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Back in September, Vanity Fair published an article alleging that high-level Scientologists screened girlfriends for Tom Cruise. One woman that was selected but didn't make the final cut, they said, was Iranian-born Nazanin Boniadi.
Boniadi didn't speak to the magazine for the story, but now, she's spoken out about Scientology in an entirely different way: via rap.
Gawker obtained exclusive video of Boniadi rapping alongside other former church members, including Titziano Lugli amd Marty Rathbun. Boniadi can be heard spitting rhymes such as:
This ain't no road to freedom It's a blind alley, like Kirstie Alley Travolta, and Cruise, but we ain't no fools
Click here to watch the entire video.
