Leah Remini Breaks Silence On Kirstie Alley’s Death After Scientology Feud: It’s ‘Very Sad’

Leah Remini mourned the decease of Kirstie Alley in an interrogation with Rolling Stone on Tuesday, December 6. The King Of Queens actress, 52, has agelong been an outspoken professional of Scientology, having spent galore years arsenic a subordinate of the church, and Kirstie clapped backmost astatine her galore times passim her vocation implicit the claims, arsenic she was a longtime member. “The quality of Kirstie Alley’s passing is precise sad,” she told the outlet

While Leah and Kirstie had their stock of times that they exchanged heated words astir Scientology, Leah said that she was reasoning about the Cheers star’s kids, William True, 30, and Lillie Price Stevenson, 28, aft her decease astatine 71 from colon cancer. “Although Scientologists don’t judge successful prayers, my prayers bash spell retired to her 2 children, who are present without their mom,” she said. “I anticipation they can, 1 day, escaped themselves of this unsafe and toxic organization.”

Kirstie was a Scientologist for implicit 40 years. (SplashNews)

Leah explained that galore Scientologists won’t clasp accepted medicine until it’s excessively late. “While it has been reported that Kirstie sought accepted crab treatment, which gave her a warring chance, the bulk of Scientologists bash not question attraction until it’s excessively late,” she said. “Scientologists are convinced they tin cure themselves of diseases similar cancer. It’s 1 of the much sinister things they promise. And due to the fact that Scientology claims to beryllium an nonstop science, not a faith, its members are brainwashed into believing these mendacious claims arsenic guarantees.”

Kirstie was a subordinate of the Church of Scientology from 1979 until her passing. Leah had been a subordinate from property nine, until she near the religion successful 2013. Since leaving, Leah has publically spoken astir her experiences successful the religion successful interviews and created the A&E series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, where she spoke to erstwhile members of the church.

Leah has been an outspoken professional of scientology since leaving the religion successful 2013. (ENT / SplashNews)

The precocious Dancing With The Stars alum had credited Scientology with helping her halt utilizing cocaine, aft forming a habit. After Leah severed ties with the religion and publically spoke retired against it, Kirstie called her a “bigot” successful a 2013 interrogation on The Howard Stern Show. “When you determine to broad connection ‘Scientology is evil,’ you are my enemy,” she said.

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