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TOO LATE TO SAVE HERSELF

How Leah Remini got fired from The Talk by being herself

The actress desperately tried to single herself out as the standout host on the CBS show, but being “trashy” and “disruptive” was her downfall.

Leah Remini with fellow cohosts of The Talk at the outset of season one
“LEAH IS POISON”

Jealousy, Snobbery and Sexual Impropriety: Leah Remini’s Climb to Notoriety

From the moment she stepped on a TV show set, Leah Remini honed her abusive misconduct so well she may have worked herself out of a job.

Leah Remini, Living Dolls publicity photo 1989
LEAH: LEAVE HER OR LOSE ME

Stealing a Husband and Father, Tearing a Family Apart

Leah Remini went after a married dad “with venom.” She spun it her way, but family, friends and her own handwritten accounts now tell the true story.

Leah Remini and Angelo Pagán
RAISING LEAH

Stepmother Speaks Out

Donna Fiore paints a damning indictment of the actress she helped raise from the age of 5: a lying child then, a lying diva now.

Donna Fiore (top), stepdaughters Nicole and Leah, and George Remini ca. 2000
FLAT RANSACKED

As Granny Lay Dying… A Vulture Was Flying

How Leah Remini grabbed her dying 93-year-old grandmother’s estate—and skipped the funeral.

Mary Remini died in June 2006
THE FATHER SHE REJECTED

Leah Denies Dad $1,500 Emergency Loan for Cancer Biopsy

Selfishness led to Leah Remini’s estrangement from her father, George Remini, who only wanted some respect and love from his daughter.

George Remini with Leah, ca. 2000
THE BOTTOM LINE

“Trying to Make a Dollar off My Church”

The real story of Leah Remini’s orchestrated exit from the Church of Scientology to get what she craves most: attention and money

Leah Remini reveals her bottom line on ABC 20/20 with Dan Harris in 2017
HISTORY DOESN’T LIE

Leah Remini’s Role as Ringmaster of Her Own Industry Circus

A trail of former managers and publicists is marked by conflicts and lawsuits to force the actress to pay her dues.

Leah Remini with makeup team

Leah Remini’s Defense of the Disgraced Paul Haggis

From rape accusations to his invented narrative of leaving the Church

Paul Haggis and Leah Remini, 2015
THE UNTOLD STORY

Leah Remini to Dying Sister: “Get Charity Care”

Remini’s former stepmother lets loose on how Leah “made a complete mockery and disaster” of sibling Stephani Remini’s death.

Stephani Remini with older sibling Leah
TOXIC ENVIRONMENT

Leah Remini’s Abuse of Personal Assistants

Firsthand and eyewitness accounts reveal a damning picture of Remini’s abuse—and her apparent attempt to silence those she damaged.

Leah Remini, November 2016
INDUSTRY “NIGHTMARE”

Leah Remini: Abuse and the Aftermath

Reports of Leah Remini’s verbal assaults, “huge ego” and push for a raise plagued production of her cable TV show and continued in its aftermath.

Leah Remini and Mike Rinder on an “Aftermath” set in 2017, as reports of Remini’s abusive conduct churned behind the scenes.
INCITING VIOLENCE

When Vengeance Leads to Words, Words Lead to Hate and Violence

Leah Remini has incited the very bigotry and hate that she herself was fearful of and abhorred as a Scientologist.

Leah Remini; Police take suspect into custody after the January 2019 murder of a Scientologist in Sydney.