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defamer.com - 1/22/2008

Exclusive: Scientology 'Straight'ening Closeted Actors For Years, Says Author [Exclusives]

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Is Scientology just a fancy term for reparation therapy? That's what investigative journalist Ian Halperin, author of books on Kurt Cobain's death and the underbelly of the modeling world, is claiming in his new tome, Hollywood Undercover , out today. After claiming to be a gay actor afraid that revelations of his homosexuality would ruin his career, the Church took him in, promising they ...

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Scientology And That Whole Closeted Gay Thing
Glitterati Gossip — Onward and upward in the speculation and baseless rumor game: Defamer and Jossip are all over a new book by Ian Halperin called " Hollywood Undercover " that talks about how Scientology helps keep gay actors closeted. (See also: Spielster's take on the church's history with celebrities). Now, everybody's favorite rumor these days is that Tom Cruise and John Travolta are gay. The theory is that they joined Scientology to cure themselves of gayness, but that it didn't work any more than any other program. So, instead of curing them, the church helps ...