Leah Remini Book: Actress Working On Tell-All Memoir

Former Scientologist and Hollywood star Leah Remini has a tell-all memoir coming. Titled "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology," the book sees Remini open up about her time in the religious organization, how she became acquainted with it and why she left it back in 2013. It will also follow her journey to stardom and how she scored the life-changing wife role opposite Kevin Bacon.

Remini, who is known for her character Carrie in the classic nine season-long CBS sitcom "The Kings and Queens," is pumped about the release of the book on Nov. 3 and she doesn't seem to be fazed about how more controversial the book can become when it hits the shelves. She tweeted the official cover for the memoir, writing that she is "very excited" about it.

In a press release acquired by The Hollywood Reporter, "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology" was billed as a "bold, brash, and bravely confessional" that chronicles the star as she moved "toward emotional and spiritual freedom, both for herself and for her family." Her writings in the book will serve as the first time Remini talks about that aspect of her life.

"Indoctrinated into the church as a child while living with her mother and sister in New York, Remini eventually moved to Los Angeles, where her dreams of becoming an actress and advancing Scientology's causes grew increasingly intertwined. But when she began to raise questions about some of the church's actions, she found herself a target, which led to her -- and her family's -- break from the church," the press release read.

When news about her departure from Scientology was hot, she talked to Ellen DeGeneres on the star's talk show via The Wrap about how her "eyes [were] opened" about the truth as she carried on her association with the religion, which she became a member of since her mother was involved with it at a young age. Remini also revealed that they "lost friends" after the separation.

Apparently, when a Scientologist leaves the group, he or she is prohibited from communicating with friends who are still in it. Cutting ties from the religion also meant severing their friendship with members. In response to the book, the Church of Scientology had this to say via Vanity Fair: "Ms. Remini needs to move on with life and stop obsessively blaming others for her problems, be it her former religion or those she has worked with professionally."

"Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology" will be published by Ballantine Books, a Penguin Random House imprint, on Nov. 3. Filmmaker showed his support to Remini by praising her bravery, "a rare commodity in Hollywood" in one of his tweets.

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