Andrew Keegan sparked rumors he was a “cult chief” of Full Circle, the religious group he based years in the past. He addressed the thrill in a February episode of the Boy Meets World rewatch podcast “Pod Meets World.”
“I moved to Venice in my early twenties and simply obtained actually immersed within the tradition and the neighborhood,” he defined, including, “There was the previous Hare Krishna temple… and it was sitting there empty and we had been like, ‘Yo, why do not we simply get some folks collectively and let’s open this place up.”
The Camp Nowhere star mentioned that whereas his Full Circle expertise grew to become “a bit jarring,” the group remained a optimistic drive locally.
Keegan additionally identified how the group’s title in all probability led to the misinterpretations of the group’s functions.
Late King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley discovered himself in the identical focus after founding the Self-Realization Fellowship and working it with Sri Daya Mata, a direct disciple of Paramhansa Ji.
The “Cannot Assist Falling in Love” singer reportedly grew to become a frequent customer of the group as considered one of its members and adopted Daya Mata’s teachings. Experiences mentioned he needed to play an enormous position within the group, however Daya Mata reportedly discouraged him from doing so.
“The work of the entertainer is completely different than the work of the religious chief. It is neither worse nor higher. Merely completely different. The internal peace you search could be yours it doesn’t matter what your work,” Daya Mata reportedly advised the rocker.
Joaquin Phoenix has been open about his expertise rising up within the Youngsters of God cult. His household left the group when the Napoleon actor turned 3.
Talking with Playboy in 2014, Phoenix opened up about rising up within the group.
“I feel my mother and father thought they’d discovered a neighborhood that shared their beliefs,” he famous. “Cults hardly ever promote themselves as such. It is normally somebody saying, ‘We’re like-minded folks. It is a neighborhood,’ however I feel the second my mother and father realized there was one thing extra to it, they obtained out.”
The Nationwide Enquirer beforehand alleged that Kirstie Alley was “grooming her grandson” for Scientology after dragging her son, Waylon Tripp Parker, into his first cult occasion.
She had been a member of the church because the Seventies and revealed that it helped her overcome her drug habit. Even earlier than her dying in December 2022, the Cheers alum reportedly spoke about dishing extra data in her first Scientology tell-all.
“Kirstie finds it cathartic to share her experiences,” a supply mentioned. “And when she seems like her religion is being judged or questioned, she’s going to tackle anybody who comes her means.”
Oprah Winfrey sparked rumors she is perhaps a part of Scientology. They had been seemingly confirmed when CBS aired a controversial advert throughout the speak present host’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Scientology critic Jeffrey Augustine advised The Solar, “CBS and Oprah’s manufacturing firm have a accountability to not assist promote a cult like Scientology to tens of millions of individuals. They shouldn’t be taking the Church’s cash, it’s fairly disgusting and terribly hypocritical.”
The faith’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard, infamously defended South Africa’s racist apartheid regime. He added that the folks within the nation weren’t “civilized sufficient” to vote.
Indicators that Will Smith might be a Scientologist emerged over the previous years. Leah Remini additionally claimed that Will and Jada Pinkett Smith began a Scientology Faculty.
Director Pedro Almodóvar penned his Oscars diary revealed on IndieWire and mirrored on Will’s controversial look on the ceremony.
“What I noticed and heard produced a sense of absolute rejection in me. Not solely throughout the episode, however afterward, too, within the acceptance speech — a speech that appeared extra like that of a cult chief,” he added. “You do not defend or defend the household together with your fists, and no, the satan would not benefit from key moments to do his work.”