Kirstie Alley: Weight Loss Program Not Connected to Scientology

By Sam Brand Posted Mar 17th 2010 03:40PM

Scientology. Kirstie Alley. Weight loss. A triumvirate of more exciting phrases is rarely uttered. Tuesday night, the former 'Cheers' star sat down with David Letterman to speak out on her famous struggle on the scales and to promote her upcoming reality show 'Kirstie Alley's Big Life.' "I think other people are stuggling with my weight more than I am," she told the host. But it was what the actress said Tuesday morning on 'The Today Show' that should get the headlines.

"It's such bulls... It's not true," Alley said when confronted with the rumor that her weight loss program, Organic Liaison, is connected to the Church of Scientology. "I'm the top executive. The address in Clearwater is my accountant, and he's a Scientology Jew."

Alley, 59, has been a member of the controversial church since Narconon, a Scientology-affiliated drug treatment program, helped her kick a cocaine addiction several years ago. In 2007, Alley donated $5 million to the Church of Scientology.

It had been reported that Alley's weight loss company runs out of a Scientology building in Florida and includes several high ranking Scientologists on its board.

When asked by 'Today's' Meredith Vieira if any of Organic Liaison's proceeds fund Scientology, Alley remarked, "No, they don't. I'm way too cheap to do that."

On 'The Late Show with David Letterman,' the focus was more on dieting in general than Organic Liaisons' program, which custom tailors an organic lifestyle for its members at the cost of almost $2,000 a year.

"What I'm working on now is getting all the chemicals out of my life, out of all the foods... the pesticides, the insecticides, the herbicides, fungicides, all the antibiotics, all the hormones that are in food," Alley said.

But Alley couldn't go all-in on dieting until filming on 'Kirstie Alley's Big Life' began shooting earlier this year. "I am losing weight now," she said. "I've lost about 24 pounds and I'm on my way on the downhill."

"I'm embarrassed now and if I need to apologize, I'd like to apologize," Letterman said, confessing that he had cracked weight jokes at Alley's expense in the past.

"No, you don't need to," Alley shot back. "We make fun of you at my house, too."

'Kirstie Alley's Big Life' premieres Sunday, March 21 on A&E.

Tags: david letterman, diet, dieting, kirstie alley, kirstie alleys big life, meredith vieira, organic liaison, scientology, weight loss

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Tuesday 06 July

By Cynthia Azzam

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Kirstie I've been watching you on TV since I was little (so were you) and I have always thought that you were the most beautiful woman ever. Skinny girl you were pretty, but now you are gorgeous, sexy, voluptuous, womanly, hot, did I mention sexy? well very sexy. I think you're the bomb, and I wouldn't change a thing about you.

Tuesday 16 November

By katz

I second that, she has a great sense of humor I want to see her on more you go girl

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