The auditions didn t stop until he found Katie later in 2005. So even if he was with one of the girl

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Anette Iren Johansen recently left the Church of Scientology and has been blogging about her experiences, citing terrible abuses committed within the church. But she saved until now her biggest secret: She was one of numerous women the church auditioned in 2004 and 2005 when Tom Cruise was looking for a new wife. She s the first, however, to go public about her experience.
Anette grew up in Fredrikstad, about an hour south of Norway s capital of Oslo. In 1996, at 19, she moved to Copenhagen, Denmark for college, eventually studying to become a veterinarian. discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati In 2002, a flier in the mail got her interested in Scientology. Within two years, she had given up college discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati and was deeply involved with the church.
discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati Until that time, she had made some appearances in Scientology magazines and training films, and she assumed this was something similar. discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati She noticed right away that there was something unusual about this project. There was a makeup team, for example, which she d never seen before. She wanted to keep it light, but the woman in makeup told her it was important for this audition to be made up with eye shadow and glossy lips.
They asked me so many questions about my life, my family discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati background, everything I d ever done in Scientology. There was a lot of talk about Tom Cruise at that time he had just been in Norway [hosting] the Nobel Peace Prize concert.
About two weeks later, she received a phone call from a man in California who identified himself as Golden Era Productions, international management. She was at the org s canteen at the time, in a room with other people. He told her that he had some private questions to ask her, so she went to a nearby bathroom and locked herself in.
Headley worked on technical projects at the International Base in California before he left early in 2005. At one point during the summer of 2004 he was asked to watch a highlight reel of the auditions that had been made for Tom Cruise.
According to Vanity Fair , Nazanin Boniadi had been auditioned in October 2004, then had dated Tom from November 2004 to January 2005. So does it make sense that Anette would be among girls auditioned late that same January?
The auditions didn t stop until he found Katie later in 2005. So even if he was with one of the girls, they were still working it, casting for the next season of Scientology s version of The Bachelor .
Anette continued her Scientology courses. She also went through some career changes. In 2005 she started a new business, selling vitamins. Then she worked as a translator. And in 2008, she began working as a business consultant.
But it was around then that she began having doubts about Scientology. Like many other church members, she was put off by the 2007 push for The Basics a repackaging of old Scientology books and lectures that members were required to buy, at $3,000 a set.
The auditions discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati had first been revealed in Marc Headley s 2009 book, Blown for Good , and Lawrence Wright s 2011 New Yorker story, The Apostate. Over time, Anette had begun to wonder about that strange audition she had gone through at the Copenhagen Org. Headley had written that some of the auditions had happened overseas discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati could she have been tested for Cruise?
I think what happened to Katie is terrible. Even now it must be very difficult for her because she still has a child with him, she says. Tom is totally cult minded. I m very happy that I wasn t matched up with him.
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Anette, you are gorgeous enough for Tom Cruise but definitely wayyyyyy to intelligent discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati for him! Watching the video of him ( in the famous black turtleneck) trying to explain Scientology; and comparing it to the video of Geir describing his experiences .well, it s a no-brainer!
It s one of The top markers for me when learning all the facts so many years later, going back to Hubbard s trailer homes. I now think of Scientology as one big White Trash Trailer Park that I used to view as Spiritual Headquarters of Teejeack. That image keeps it real for me.
Has he no brain? He certainly has no conversational abilities Either you agree with him or you are wrong. Ho hum . Where did he learn about head shrinks ? From the weird and wonderful teachings of the madman LRH And drugs that help people survive heartache or hell on earth, this is worse than overdosing children on niacin during the purif! (Known to damage the liver) ! . As an OT where are his analytical skills. He talks like a 12 year old attempting to debate.
I absolutely love that interview. It s the best thing that ever happened in Today. The only way it could have been better was if Matt pointed out that LRH was on Vistaril and was shoveling pinks and grays.
What a piece of work. He is lacking in logic and brain cells. Would that be considered a chemical imbalance? He definitely discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati learned his communication skills from his scientology mentors. Interrupt, discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati be rude, talk over the other person, yell, pick fights, talk nonsense right out of the DM and Tommy Davis play book.
It s well known in Hollywood circles that Cruise is a complete dolt. I ve heard the same about Brad Pitt too, but he seems to have a half a brain (based on some interviews, discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati but those may be contractually required to make him look good).
Cruise can t speak very intelligently unless he s delivering lines written by other people. It makes me wonder about Katie Holmes taste in men because her father is incredibly intelligent. discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati She must have received incredible love bombing and intense pressure to get sucked in like she did.
Tom Cruise has a definite know-it-all discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati vibe about him. Germans would call him a Besserwisser (literally better knower ). These are half-informed individuals discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati who believe that their every pronouncement is golden truth, delivered from on high. Scientology caters to people like this, as they are spoon fed their version of EVERYTHING. Tom Cruise knows all about psychiatry, because he has read the CoS s version of events. And that s all he (or anyone else) needs to know.
It is really is hard to imagine women being treated like commodities. This speaks volumes for the degree of contempt which Scientology feels for its members. There are so many good people that need to be freed.
Mind boggling that a tax exempt 501c3 can use Sea org Members that they define as clergy such as Greg Wilhere and (earlier) Shelly Miscavige to create a program to find a sexual partner for a movie star,
Interesting discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati how this proves the inability discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati of all the involved scientologists to predict human behavior. If they would be starting with LRH, they would marry the right person wouldn t they? Isn t it part of being able to predict the human behavior to be able to chose the right wife? It looks like LRH and Tom Cruise discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati have some MUs on the subject
LSD flashbacks ARE a known thing. Are you calling me an idiot for my own experience doing the Purif? You re an idiot for thinking discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati it didn t happen. You think I was just sitting there imagining the feeling going through my body and all the lights becoming super bright and having the comedown hours later? Right. Thanks for going through my comment history though, stalker.
Powerful stuff there JW. Is that your best confront and shatter? What s the matter, your EasyBake oven ..I mean e-meter, broken or something? How bout you try plugging those cans straight into the outlet? You might get a powerful win that way. Ouch, it Hertz. Geek joke there for you electrically minded folks here.
It s not just the fact you bleach your hair, or wear a full face of make-up, or pluck your eyebrows to death, you just look like an idiot so it s hilarious that you are saying you need an intellectual man, like come on. You re probably average intelligence at best. Don t try to act like you need someone from the Mensa society to keep you interested. Also, the fact that you ran to a tabloid to tell this story and supplied them with your ~beauty shot~ shows that you desperately want attention. And no I am not a member of Scientology before you get any ideas as to my motivations.
For the record, dickstain, I brought discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati Anette to the attention of Woman s Day. She did not go running to the tabloids. In fact, she was incredibly patient as she was interviewed, put through the hassle of a photo shoot, and pestered through fact checking. In other words, she demonstrated all the intelligence, discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati poise, and fortitude that you clearly lack.
Uh huh, when you suggested the idea to her she probably jumped discounts embassy suites hotel cincinnati at the chance. I like how you say I have no poise or intelligence while you re calling me a dickstain and a useless troll. You re one to talk. And aren t you like 50? Maybe you should grow up and act your age, old man.
How long is the $ciloon-Shortarse-sponsored Cruise cattle-market going to go on before Tommy-Girl realises that NO SANE HUMAN BEING WANTS TO GET WITHIN PROJECTILE-VOMITING-DISTANCE of a {relationship} with him?
And now I m feeling dirty because I CAN T WAIT to find out who Tom Cruise s date will be for The Super Power Grand Opening! I don t know whether to stock up on smelling salts or PeptoBismol, but I m learning to keep my helmet on even for the morning shift.
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