Jason Beghe attends the 2013 NBC Upfront Presentation Red Carpet Event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, on May 13, 2013.
Actor Jason Beghe had one of the most outspoken defections from the Church when he released a passionate YouTube video in 2008 attacking the organization. In the two-hour segment, the Californication star expressed his profound discontent with the religion, saying, “If Scientology is real, then something’s f***ed up. It ain’t delivering what it’s promised.” Several years later, Beghe told the Village Voice that he believes the Church is frustrated that he has become more successful since leaving. “The entire Scientology mythology is that if you leave the church you go on to fail,” he noted, “But I’ve quadrupled my income. I’m hotter than I’ve ever been. And it’s killing them.”