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HILLSONG, SCIENTOLOGY, AND MORE, DISCOVER WHO BELONGED TO WHAT
Celebrities and "organizations" go hand in hand more often than you'd think. Amid the craze surrounding Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, here is a guide to which famous faces have allegedly been linked to questionable "communities", communes and certified cults.
The Big House Family - Supposed Bible study with ties to "Hollywood creatives" and NXIVM-like leadership, per Lenz's upcoming memoir
-OTH alum BethanyJoy Lenz
Breatharianism- Deadly practice of survival without food or water, just sunlight, air, and life force known as Prana
-Michelle Pfeiffer
Children of God - Sex cult accused of alleged pedophilia, polygamy and instilling fear of the apocalypse
-Jeremy Spencer left Fleetwood Mac for the cult in the 1970s
-Joaquin and River Phoenix spent their early days in it
-Rose McGowan's family was involved till she was 9
Full Circle - A place for "community, connection, transformation, activation"
-Founded by 90s heartthrob Andrew Keegan, it was once raided by authorities over alcoholic kombucha
Hillsong Church- Megachurch that preaches "authentic worship," despite alleged sexual abuse, homophobia, and racism
-AnnaSophia Robb
- Austin Butler
-Bono
-Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger
-Hailee Steinfeld
-Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin
-Kevin Durant
-Kourtney Kardashian
-Kylie and Kendall Jenner
-Kyrie Irving
-Nick Jonas
-Selena Gomez
-Tyson Chandler
-Vanessa Hudgens
Manson Family -Psychedelics, murder, and a warped interpretation of The Beatles
-Neil Young hung out with and praised Charles Manson's musical aspirations
Moral Re-Armament (MRA) -Evangelism-driven group gung-ho on moral absolutes
-Glenn Close, who was part of MRA from ages 7to 22, said it was "basically a cult"
NXIVM - MLM-turned sex cult notorious for alleged forced labor, sex trafficking and branding female members
-Smallville alumni Allison Mack, Callum Blue, Kristin Kreuk
-Bonnie Piesse
-Dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg and daughter India
-Hawaii Five-O star Grace Park
-Sarah Edmonson
-Shirley MacLaine
Peoples Temple (aka Jonestown)- Communist-and socialist-infused take on Christianity, with false prophet Jim Jones orchestrating the mass murder-suicide of nearly 1,000
-Jane Fonda
-former First Lady Rosalynn Carter
Rainbow Commune - Free of electricity and TV, Ryder's family was one of 8 on their 300-acre plot
-Winona Ryder
Ramtha's School of Enlightenment (aka Ramtha Riled)- J.Z. Knight's "academy of the mind" that claims to address existential questions, with teachings linked to alleged brainwashing and bigotry
-Linda Evans
-Salma Hayek
-Shirley MacLaine
-Yanni
Scientology - Aliens, A-listers, and a lot of scandals including alleged brainwashing, money laundering and human trafficking, and, most infamously, the disappearance of leader David Miscavige's wife, Shelly
-Danny Masterson
-Elisabeth Moss
-Erika Christensen
-Giovanni Ribisi
-Greta Van Susteren
-Jada Pinkett Smith
-Jeffrey Tambor
-John Travolta
-Juliette Lewis
-Kirstie Alley
-Laura Prepon
-Lisa Marie Presley
-Michael Peña
-Tom Cruise — and ex-wives Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes
The Seaside Sect - Polygamist cult
-Bachelor Nation's Keira Maguire, whose dad founded it
Skymont Subud - "Spiritual movement" of Subud dates back to 1920s Indonesia, but the Arquettes' folks founded this commune
-Patricia and David Arquette
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