“The Church of Scientology ‘Kicked Me Out’ as a Teen,” John Stamos claims
"The Church of Scientology 'Kicked Me Out' as a Teen," John Stamos claims
“I was just f—ing around so much that they said, ‘Get out. Get. Go,'” Stamos revealed
John Stamos is recalling an incident of unexpected rejection that occurred during his teenage years.
The 61-year-old actor from Full House disclosed in an interview with Variety that the Church of Scientology rejected him as a member due to his “messing around.” He described that he had been inadvertently invited to the organization’s Hollywood location by a female in his acting class who he regarded as “hot.” Consequently, he attended.
“She said, ‘You know, we’re all meeting at this address on Hollywood Boulevard. Come after [class],’” he recalled. “I was working at my dad’s restaurant at the time, and I said, ‘Dad, I gotta, I gotta go.’ So I went, and it was the Scientology building!”
He further stated that he was only 16 or 17 years old when he entered the facility and immediately began to experiment with the E-meter, which Scientologists believe is a tool that gauges an individual’s spirituality.
“They brought me in there, and there was this guy and they had this E-meter, and I’m holding these two cans, so I started [saying], you know, ‘Hello… Peabody in the Wayback Machine,’” he recalled. “You know, Sherman and Peabody.”
“They didn’t like that,” he continued. “I was just f—ing around so much that they said, ‘Get out. Get. Go.’ They just kinda kicked me out.”
Stamos also wrote about his experience in his memoir, If You Would Have Told Me, stating, “I am whisked out of the room and sent on my merryway.” It appears that I am not suitable for Scientology. I regret it.
He also expressed his reverence for John Travolta, who has been a Scientologist since 1975, after witnessing him on the set of Grease.
“I don’t know the meaning of the word ‘charisma’ at that point, but I learn the essence encoded in the concept when Tra-volta moves like a panther parting the crowd in that iconic blacksuit with a pink shirt, white socks, and pocket square. He’s ooz-ing charm and radiating an aura of greatness,” he shared.
“That! I want to be that!” he recalled thinking.
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