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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 information of Kirstie Alley’s passing may be very unhappy,” she advised the outlet
Whereas Leah and Kirstie had their share of occasions that they exchanged heated phrases about Scientology, Leah mentioned that she was desirous about the Cheers star’s youngsters, William True, 30, and Lillie Worth Stevenson, 28, after her dying at 71 from colon most cancers. “Though Scientologists don’t imagine in prayers, my prayers do exit to her two kids, who at the moment are with out their mother,” she mentioned. “I hope they will, at some point, free themselves of this harmful and poisonous group.”
Leah defined that many Scientologists gained’t embrace conventional drugs till it’s too late. “Whereas it has been reported that Kirstie sought standard most cancers remedy, which gave her a combating likelihood, nearly all of Scientologists don’t search remedy till it’s too late,” she mentioned. “Scientologists are satisfied they will treatment themselves of illnesses like most cancers. It’s one of many extra sinister issues they promise. And since Scientology claims to be an actual science, not a religion, its members are brainwashed into believing these false claims as ensures.”
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 collection 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 towards it, Kirstie referred to as her a “bigot” in a 2013 interview on The Howard Stern Present. “If you determine to blanket assertion ‘Scientology is evil,’ you might be my enemy,” she mentioned.
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