encourage Los Angeles residents to come to a Scientology-run event in 2009? Not cool. Like, Joe Camel not cool.

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes ScientologistOK, so we know that the great Isaac Hayes is actually the late and great Isaac Hayes, but it still totally blows that the voice of who is arguably the best character on what is arguably the best show like, ever, was a major Xenu-hugger.

While he decided to skip the “Trapped in the Closet” episode that railed on his fellow SciTys, he remained calm and told Opie and Anthony on their radio show, “One thing about Matt and Trey, they lampoon everybody, and if you take that serious, I’ll sell you the Brooklyn bridge for two dollars. That’s what they do.”

That’s how cool he was, man. That’s how cool he was.

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“Five Celebrities We Wish Weren’t Scientologists”
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    XENU TO THE REXU says...
    5:26 pm on October 19th, 2010

    So nothing about how Isaac Hayes quit the show after talking about it? Good article, if i needed something to print,take a shit and then wipe my ass with.

  2. 2
    thetoptenworld says...
    2:58 am on October 20th, 2010

    Top 10 Lists @ thetoptenworld.

    Never understood some of these celebrities.

  3. 3
    Konic says...
    3:32 am on October 20th, 2010

    True enough, but what I think really sets $cientology apart is the electrodes, large sums of money required, contracts of servitude lasting thousands of lifetimes, denial of medical care to critically ill members, ridiculous intergalactic alien creation myth, and the fact that the entire religion was based on a bet between Hubbard and Heinlein about whether you could make more money on sci-fi novels or a modern cult religion.

  4. 4
    Castopia says...
    6:18 am on October 20th, 2010

    Maybe they know something you don’t. At least they actually studied it before drawing a conclusion, There’s nothing like listening to the uninformed to broaden one horizons.

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    Adam says...
    6:54 am on October 20th, 2010

    Know something we don’t? Obviously not or they wouldn’t be Scientologists. And the fact that they studied Scientology before joining makes it worse! I’m not usually one to condemn a person for their beliefs, but in this case..

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    Bob says...
    12:19 pm on October 20th, 2010

    Isaac Hayes quit South Park after the Scientology episode. He had been OK with making fun of plenty of people, religions, and cultures, but not his own. Matt and Trey followed with an episode that suggested Isaac Hayes was a child molester. Super Adventure Club.

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    Bebe says...
    9:19 am on November 8th, 2010

    I’ve always thought Bijoux Phillips and Danny Masterson were too cool for Scientology.

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    Rufus says...
    9:43 pm on April 9th, 2012

    Isaac did not quit South Park. He had a stroke, and while he was disabled, his Scientology handlers put out a statement that he had quit. Isaac loved South Park and he was in no condition to quit anything.

    That made me sick – taking advantage of of a man who just had a stroke to further their “cause” – and was the impetus for me to quit Scientology.

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