During an interview with the Underground Bunker blog, Lisa Marie Presley told journalist Tony Ortega that she believed Scientology was trying to take everything from her. "At 25, after I got the inheritance, they started grooming me to be this person who would go out and get everyone else in," the singer said, per The International News. "I was slowly starting to self-destruct. They were taking my soul, my money, my everything" (via Metro). She also admitted that she had an encounter with Scientology bigwig Tom Cruise that left her feeling unhappy. "I [expletive] hate Tom," she confessed. "I met him 20 years ago. I said I never want to be in a room with him again," Lisa Marie added, making her feelings for the "Top Gun" star crystal clear.
To make matters worse for Lisa Marie, she claims that Scientology tried to recruit her then-husband, Michael Jackson. However, they later changed their minds because they believed the pop icon's reputation didn't suit the church, and he was "getting too much bad press," she said, adding that Scientology forced her to leave the marriage. "I was in love with Michael, believe it or not. I didn't want to leave him," Lisa Marie claimed. "He was in trouble and I wanted to help him. And they made sure that I left him."
Meanwhile, Lisa Marie isn't the only celebrity who has spoken out against Cruise and the church of Scientology.
