Leah Remini: “I’m Risking Everything”

Leah Remini
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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – October 26,2015 (Gephardt Daily) — ABC News announced actress Leah Remini will give an exclusive interview on her experience with and ultimate break from the Church of Scientology to anchor Dan Harris.

When asked about Tom Cruise and Scientology Remini said, “Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself… you are evil.”

Remini, 45, describes how she and her family joined the Church when she was a young girl, built a successful acting career in Hollywood while being a diligent Scientologist, and how she eventually decided to sever ties with the Church.

“As time goes on, you start to lose touch with the real world. The mindset becomes ‘Us against them,’” Remini said. “The decision to leave is you are giving up everything you have ever known and everything you have worked for your whole life.”

The actress also details her 30-year association with the Church in her new memoir, “Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology.” The book will be released on November 3.

“I feel that people need to understand this has been my whole life,” Remini said “I want them to understand how it happens.”

The interview will air on “20/20” Friday, October 30 at 10 p.m., ET.

Remini’s book, “Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology” describes joining the Church with her family as a teenager, building her career in Hollywood while remaining a conscientious Scientologist, severing her ties with the Church in 2013, and her life since leaving Scientology.

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