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Leah Remini mourned the dying of Kirstie Alley in an interview with Rolling Stone on Tuesday, December 6. The King Of Queens actress, 52, has lengthy been an outspoken critic of Scientology, having spent a few years as a member of the church, and Kirstie clapped again at her many occasions all through her profession over the claims, as she was a longtime member. “The news of Kirstie Alley’s passing is very sad,” she advised the outlet
While Leah and Kirstie had their share of occasions that they exchanged heated phrases about Scientology, Leah mentioned that she was considering concerning the Cheers star’s children, William True, 30, and Lillie Price Stevenson, 28, after her dying at 71 from colon most cancers. “Although Scientologists don’t believe in prayers, my prayers do go out to her two children, who are now without their mom,” she mentioned. “I hope they can, one day, free themselves of this dangerous and toxic organization.”
Leah defined that many Scientologists gained’t embrace conventional drugs till it’s too late. “While it has been reported that Kirstie sought conventional cancer treatment, which gave her a fighting chance, the majority of Scientologists do not seek treatment until it’s too late,” she mentioned. “Scientologists are convinced they can cure themselves of diseases like cancer. It’s one of the more sinister things they promise. And because Scientology claims to be an exact science, not a faith, its members are brainwashed into believing these false claims as guarantees.”
Kirstie was a member of the Church of Scientology from 1979 till her passing. Leah had been a member from age 9, till she left the church in 2013. Since leaving, Leah has publicly spoken about her experiences within the church in interviews and created the A&E sequence Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, the place she spoke to former members of the church.
The late Dancing With The Stars alum had credited Scientology with serving to her cease utilizing cocaine, after forming a behavior. After Leah severed ties with the church and publicly spoke out in opposition to it, Kirstie known as her a “bigot” in a 2013 interview on The Howard Stern Show. “When you decide to blanket statement ‘Scientology is evil,’ you are my enemy,” she mentioned.