1. Danny Masterson
Masterson has a long history with the church, as his family practised Scientology. He’s been outspoken about it too, defending Tom Cruise when his Scientology video leaked in 2008, and explaining the religion to curious reporters.
“The definition of Scientology is ‘the study of knowledge,’” Masterson said in an interview with Paper magazine. “Obviously, the more knowledge you have in a given field, such as life, the more confident you are as a person.”
Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life earlier this month, after being found guilty of two counts of rape in May.
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2. Bijou Phillips
Masterson’s wife, model, actor and daughter of the Mamas & the Papas singer John Phillips, is also a practising Scientologist. The two started dating in 2004, frequenting Scientology events, and have been married since 2011.
3. Alanna Masterson
The Daily Mail reported in 2015 that Masterson’s half-sister, Alanna, who starred on The Walking Dead, is also a Scientologist.
Former Scientologist Joe Reaiche told The Daily Mail that his four kids – Danny Masterson, Alanna Masterson, Jordan Masterson, and Chris Masterson – were “brainwashed” into believing he was a “threat to their faith” after quitting the church himself.
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4. John Travolta
Grease alum John Travolta has been a practising Scientologist since the 1970s and is one of the church’s most prized members.In a 2001 appearance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Travolta said Scientology has “given me all the tools to survive in life that I need”.
When the HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief aired, he defended the church and offered his own opinions about it all.
Travolta reportedly was breaking away from the church following the death of his wife and fellow Scientologist Kelly Preston in July 2020.
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5. Kelly Preston
Travolta’s wife, Preston, has said that Scientology is the reason she’s been able to cope with the sudden death of her teenage son, Jett, who died from a seizure in 2009.
Preston died in July 2020 after a two-year battle with breast cancer.
6. Elisabeth Moss
According to an interview with The Telegraph, Moss’ parents introduced The Handmaid’s Tale actor to the religion as a child, and she maintains that it has helped her remain calm and level-headed.
In April 2022, Moss spoke at length about her relationship with Scientology and how it helped her become a skilled communicator with The New Yorker’s Michael Schulman, who reported that Moss studied Scientology as far back as the age of eight, and said the actor took the “Hubbard Key to Life Course” at that age.
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7. Tom Cruise
In a nine-minute video reportedly shown at a 2004 International Association of Scientologists meeting, according to The Daily Beast, Cruise described being a Scientologist as “a privilege”.
Cruise additionally said they are “the authorities on getting people off drugs” and that they have the ability to “rehabilitate criminals” and bring about peace by uniting cultures in the video.
In the past decade, he’s spoken once briefly about the impact it’s had on his life. “It’s something that has helped me incredibly in my life,” he said on the Jack Reacher red carpet in 2016. “It’s something, you know, without it, I wouldn’t be where I am … I’m incredibly proud.”Inside Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s former home, sold before their split
8. Katie Holmes
Since then Holmes has been quiet about it all. Some even speculated she signed some sort of NDA. While she’s been reluctant to discuss her experiences in the church, plenty of others have spoken on her behalf.
One of them is Ron Miscavige, whose son is a leader in the church. He has been quoted as saying “She and Tom had big differences about the way life should be lived,” he told The Daily Mail. “The big issue really was raising Suri as a Scientologist. If that happened, some day it was a possibility that she would disconnect from Katie.”Eileen Gu on fashion, fame and success – exclusive Style interview
9. Leah Remini
Remini made it clear that she is out of the church for good, writing a tell-all book titled Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, which became a docu-series called Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.
“My mother got involved when we were very young, so it’s all we ever really knew. But over time my eyes opened, and I could no longer be affiliated with the organisation, and my family felt the same, so we left,” she explained to Ellen DeGeneres back in 2013. “We lost friends that can no longer talk to us who are still in the organisation.”
Remini is currently suing the church and leader, David Miscavige, over harassment, defamation, emotional distress and more.
Following Masterson’s sentencing, Remini claimed the Church of Scientology tried to “cover up Danny’s crimes with the help of its intelligence agency, the Office of Special Affairs” and followers.
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10. Jerry Seinfeld
In 2007, the comedian told Parade he studied the religion about 30 years ago, and really enjoyed it.
“It was interesting. Believe it or not … it’s extremely intellectual and clinical in its approach to problem-solving, which really appealed to me,” Seinfeld said.
He added that it even helped him in his career, saying, “In my early years of stand-up it was very helpful. I took a couple of courses … I learned some things about communication that really got my act going.”
11. Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis doesn’t identify as a Scientologist any more. The Natural Born Killers actor was previously outspoken about the misconceptions about her religion, which was studied by her parents.
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Explaining why Scientologists can celebrate Christmas, she told Vanity Fair, “I think there’s so much confusion because people don’t understand a religion where you can be another religion, but you can still practice Scientology. That’s why it’s completely progressive. It’s just tools for living.”
In a 2021 interview with The New York Times, Lewis said though she studied Scientology she doesn’t identify as a Scientologist. Instead, she told the outlet she’s “a spiritualist”.
12. Paul Haggis
Film director and screenwriter, Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) spoke out in The New Yorker about his decision to leave Scientology in 2009. “I was in a cult for 34 years,” said Haggis. “Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.”
Haggis ultimately left Scientology after the church refused to publicly denounce Proposition 8 – the ballot that banned same-sex marriage in California. He claimed his youngest daughter, Katy, who is gay, lost a Scientologist friend after outing herself, not because of her sexuality, but, rather because she lied about her sexual preference.
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13. Lisa Marie Presley
Elvis Presley’s daughter reportedly helped gather information from 2007 to 2015 that would appear in Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary Going Clear.Presley said she started getting into Scientology after her father’s death in 1977 and once she turned 25, her relationship with the church changed.
“At 25, after I got the inheritance, they started grooming me to be this person who would go out and get everyone else in,” said Presley in 2o15, outlining how the church wanted her to recruit other celebrities after acquiring money from her famous father’s estate.How OG influencer Chriselle Lim helped spark the ‘Slaysians’ movement
Presley also claimed that Scientology drove a wedge between her and Michael Jackson, leading her to file for divorce.Of leaving the church, she said, “It was bulls***. It was just about control. It was just a way of getting more money.”
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