When John Stamos When he was 17, he was reportedly recruited to join the Church of Scientology, but his membership did not last long.
“I was in an acting class and there was a hot girl who said to me, ‘You know, we all meet here on Hollywood Boulevard, you should come after class,'” Stamos, 61, recalled on the Sunday, Aug. 25, episode of the “Friends in High Places” podcast. “I was working at my dad’s restaurant at the time and I said, ‘Dad, I have to go.’ So I went and it was the Scientology building.”
It was both the “hot girl” and his acting idol, John Travoltawhich inspired Stamos to go to the meeting.
“See (Fat) was like, “That’s what I want to be,” Stamos recalled. “I wanted to be John Travolta, I still want to be John Travolta. Well, minus whatever they’re doing.”
Travolta, 70, joined the Church of Scientology in 1975. Stamos, on the other hand, never made it past one of the introductory sessions.
After arriving at the Church, Stamos was taken to the Scientology building and introduced to a machine called the “E-Meter,” which consisted of two cans. (The Church claims that its electropsychometer can indicate changes in emotional states to identify stored engrams and “levels of spiritual distress,” as described on a website.) The Full house Alum immediately started playing around with the device, pretending to have a fake phone call.
“I have one Peabody and Sherman (impression) and they didn’t like it,” Stamos claimed. “Then I was joking around so much that they said, ‘Get out and go.’ They just kicked me out.”
According to the podcast host Matt Friend joked that Stamos was “too annoying” to join the controversial group, the actor agreed.
“That’s pretty bad, I must have been awful,” Stamos joked.
A lifelong bond. Bob Saget and John Stamos weren’t just family on Full House – they also considered each other brothers off-screen. Saget, who died suddenly on January 9, 2022 at the age of 65, remained close to Stamos long after the series ended in 1995. Although the couple played brothers-in-law Danny Tanner and (…).
Stamos described his experiences with the Church of Scientology in his 2023 memoirs, If you had told me.
“I’m walking to my car and Mia comes running out and hands me my workbooks,” Stamos wrote in the book. “‘Hey, you forgot these.’ She puts another book, the size of a brick, on top of my pile. ‘Start with this one,’ she says, smiling. ‘I think it’ll open your eyes to some amazing things.'”
When Stamos opened the book, he read a passage about control and “the control of your reactionary mind, the control of energy, the control of space and the control of time.”
The book sparked Stamos’ curiosity to visit the church venue, but he soon found the place “damn spooky.”
“(A man) starts questioning me about committing crimes, asking if I have negative thoughts about Scientology or (the founder). L. Ron Hubbard and asks some weird questions about sex,” Stamos wrote. “The Wayback Machine needle jumps to the corner and Mia looks disappointed. Apparently I’m not Scientology material. Damn.”
The church, meanwhile, has not commented publicly on Stamos’ allegations.
