The host told a great joke/made a great comment about the celebrity cult, but everyone was scared to be seen laughing in the room for fear of retaliation not just from the cult, but the actor at who the comments were directed.

Jerrod Carmichael

Scientology

Tom Cruise

Jerrod Carmichael prompts gasps at Golden Globes with joke about Tom Cruise, Scientologist Shelly Miscavige

Comedian and actor Jerrod Carmichael prompted gasps as the host of the Golden Globes on Tuesday night when he made a joke about Scientology, Tom Cruise and the mysterious wife of the head of Scientology, a woman who hasn’t been seen in public since 2007.

Holding three Golden Globe Award trophies, Carmichael began his joke by referencing Cruise returning his Golden Globes in 2021 after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association dealt with a scandal on membership: “Backstage I found the awards that Tom Cruise returned.”

The host continued, “I think, maybe, we take these three things and exchange them for the safe return of Shelly Miscavige.” That line drew audible gasps from the crowd as it referenced the wife of the leader of Scientology, David Miscavige. Shelly Miscavige was last seen publicly in 2007, and many have speculated as to her whereabouts.

Actress Leah Remini, a former Scientologist who has become an outspoken critic of the religion since leaving it in July 2013, tweeted her approval of the joke. – Source

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