Leah Remini very publicly left the Church of Scientology in 2013, and has opened up in recent years about her life within the organization. Now, in a sneak peek of the new season of her show, Leah Remini: It's All Relative, she opens up about what it was really like to part ways with the people she grew up with.

The actress most well-known from King of Queens, who applauded HBO's Going Clear expose doc, talked about her decision with a group of other women who left the church. When she decided to leave, it was rougher on her because she was famous. "If you make a stink in the public world, they call you a suppressive person, which means the church has put a stamp on you that says you are bad," she says. "They then go to all your family and friends and say you have to disconnect from this suppressive person."

She was worried that she'd raise her child that way, and that she would have loyalty to the church rather than to her family. "The church becomes your everything," she says. "It becomes your mother, your father, your everything. You are dependent on the church."

The Church of Scientology bashed Remini in a typical statement to People: "It comes as no surprise that someone as self-absorbed as Leah Remini continues to rewrite history and exploit her former religion in a pathetic attempt to get ratings for her cable show and seem relevant again."

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