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“They can believe whatever the f— they want,” says Remini of the Scientology leaders. “But they can’t just do whatever the f— they want.”

In a Q&A with The Hollywood Reporter, Remini said that the reason she’s ending her show is because the church has made it nearly impossible for TV producers and advertisers to keep it going.

“Advertisers are not sitting there going, “Are these real religious people? Is this religious bigotry?” They don’t want any of this bulls— nonsense. They don’t want to be known as bigots. So their first instinct is to say, “Look, we know this is a crazy organization, but we don’t want any part of that.” They want advertisers to say that. It’s all a charade. I mean, what person wants that in front of their office building?” she explained.

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The actress, however, assured that she will not stop fighting to expose Scientology for what it truly is — even if, after three decades as a member, the fight has actually hindered her healing process.

“I don’t know that it’s helped my recovery. Most people, when they get out of an abusive relationship, hopefully start doing the work to heal. I just haven’t been able to do that. It’s opened up a can of worms for me. I didn’t know, as a parishioner, that these things were going on,” she said. “Obviously I understood the policies of Scientology, because we all read the same things, but you don’t truly understand what’s going on. You see me, I’m shocked in these episodes.”

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Knowing that there are still rapes, abuse, and suicides going on under the Scientology leaders’ noses, however, is what keeps Remini going.

She added that “when Scientology’s tax exempt status is revoked and people are in prison, that’s when I’ll start healing. Until then, I’m still in the fight.”

“We’ve done our job. The public is seeing what a truly evil organization it is,” she said.