Kirstie Alley has come to Tom Cruise's defense amid shocking Scientology reports.
The 61-year-old actress, who is a member of the controversial Church of Scientology, has spoken out about Vanity Fair's recent report that the organization held top-secret auditions to find Tom Cruise a girlfriend in 2004.
Alley told Entertainment Tonight:
"I think whenever you have articles written that are third and fourth parties' opinions – it's like the game Gossip and you don't get the truth – I think that a magazine of that caliber should have interviewed him, and then they would get the truth."
Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley at the opening of the Church of Scientology, Mission of SoMa in 2001. Source: Getty
Although Cruise denied interview requests for the story, Marc Headly, a former high-ranking Scientologist, told Vanity Fair that he watched audition tapes of women who were prospective girlfriends for the actor.
He said: "It's not like you only have to please your husband - you have to toe the line for Scientology."
Despite the claims, Alley has steadfastly defended Scientology, explaining:
"I think that probably all religions sound bizarre to the people who are not the practitioners of them."
She added: "To me it's so normal, and probably 90% of the crazy stuff I hear isn't true."
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