Beck Hansen, (former) Scientology celebrity

 
Current lifetime: Born July 8, 1970 in Los Angeles
Most famous for: Decades of really good, original music
Joined Scientology: Raised in it. Took the last name of his artist mother, Bibbe Hansen, who he lived with after she split with his father, composer David Campbell
Fun Scientology completion: Pro TRs, 1989

Beck shattering suppression: “I’ve read books, and I’ve learned about it. I mean, what I’m doing — I have a job, raising kids, I have friends, I have my interests, so I think my life is pretty full. I’m not off doing some weirdo stuff.”

 
“I think he’s always going to be half in and half out. He’s really evasive when people ask him about it. And also his mother, Bibbe, is totally out,” says our Celebrity Centre source. On the other hand, he points out, Beck is married to Marissa Ribisi, Giovanni’s twin sister, which complicates things. And he added an important corollary: Even if Beck did leave Scientology, we wouldn’t hear a thing about it from him.

UPDATE: Beck now says he’s out, and we tend to believe him.

UPDATE: Leah Remini isn’t happy with the way Beck announced his exit, calls it a “pussy move.”

 
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