MY NEXT GUEST STARRED FOR NINE YEARS ON
"KING OF QUEENS."
SHE'S NOW CREATED A DOCUMENTARY SERIES COVERING HER FALLOUT
WITH THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY.
PLEASE WELCOME, LEAH REMINI!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: BEAUTIFUL DRESS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> YOU'RE SUCH A GENTLEMAN.
>> Stephen: AM I?
YOU WALKED ME, HELD MY HAND THE WHOLE WAY, VERY NICE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE HIGH HEELS.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO SNAP AN ANKLE.
WE DON'T HAVE INSURANCE.
>> YOUR WIFE TAUGHT YOUR WELL.
>> Stephen: MY WIFE SAID BEFORE, WHEN YOUR FEMALE GUEST
SITS, JUST LIKE IN PUBLIC.
>> WAS I NOT WRONG SHE TRAINED YOU?
>> Stephen: IF YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING POS THETIVE ABOUT MY
WIFE, YOU'RE NEVER WRONG.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> AND NOW -- AND NOW YOU WILL
GET LAID FOR SAYING THAT.
>> Stephen: WE'LL SEE.
( LAUGHTER ) HEY, CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'VE GOT TWO EMMY NOMINATIONS FOR THIS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
DOING A&E FOR SEASON ONE, SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH,
LEAH REMINI.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST EMMY NOMINATION, RIGHT IS THIS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, YOUR FIRST ONE.
YOU DIDN'T GET ONE FOR PLAYING THE HOT WIFE OF THE DOUGHY GUY
ALL THOSE YEARS?
>> NO, AND I LOVE HIS DOUGH.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE!
( LAUGHTER ) NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT SEASON 2 OF
"SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH."
STARTS TUESDAY AUGUST 15 ON THE A&E.
YOU WERE IN THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY FOR 35 YEARS.
IS THE CHURCH COOL WITH YOU DOING THIS DOCUMENTARY?
( LAUGHTER ) >> NO.
>> Stephen: NO, THEY'RE NOT.
WERE YOU SURPRISED HOW UNCOOL THEY ARE WITH IT?
>> WELL, I KNEW THE POLICIES OF SCIENTOLOGY.
SCIENTOLOGY HAS POLICIES, YOU KNOW, THE WRITINGS OF EL RON HE
HUBBARD THAT ARE FOLLOWED TO THE T.
EVERYTHING IN SCIENTOLOGY IS WRITTEN DOWN TO THE T.
>> Stephen: I LOVE THE TERMINOLOGY.
KSW, KEEPING SCIENTOLOGY WORKING.
>> YOU MUST HAVE LOVED IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT O.T. LEVEL DID YOU REACH?
>> 5.
>> Stephen: IS THAT GOOD?
YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT?
IT MEANT I HAD CLEARED ALL MY BEINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO MY
BODY FROM SICKNESS, THAT I CURED MYSELF OF ALL ILLNESS.
>> Stephen: AND DID THAT ACTUALLY WORK?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU DID NOT GET ILL?
>> YES, WE ALL GET ILL.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GET ILL LESS THAN OTHER PEOPLE?
>> NO, BUT YOU BELIEVE IT.
YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE.
>> Stephen: WAS THERE A VALUE FOR THAT?
>> NOT FOR THAT.
BUT IN THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, SCIENTOLOGY TEACHES VERY BASIC
MORALS AND CONCEPTS, TEACHES YOU THINGS LIKE HOW TO CO'D DO YOUR
FINANCES, THOUSAND COMMUNICATE BETTER -- HOW TO COMMUNICATE
BETTER, NOT THAT I ACHIEVED THAT TOTALLY.
IT'S VERY SMALL THINGS THAT ARE HELPFUL IN THE BEGINNING, BUT AS
YOU GET FURTHER INDOCTRINATED YOU CAN'T GET OUT WITHOUT HARM
TO YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY AND IF YOU GET OUT IT'S THEIR POLICY
TO ATTACK.
>> Stephen: DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S A RELIGIONS OR NOT.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE A SYSTEM OF THOUGHT EVEN IF DESTRUCTIVE
IN SOME PEOPLE'S EYES, HOW IS THAT LESS OF A RELIGION THAN, I
DON'T KNOW, MY BELIEF IN ANGELS?
>> YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BELIEVE OR NOT BELIEVE IN ANGELS.
ALSO, SCIENTOLOGY IS A BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE TO PE TO BAY BEFORE -- HAVE TO PAY BEFORE YOU GO UP THE
CHART OF SCIENTOLOGY.
BY THE END OF THE SCIENTOLOGY BRIDGE YOU'RE IN IT FOR HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT?
>> ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SHOPPING FOR A NEW RELIGION.
>> I'M NOT SHOPPING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT?
AGAIN, I HAVE ISSUE WITH CALLING IT FOR ANOTHER RELIGION.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR RELIGION NOW?
CAN I INTEREST YOU?
YOU WERE CATHOLIC?
>> I HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED CATHOLIC AND I BAPTIZED MY DAUGHTER
CATHOLIC.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU BE CATHOLIC AND THE SCIENTOLOGIST
AT THE SAME TIME?
>> THEY SAY YOU CAN BUT THAT'S A LIE.
WHEN YOU GET UP THE LADDER THAT COSTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS YOU FIND OUT GOD IS A LIE TO SCIENTOLOGIST.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
>> THEY SAY GOD IS A LIE.
>> Stephen: WHERE DO YOU BELIEVE THE TECH IS COMING FROM?
>> L. RON HUBBARD.
>> Stephen: IS HE DEAD?
IN SCIENTOLOGIST'S MINDS HIS BODY IS DEAD.
>> Stephen: WHERE IS THE REST?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I MEAN, ANGELS --
DON'T CONTINUE TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE SAME CATEGORY.
IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.
HAVE YOU SEEN "1984"?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
WOULD YOU CALL THAT A RELIGION?
>> Stephen: NO, THAT'S A FASCIST REGIME THAT CRUSHES THE
FACE OF A MAN FOREVER UNDERNEATH THE HOBNAIL BOOT.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S DESCRIBED AS, YEAH.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO -- >> I MEAN, THE STORIES THAT WE
TELL ARE OF PEOPLE'S REAL PAIN, THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE GOING ON
OUR PROGRAM TO GAIN NOTORIETY OR FAME.
THESE ARE PEOPLE GOING UP, APPEARING ON OUR SHOW, KNOWING
THEY WILL BE SHUNNED AND ATTACKED.
WITHIN HOURS OF OUR SHOW AIRING, PEOPLE HAVE HATE WEB SITES BUILT
ON THEM FROM SCIENTOLOGY.
DO YOU KNOW ANOTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THAT.
>> Stephen:?
>> Stephen: AM ILL GOING TO HAVE A HATE WEB SITE FOR HAVING
YOU ON?
>> A LITTLE BIT, YOU'RE TOWING THE LINE A LITTLE BIT IS THAT
WHY?
>> YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, IS IT LIKE OTHER FAITHS, IS IT -- SO
YOU COULD BE KIND OF FORGIVEN BUT UNLESS YOU MAKE AN ACTUAL
STATEMENT.
>> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF STATEMENT?
WHAT DO I HAVE TO SAY?
( LAUGHTER ) PROS
( APPLAUSE ) THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
NEXT SEASON, YOU'RE BACK WITH KEVIN JAMES ON "KEVIN CAN WAIT."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DOING WHAT?
AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING WHY IS THE PRETTY GIRL WITH --
>> NO, NO -- ( LAUGHTER )
AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEASON, I PLAYED HIS EX-PARTNER, WE WERE
COPS TOGETHER, AND I COME BACK AS THAT CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: YOU CAME BACK LAST YEAR AND PEOPLE LOVED IT.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER THINK BECAUSE OF PEOPLE IN YOUR FORMER
NOT A FAITH, IS THERE A FEAR ABOUT LEAVING SCIENTOLOGY THAT
YOU WON'T WORK AGAIN?
>> NO, I FELT IT WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE.
I ALWAYS FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT ME PEOPLE WERE
SCARED OF BECAUSE I WAS IN THE ORGANIZATION.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I LEFT AND I WAS CLOSE TO PEOPLE IN THE
BUSINESS, THEY SAID, WHEN THEY FELT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH, I NEVER
UNDERSTOOD HOW YOU WERE IN THIS CULT, HOW SOMEBODY SO NOT
CULTISH WOULD WANT TO -- THEY NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW I COULD BE
IN IT BUT I WAS IN IT AS A CHILD.
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE WERE BROUGHT IN AS CHILDREN AND
DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE.
I FEEL JUST THE OPPOSITE.
I HAVE BEEN EMBRACED BY HOLLYWOOD, I HAVE BEEN EMBRACE
BID OUR AUDIENCE AND SO HAVE OUR CONTRIBUTORS AND FOR THAT WE ARE
SO GRATEFUL.
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
SEASON 2 OF "SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH" PREMIERINGS NEXT
TUESDAY ON A&E.
AND SHE'LL BE BACK THIS FALL ON CBS' "KEVIN CAN WAIT."
LEAH REMINI, EVERYBODY!