Leah Remini Slams Tom Cruise’s On-Set COVID Safety Rant

In an open letter printed Wednesday on the web site The Underground Bunker, Leah Remini differed strongly with the largely optimistic response folks needed to Tom Cruise’s latest caught-on-tape rant about COVID security measures. Instead, the actress argued that the outburst was an instance of what she claims is Cruise’s “abusive” character, and argued that his habits connects again to the Church of Scientology of which she is without doubt one of the most outstanding critics.

“The Church of Scientology has done more than any other religious institution in promoting COVID-19 prevention actions–throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Long before “stay at home” directives, the Church took aggressive actions to stop the unfold of the virus. The Church’s chief acted nicely forward of the curve,” a consultant of the Church of Scientology mentioned in an announcement. “Remini is an unreliable source who attacks Scientology for publicity and money–as she herself has admitted.”

On Tuesday, audio secretly recorded on the set of the most recent “Mission: Impossible” movie, by which Cruise screamed on the London-based movie crew for breaking COVID-19 protocols. In his tirade, Cruise (who additionally serves a producer on the movie) reminds them that what they’re doing on set is a mannequin that Hollywood is wanting as much as — and that they higher not screw issues up. If the leak was meant to wreck Cruise’s public popularity, it had the other impact as a ton of individuals out and in of Hollywood agreed with him. We are, in spite of everything, in the course of a pandemic that has killed greater than 300,000 Americans.

Remini nonetheless disparaged the feedback as a publicity effort, which she claimed is apply related to Scientology. Remini mentioned additionally that the rant was a mirrored image of what she says is her private expertise with Cruise somewhat than one thing related to the pandemic, and reiterated a well-known checklist of accusations of wrongdoing in opposition to Cruise and the management of Scientology. Cruise and the Church have persistently denied all accusations of wrongdoing.

Representatives for Cruise didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from TheWrap.

Read Remini’s essay right here.