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Leah Remini Will Release A Tell-All Memoir About 'Surviving' Scientology
Leah Remini's tell-all memoir could have her laughing all the way to the bank. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Actress Leah Remini will soon be releasing a tell-all memoir, in which she'll write about her experiences within the Church of Scientology, and the circumstances that led to her departure.
The Huffington Post reports that her book entitled Troublemaker will be released later this year. Here's the cover, which Remini posted on Twitter yesterday:
Very excited about this...#TroubleMaker pic.twitter.com/7WDdOT5FBm
— Leah Remini (@LeahRemini) September 24, 2015
Remini spent 30 years as a member of the Church of Scientology before leaving in 2013, after she reportedly began to challenge Scientology's infamously infallible leader, David Miscavige. After leaving, Remini took action against the church later that year when she filed a missing persons report for her friend Shelly Miscavige, David's wife, who has not been publicly sighted since 2007. (On a related note, Business Insider just published a series of photos taken by an "Anonymous" activist of a Scientologist compound believed to be where Shelly is now.
Since leaving the church, Remini has been outspoken about her intentions to speak out against the practices of Scientology and its notorious smear tactics used on former members, like her friend Paul Haggis. Haggis, another notable ex-Scientologist who wrote an open letter praising Remini's decision to leave the church in 2013, supported her on Twitter following news of the book:
Bravery is a rare commodity in Hollywood. In @LeahRemini 's case you have to weigh it by the ton.
— Paul Haggis (@Paul_Haggis) September 24, 2015
Even though Haggis was interviewed in filmmaker Alex Gibney's HBO documentary on the Church, Going Clear, Remini was absent from the film. However, she did tweet out on the night the doc aired on HBO: "Thank you to the brave who did something about it. And to those who didn't have a voice, you do now. #GoingClear"
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Church of Scientology spokesperson Karin Pouw told the Huffington Post that they consider Remini's book to be a "pathetic quest to get publicity and seem relevant" and that "Ms. Remini needs to move on with life and stop obsessively blaming others for her problems, be it her former religion or those she has worked with professionally."
Can someone make sure Laura Prepon gets a copy, please?
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