John Stamos claims that as a young man starting out, he was inspired by Grease star John Travolta. So much so that he was even willing to consider joining the Church of Scientology.
During a recent episode of “The Friends in High Places” Podcast series, John Stamos shares that when he was only 17, he was allegedly recruited to join the Church of Scientology. However, luckily for him, he managed to dodge that bullet.
John reveals that his respect for actor John Travolta and a ‘hot girl’ he met found him heading unknowingly to a Scientology introductory meeting.
“With me, I was in an acting class and there was a hot girl, [who] said to me, ‘You know we’re all meeting at this [place] on Hollywood Boulevard, you should come after [class],’” Stamos, 61, recalled.
“I was working at my dad’s restaurant at the time and I said, ‘Dad, I gotta go.’ So, I went and it was the Scientology building. Seeing [Grease] was like, ‘I wanna be that,” Stamos stated. “I wanted to be John Travolta, I still do. Well, minus the whatever it is that they do.”
John Stamos, Not Scientology Material
The Full House star shares that Mia, the ‘hot girl’ he was trying to impress, approached him after acting class to bring the books he had forgotten.
“I’m walking to my car and Mia runs out and hands me my workbooks,” Stamos wrote in the book. “‘Hey, you forgot these.’ She adds an extra book, the size of a brick, to my stack. ‘Start with this one,’ she says, smiling. ‘I think it will open your eyes to some amazing things.’”
John Stamos admits he thought the idea was intriguing and began looking through Mia’s information. He read a passage about control, specifically “controlling your reactionary mind, controlling energy, controlling space, and controlling time.”
Finding it interesting, John decided to attend the meeting. He got a weird feeling. The actor describes the Scientology building as ‘creepy as f–k.’ Upon his entrance, Stamos says one man immediately began questioning him.
He claims he was introduced to a machine made from two cans called the “E-Meter.” Stamos adds that, according to the Church, the device can indicate changes in emotional states. John says he was very young and nervous, so he immediately started playing around with the device, pretending to hold a fake phone conversation.
In his memoir, If You Would Have Told Me, John Stamos details his experience with the Church of Scientology. He recalls that the church members were not impressed with his humor. Stamos wrote, ‘The Wayback Machine needle jumps in the corner,’ referring to a device used in Scientology. He noticed Mia looked disappointed. So they kicked him out of the meeting. ‘Apparently, I’m not Scientology material. Darn it,‘ claims John.
