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This B list actress had a long run on a network hit that is now defunct.

Since then, there has been a lot of one off roles.

On the red carpet leading into an after party, a reporter asked her about Scientology and their two sided-ness when it comes to rape victims and how our actress felt.

She tried to get the reporter kicked off the red carpet.

Erika Christensen

Parenthood

Erika Christensen Opens Up About Being a Scientologist, Why Going Clear Has ‘No Relevance’

Erika Christensen is opening up about her association with Scientology.

The actress, who is expecting her second child with husband Cole Maness, spoke with her Parenthood costar and on-screen brother Dax Shepard for an episode of his podcast, Armchair Expert, on Monday, when they discussed the religion.

“I can justify things in all kinds of different ways, but basically, like, as a Scientologist. And I definitely cannot speak for every Scientologist about anything because everybody has their own beliefs and comes at it from even other religions and all kinds of stuff. However, I don’t believe this is the first time I have lived on this planet and I basically think I’ve probably done absolutely everything before,” said Christensen, 35.

Christensen confirmed to Shepard that she was raised Scientologist, but clarified, “It’s funny because I really like to be specific about that too because it’s hard to raise someone as a Scientologist because it’s something that you do, it’s not something that you believe.”

She shared of her upbringing, “My parents definitely are Scientologists, approached parenting from a Scientology viewpoint. I know that now as an adult. I can see that in the way that they approached me as a kid and really tried to do what I’m doing now as a parent, which is trying to temper absolutely necessary discipline and rules and structure with fostering independent thought and freedom of personality. It has to be true for you. Don’t take anybody’s word for anything ever, basically, without being a cynic or without being some kind of paranoiac. It’s just: What do you have if you don’t have yourself?”

The former child actress, who was home-schooled, praised her parents for “making themselves safe to talk to” and revealed that they never told her “you need to go to church” but rather encouraged her to “check it out.”

“When I was 12, I started doing a bunch of the little introductory courses that they still have now that are maybe a few hours each,” she explained.- Source


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