Leah Remini Has Totally Transformed Over The Years
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Leah Remini has certainly come a long way since her days as a young girl growing up in Brooklyn. The brash actor has worn a slew of different hats since shooting to fame in the ’90s: going from beloved sitcom star on “The King of Queens,” to reality TV darling with her own show (remember “Leah Remini: It’s All Relative?”), to an extremely vocal critic of Scientology, which she once dedicated her life to. And she’s done all that while raising a family, even welcoming her only child into the world as the cameras rolled in 2004.
Remini has never wavered from being herself, and has made no apologies for it either. She is a staunch advocate for what she believes in — no matter how difficult or scary it may be. She demonstrated her unwavering bravery while speaking about her experiences with Scientology in her own exposé docuseries, “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.”
“The show is really about standing up for what is right and not letting bullies have their way. I feel it is important for people to know that you can take action to bring about change, both for yourself and for others,” she said in a statement (via Entertainment Weekly). And that’s something this inspiring star has embraced throughout her lengthy career, culminating in an incredible transformation.
Leah Remini was born in Brooklyn in 1970. By the time she was 7, her parents had divorced and she struggled to fit in with her peers. “I always felt like I was kind of an outsider because I didn’t have the right things,” she said on “20/20.”
Remini became a Scientologist at age 9 after being introduced to the religion by her mom, and the future star and her family later moved from New York to Florida for the church. “We went from a middle-class lifestyle [in Brooklyn] to living in a roach-infested motel with six other girls off a freeway in Clearwater, [Florida],” she told BuzzFeed. The actor said her education halted when she reached the 8th grade and she started doing manual labor within Scientology. “We were separated from our mother. We had to sign billion-year contracts we didn’t understand … We were working from morning until night with barely any schooling,” she said. In her interview with “20/20,” Remini added that she “could go from working in a laundry room to working industrial sanders.”
Remini also spoke about her early life with the church on “Grounded with Louis Theroux,” explaining how being involved with the religion from a young age affected her personality. “Growing up like that and feeling if someone didn’t get me or I was having trouble in my life, it was because they were not Scientologists. It always excused away any issues I might have had … It was never my fault,” she said.
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