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I watched about 10 minutes of Kirstie Alley’s new reality show, Big cult apologist or Big on denial or whatever the hell it’s called, before I switched it off. In that time, I saw a lot of manufactured drama and bullsh*t. The thing that really turned me off was Alley’s sour personality, but the first scene, in which she complained bitterly about the paparazzi while exiting Katsuya - a paparazzi hotspot restaurant in which celebrities expect to be photographed - was too much. There were so many photographers there that it’s clear they were called ahead of time. I get that she needed a scene to illustrate her point that she hates the paparazzi, but that was so set up it wasn’t funny. I hope Alley’s show and her new laughable L.Ron-approved “diet supplements” tank.
Alley, who lashed out at the Today show for daring to question the connections between her subscription diet supplements and her criminal cult, Scientology, is now personally going after the photographers who follow her. She’s hired a private investigator and hopes to get any illegals deported, as well as gain ammunition to discourage them. This is predictable and is part of Scientology’s philosophy of “fair game” or attacking your enemies by any means necessary:
STAR GAZING: Kirstie Alley has long had a love/hate relationship with the paparazzi. Now there are reports the actress has hired a private eye to investigate the paps she hates. That includes delving into immigration records, hoping to uncover illegals — many of the L.A.-based paparazzi are of Mexican or Central American descent — and have them deported.
[From The Chicago Sun Times]
It’s hard to feel sorry for paparazzi at all, but in this case I do. I’m not for illegal immigration, but some of these people have families and children and it’s not as simple as getting them deported. I’ve also lived in another country where I don’t speak the language and have a lot of empathy for people who move to a new place hoping for a better life. Until you’ve experienced it for a few years you really have no idea. It’s not like being on vacation or even spending a year studying abroad. Anyway I’m not saying that illegal immigrants should be able to stay here, especially paparazzi, just that Alley is a nasty bitch with a huge chip on her shoulder. Who is she to turn people in? There are also many cases where people can get deported on technicalities. While I love the U.S. I have to say that the department of Homeland Security is not the fairest organization, based on my husband’s experiences with them.
Kirstie Alley is shown on 3/17/10 with her kids. Credit: Girlie/Fame Pictures
There’s been a lot of buzz about Kirstie Alley’s new vitamin supplements marketed as weight loss aids, Organic Liaison, and it’s connections to the Scientology cult, of which she’s a defensive member. Some of the testimonial videos were filmed on location at the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater Florida, which is owned by Scientology (and is where Lisa McPherson met her end.) Some of the advisory board members are easily googled as Scientologists, and the address for the company is the same as a Scientologist accountant. Perhaps the most damning connection to the Scientology are the supplements themselves, which seem very similar to the “purification rundown” vitamins used in a cult ritual. (Gawker has more on that.)
All of this has lead to speculation that Organic Liaison is just a front for Scientology. It may very well be, but Kirstie isn’t admitting to anything. She denied in an appearance on the Today Show that there was any connection between the two groups. Then she held a press event in which she accused the Today Show of anti-religious bigotry for even asking her the question. She also said that the journalist who appeared on the Today Show, Roger Friedman, had a “libelous” tweet for claiming she lied on the show by denying Scientology’s involvement. This is very typical for anyone involved in that cult. They have a policy of filing often frivolous lawsuits against anyone who questions them. They call it “Fair Game” and use it to try and silence their detractors. Here’s what Kirstie said:
Kirstie Alley claims she was “ambushed” during a March 16 interview on NBC’s ‘Today Show’ when reporter Meredith Vieira asked her directly if her Organic Liaison diet program is connected to Scientology. The question came right after her opening segment — in which the Hollywood Reporter’s Roger Friedman claimed Alley’s company was made of top-level Scientologists. After denying the claims on national TV, Alley spoke to PopEater about the “lies and myths” he brought to the the forefront of the national media.
“If you Google Mr. Friedman, you’ll see he has had longtime problems with Scientology. He has written numerous articles against them,” Alley said at a private press event on Wednesday afternoon. “That I need to clarify or defend the intentions of my L.L.C. business corporation, in the year 2010 is indicative of the intolerance that we as a country need to overcome. However, after the ‘Today Show’ brought fringe bigotry and intolerance into the forefront of the national media, I feel compelled to clarify two issues,” she said.
Alley, who has been a Scientologist for over 30 years, is one of several Hollywood celebrities, including Tom Cruise and John Travolta, who are members of the religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard. During the ‘Today’ segment, Friedman said claimed, “There are a lot of questions about how close these two groups are, and whether this isn’t just a front for Scientology.”
“There was a claim that my product is a front for Scientology. This is not true. Organic Liaison is its own L.L.C. and is not affiliated with The Church of Scientology or the World Institute of Scientology. The proof is in the numbers,” she continues. “Out of the 25 approximate employees, there may be 26, of Organic Liaison, 4 are Scientologists. Organic Liaison does not discriminate in its hiring practices, including religion … It boils down to roughly 10% of my company is Scientologists, 90% are non-Scientologists,” Alley added.
Alley alleges that after the interview aired, Friedman posted the following message on Twitter: “Kirstie Alley lies on The Today Show about Scientology connection.”
“After twittering that he was libelous and that I was going to have my attorneys get involved, he changed it to, ‘Kristie Alley gets it wrong on Today Show about Scientology Connection,’” she said.
“What shocked me was I’m so proud of my show ['Kirstie Alley's Big Life'] and went on ‘Today Show’ to talk about it. It isn’t that I can’t answer a question about speculation. What threw me off was it was like, ‘Do you still beat your wife?’” she said. “When I saw they were using [Friedman] as the source, [I knew] it was am ambush. And that is what led the introduction to my show.”
Alley claims she didn’t even know there was any speculation about her diet program being linked to Scientology. “I was sitting in a position where I didn’t know this was being said. So when I was asked about it, I really didn’t know it was being brought to the forefront… I was caught off guard. The truth always will prevail,” she said.
Alley also claims that if she wanted this to be a Scientology company exclusively, she would “have made it that way.” “I would have told the world and touted that,” she said. She backs her company, saying her team includes the “best people I could find in the world” and that “[her] company and these products are going to help people.”
Alley still remains unsettled by the continuous attacks on the religion and believes people are just curious about the “outspoken” believers. “It was odd. You would never ask like, ‘What religion is Jenny Craig?’ No one knows and no one cares. You’d never be like, ‘Is this a front for the Methodist church?’” she points out.
“Why speculation goes mainstream is still beyond me. It’s gone on forever. I’ve been a Scientologist for over 30 years. I think a lot of things are sensationalized. The media can throw ‘The controversial Church of Scientology — and the fat girl in their religion.’ That’s funny. I thought there were like eight f***ing million fat Catholics,” she joked.
Alley continues to back her weight loss company, Organic Liaison, and says the attacks are “another form of fear and intolerance. If you look at the history of any religion, you see these huge moments of way intolerant persecution. This stems from that. It’s a cheap shot.”
[From Popeater]
This is what Scientologists do. When people question them, they attack them personally and call it “bigotry” and “religous intolerance.” Nevermind what they’re accused of doing to countless people and families. This isn’t about what Kirstie believes or what religion she practices, it’s about using a diet company to secretly give religious treatments to people under the guise of helping them. She’s so defensive and angry that anyone dared make that connection that she’s lashing out. I hope her reality show is a big fat flop.
Oh, and that weird crap that Kirstie threw out there comparing being asked a legitimate question to someone asking “Do you still beat your wife?” - that’s what Scientologists do to protestors and anyone they’re trying to harass. I’ve seen videos of this on YouTube, and they regularly make up strange accusations and shout them at people. It’s called “bull baiting” and “manufacturing crimes.” So all Kirstie can do to respond to this is to rant that they’re not tolerating her religion and are attacking her, when that’s what her “religion” regularly does to everyone that questions them. The thing is, she did respond pretty well on The Today Show (you can watch the video on Popeater) and they barely focused on the connection to Scientology after she said it wasn’t true. Meredith was kind and gave her a platform to plug her products and TV show. All Kirstie had to do was drop it and the Scientology connection wouldn’t have received as much press. Kirstie has been called out and she can’t handle it at all.
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Kirstie Alley was a guest on Regis and Kelly this morning promoting her new reality show, which premieres Sunday on A&E. She’s wacky as hell and there’s something that really bothers me about her. She didn’t mention her new weight loss product at all, Organic Liaison, which more outlets are picking up on as a scam and a front for Scientology. Maybe she realizes that if she plugs it she’ll only bring more attention to the fact that it’s a ton of L. Ron-approved vitamins packaged in sheep’s clothing to bring in more converts.
Kirstie didn’t say much on Regis, but she did explain how she got heavy again and blamed it all on the fact that she used to eat a lot as a child as she was very active. She told Oprah a few months ago that she would gorge on pasta with tons of melted butter and that sounds like a more likely explanation to me.
On how she got heavy again
“We ate a lot our whole lives. My family, we were swimmers in Kansas… We had fast metabolisms. From the time I was little we ate tons of food because we were really athletic, we stayed stick skinny.
“I’ve only been fat four years of my life. I know it appears I’ve been fat 97 years.”
I find this woman so annoying and I didn’t even want to cover this story. I wasted time out of my busy day gossiping to watch this show, though, and I may as well repeat what she said. It wasn’t much, and there wasn’t anything new from Kirstie. As my mother said when she walked into the room “Ugh, is this woman still talking about how she’s fat? Give it up already.”
They also showed a clip from Kirstie’s show in which she was having dinner with her “fat buddy,” her handyman, and explaining that she hasn’t been on a date in ten years because she didn’t want anyone telling her how to raise her kids. From what I’ve seen of Kirstie, there are plenty of other reasons why she hasn’t had a date in a decade and it has almost nothing to do with her weight.
Kirstie Alley has launched a new weight loss program called “Organic Liaison” that primarily consists of vitamins and supplements and a $10/month “membership” program for access to vague “online tools and community support.” Kirstie has promised to come out with some kind of weight loss plan for years, and now it’s available. According to videos she’s posting on Organic Liason, it’s “the first certified organic weight loss and management system in the world.” The products have names like “Rescue Me,” and “Relieve Me,” and promise to be “natural” cleansers and to help fight hunger and cravings. Kirstie claims that they will “flood your body with the missing elements that make weight loss an uphill battle.” The thing is, the ingredients are typical vitamins and minerals and we have to take Kirstie’s word for it that the $12-$15 bottles are better than the same organic supplements available at the local health food store. Plus you can get all those “elements” in food if you plan your meals right and eat healthy.
That’s a good gimmick, but there’s nothing new about a bunch of supplements. Kirstie is a known Scientologist and many members of the group Anonymous are pointing out that Organic Liaison has the same address as a known Scientology front company and has advisory members that are easily identified as Scientologists. Are those vitamins and minerals L. Ron Hubbard approved?
Here’s more information:
The private personal info you send to Organic Liaisons Kirsties new company is a Scientologist and info can be sent to a third party hope you don’t mind being contacted by a Scientoligist.
From Organic Liaison web site
* by email at: legal@organicliaison.com or
* by normal mail at: Organic Liaison
Attention: Privacy Statement Personnel
1515 North University, Suite 222
Coral Springs, Florida 33071
* by telephone at: 1 (800) 513-5201
is the same as (google)Saul B Lipson (a Scientology front company)
Category: Accounting Services
Lipson Professional Group, The
1515 N. University Dr., Ste. 222
Coral Springs, FL 33071-6032
United Statesfrom Organic Liaison web site
2 out of the 5 advisors are Scientologists
Advisory Board
Thomas Lovejoy(scientologist)(on the board of Scientology’s Artists for Human Rights)
Bob Durst
Deborah A. Klein, MS, RD
Soram Khalsa M.D
Michelle Seward (scientologist)
or read about Dr Soram Khalsa
Quack To the Stars: Dr. Soram Khalsathe testimonial videos on the site were shot at the Fort Harrison Hotel (Scientology’s Flag Base in Clearwater Florida)
[From comment on RantRave.com]
I would have a lot more respect for Kirstie Alley if she wasn’t shilling vitamins. You can bet that the “online tools and community support” are heavily laden with Scientology concepts. I’m not going to say anything about how Scientology hasn’t helped Kirstie so far. It just seems strange that she’s launching a weight loss program when she’s only lost 20 pounds so far, though. It’s also a real concern that they’re going to market Scientology to people who innocently try and buy supplements to lose weight.
The 230 pound star was on Oprah yesterday to promote her new reality show Big Life, premiering on A&E in March. She also put in a plug for Organic Liaison. Kirstie says in a clip from the show that she needs to lose 90 pounds and would like to get back to 140. (She told Oprah she’s lost 20 pounds in 7 weeks, so maybe she’s 210 now.)
I watched Kirstie on Oprah and found her mildly funny, especially when she was talking about how she wanted a booty call with Jamie Foxx. Foxx appeared via satellite and gave Kirstie a special message. The best part was when she went back to kiss the screen where he was on and he started undulating his tongue. The audience was roaring laughing. Jamie told Kirstie he would be her booty call and that “You’re absolutely beautiful. Don’t worry about how much you weigh.. Don’t worry about a thing, just be you. Fantastically you.”
