Leah Remini's Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology (with Taylor Cox)
Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast
Chelsea Devantez
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
This week, Chelsea and writer Taylor Cox (Miracle Workers, Single Parents, Abby's) celebrate troublemakers everywhere by diving into Leah Remini's journey through — and eventual escape from — the wild world of Scientology.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and |
| 0:05.0 | celebrity book club. |
| 0:08.0 | today we're discussing Leah Riemannies memoir, Troublemaker, |
| 0:11.0 | surviving Hollywood and |
| 0:12.7 | Scientology. |
| 0:14.4 | I'm in a tough position because on one hand I'm |
| 0:16.7 | attacking this cult. |
| 0:19.0 | And at the same time, I know that the people who are still in are under this spell of doing good |
| 0:26.2 | with the world because that's what the organization is going to be. |
| 0:30.3 | This is a podcast that recaps and celebrates the memoirs of badass celebrity women who have been torn down by |
| 0:36.2 | tabloids and dissected by social media all while facing career obstacles, broken |
| 0:40.5 | relationships, and incredible triumph. |
| 0:43.0 | You guys, it is the Leah Rimini episode. |
| 0:47.0 | This episode is bonkers, because the book is so crazy. The book is wild. At times it will sound like me and my guest are describing |
| 0:58.0 | fantasy fiction or a new Harry Potter novel and that's because the book is wild and the terms and rules of |
| 1:06.4 | Scientology are so nuts and you learn all about them in this book. This book is a story |
| 1:11.8 | of breaking free of a Cult, |
| 1:14.0 | being strong enough to fight back against a multi-million dollar religion, |
| 1:18.0 | and what happens when you make Tom Cruise your personal Jesus. |
| 1:22.0 | So we recorded this episode actually a long time ago and so I'm so |
| 1:26.9 | excited to finally share it and right now you guys let's dive in to Scientology. |
| 1:33.6 | My guest this week is Taylor Cox. |
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