The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Pinkett Smith slams claims she’s a Scientologist
Jada Pinkett Smith says she’s no Scientologist.
The “Girls Trip” star, who often publicly shuts down rumors about her marriage and unique parenting style, set the record straight about her faith on Facebook in the wake of ex-Scientologist Leah Remini’s weekend claims that Pinkett Smith has “been in Scientology a long time.”
Pinkett Smith and her husband, actor Will Smith, have long been associated with Scientology, the controversial church based on the works of sci-fi author L. Ron Hubbard, but have repeatedly said they are not members.
“I recently lit Shabbat candles with Rabbi Bentley at Temple Sinai . but I am not Jewish,” Pinkett Smith began her Facebook message early Tuesday. “I have prayed in mosques all over the world . but I am not a Muslim; I have read the Bhagavad Gita ... but I am not a Hindu; I have chanted and meditated in some of the most magnificent temples on earth. but I am not a Buddhist; and I have studied Dianetics, and appreciate the merits of Study Tech. but I am not a Scientologist. I practice human kindness, and I believe that we each have the right to determine what we are and what we are not. NO ONE ELSE can hold that power.”
That brand of “human kindness” appears to have been directed at Remini, who has been crusading against the organization since her explosive departure from the church in 2013 and recently picked up a Primetime Emmy Award for her A&E docuseries, “Scientology and the Aftermath.”