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- After Jerrod Carmichael made a joke

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about Scientology at the
Golden Globes this week,

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a 2021 interview has resurfaced

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with Seth Rogen talking
about his close call

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with Tom Cruise and Scientology.

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In a SiriusXM interview with Howard Stern,

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Rogen claimed that Cruise tried to get him

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and Judd Apatow to hop on
board the Scientology train

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during a meeting in 2006.

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According to Rogen,

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Cruise brought up Scientology
a few hours into the meeting.

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Rogen said, quote,

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"I'll never forget the wording he used,

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'It's like with Scientology.

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If you let me just tell you
what it was really about,

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just give me like 20 minutes

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to, like, really just
tell what it was about,

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you would say, 'No fucking way.

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No fucking way.'"

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Rogen added, quote,

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"I remember being like,

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'Is that a good thing to be saying?'"

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Apatow changed the subject
away from Scientology,

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according to Rogen,

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with the director saying
simply, "I think we're good.

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Let's just talk about movies and stuff."

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We here at The A.V. Club
salute Mr. Apatow's ability

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to curb the conversation

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without being deemed a suppressive person

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by the Church of Scientology.

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(upbeat music continues)