Scientologist Elisabeth Moss slammed for ‘hypocritical’ Golden Globes speech

HANDMAID’S Tale star Elisabeth Moss was cheered at the Golden Globes for her words against harassment. But there’s a problem with her speech.

Elisabeth Moss with her award for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series. Picture: Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Hulu

ELISABETH Moss marked her Golden Globe win for Best Actress in a TV drama by putting her own spin on a quote from Margaret Atwood, whose novel inspired the series The Handmaid’s Tale.

Moss thanked Atwood and other women “who were brave enough to speak out against intolerance and injustice” before slightly altering Atwood’s words saying: “We no longer live in the blank white spaces at the edge of print. We no longer live in the gaps between the stories. We are the story in print, and we are writing the story ourselves.”

Moss accepting her Golden Globe. Picture: Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

The 35-year-old, who practices Scientology, was immediately called out on Twitter for her acceptance speech with many calling Moss a hypocrite for preaching for equality.

What Elisabeth Moss said was amazing. I hope she starts within herself and examines the injustices of Scientology. #GoldenGlobes

— Bomb Cyclone (@SoSofieFatale) January 8, 2018

Let's see what hypocritical thing Elisabeth Moss says about human rights while being an oppressive Scientologist!

— Zach Heltzel (@zachheltzel) January 8, 2018

As I say at every award show: Elisabeth Moss funds and defends an organization that profits off of human trafficking and child abuse. Her pretty words mean nothing. pic.twitter.com/OdnDY3pVFa

— Ryan Houihan (@RyanHoulihan) January 8, 2018

This tweet. There's also the fun fact that Elisabeth Moss is a Scientologist, and they believe in covering up for their members when it comes to sexual assault, and who knows what else. I will never watch the show, but I am interested in reading the book, at least. https://t.co/zyJhGCCRyb

— Dean Hanson (@deanomyte87) January 8, 2018

Moss has had to defend her religion in the past.

The former Mad Men star is famously hush-hush about her association with the church, but a few months ago she responded to a fan’s question about The Handmaid’s Tale and Scientology.

“Question though, does it make you think twice about Scientology? Gilead [the fictional country in the TV show] and Scientology both believe that all outside sources (aka news) are wrong and evil … it’s just very interesting,” one fan asked Moss in August.

Moss responded at the time: “That’s actually not true at all about Scientology. Religious freedom and tolerance and understanding the truth and equal rights for every race, religion and creed are extremely important to me. The most important things to me probably. And so Gilead and ‘THT’ hit me on a very personal level.”

Elizabeth Moss is a Scientologist, a religion that actively silences women (see: Danny Masterson) while covering up their own faults, and they aggressively go after those who dare speak up against them. But, she's wearing black in support of #TimesUp . So... ??? #GoldenGlobes

— Yolanda Machado (@SassyMamainLA) January 8, 2018

The controversial church came under fire late last year when it was revealed that actor Danny Masterson, who is a Scientologist, had been accused of rape and the Church of Scientology was accused of protecting Masterson.

People deeply connected with the church told Fox News members did have knowledge of Masterson’s alleged behaviour before the media reports.

Several sources told us that the Church of Scientology systematically covers up misdeeds of its most prominent members — and Masterson, they say, is no exception.

Chris Shelton, a former member of the Church of Scientology and Sea Org from 1987-2012, said the church silences members who want to take complaints to law enforcement.

“The church works to protect the church first,” he told Fox.

He said the next most important thing to Scientologists is to protect the members of the church and its public image.

“[The Church of Scientology] considers anyone outside the church to be a ‘wog,’ which is a defamatory word describing non-members ... It creates an ‘us versus them’ mentality [and tells] members that ‘wogs’ at law enforcement won’t protect them.”

This story originally appeared in Fox News and is republished here with permission.