Not your average celebrity feud. Leah Remini and Kirstie Alley’s tumultuous relationship started making headlines after the King of Queens alum left Scientology in 2013 — and things never really slowed down.The former Cheers star made it clear she wasn’t thrilled with Remini when she walked away from the church.
One year later, Dancing With the Stars’ Maksim Chmerkovskiy got dragged into the drama after Alley, his season 12 partner, seemingly cut ties with him upon his friendship with Remini and bestie Jennifer Lopez.“She stopped getting along with me,” Chmerkovskiy said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in 2014. ”I think the world of her.
I’m not judging people by their religion. … I’m Jewish, and you know, I don’t really believe in science fiction, but whatever.
We had a great relationship.”Two years later, he told Us Weekly exclusively that he wasn’t “allowed” to be friends with the It Takes Two star.“Scientology happened.
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