04/17/2008
What Caused Jason Beghe's Car Accident?
His association with a gay friend, according to Scientologists. Actor Jason Beghe, whose video denouncing Scientology hit the internet recently, gave an interview to the Village Voice earlier this month which sheds some light on the cult's relationship with homosexuality:
"Beghe says the proof that Scientology was no longer working for him came when he was almost killed in a car accident. After the L’s, he points out, that shouldn’t happen. 'A clear isn’t supposed to have a car accident. You’re supposed to be practically immortal.' To the Scientologists, the accident was an indication that someone was 'suppressing' Beghe. So they pulled him in for more interrogation. 'What about this gay person you’re friends with,' Beghe says one official asked him, implying that somehow the gay friend was causing Beghe’s clear state to be sabotaged. When Beghe objected, he says the official responded, 'Well, he’s gay.'"
That video, if you haven't seen it, AFTER THE JUMP...
UPDATE: The reason this video is not accessible is because last night Scientology was apparently successful in having the account that was hosting it cancelled.
Jason Beghe: Scientologist Feared a Gay Friend Caused My Car Crash [runnin' scared]
Scientology's First Celebrity Defector Reveals Church Secrets [village voice]
Posted 4:09 PM EST by Andy in News, Scientology | Permalink
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The sad thing is how anyone could be fooled into this nonsense in the first place. A "clear," immortal? Please. A 2 year old could see through that.
Posted by: Wes | Apr 17, 2008 4:22:34 PM
So he was driving with Tom Cruise?
Posted by: Roscoe | Apr 17, 2008 4:27:55 PM
That guy Beghe is handsome. Rough talkin' man, too...sometimes that turns me on--if the guy is rugged. Cursin' queens don't anything for me.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Apr 17, 2008 4:57:04 PM
ROFLMAO
Roscoe
I was all ready to post some snide comment about scientology, but you made me laugh so hard that I just don't care anymore.
;-)
Thanks, I needed that laugh.
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Apr 17, 2008 5:09:26 PM
And it's stuff like this that is the reason behind the Anonymous protests against the Church of Scientology.
05/10/2008
Posted by: SoylentDream | Apr 17, 2008 5:18:46 PM
Well I guess like the Tom Cruise video, "The Church" has had it removed.
Posted by: Dave | Apr 17, 2008 6:07:13 PM
I had a major crush on him when I was in junior high and he was on that HBO series "1st & 10" - where Delta Burke plays the owner of a football team. Talk about a gay classic! That was my first exposure to muscled man ass and Christopher Meloni (with hair!)
I blame 1st & 10 for making me gay!!!!
Posted by: stevo | Apr 17, 2008 6:18:45 PM
When that dude was on Melrose there was an episode where the show began with him playing basketball in sweatpants. He obviously was going commando and "it" was flopping around everywhere. The scene only lasted maybe 20 seconds but I had taped it for some reason. I must have watched that thing for at least a year after that. I think I was like 11 or 12 :) Very hot man.
Posted by: Jersey | Apr 17, 2008 6:19:26 PM
Talk about irony. I wonder what their principle celebrity-in-residence, Tom Cruise himself, would have to say on the subject of gay rumor-mongering? Live by the sword, die by the sword.
PS Not that I would object to the accidental posting of blackmailing images of Jason Beghe taking a sudsy shower with, say, Luis the landscaper.
PSS I sincerely believe Scientology is a refuge for bossy Type-A people with personality disorders. What a freak show. And I love it.
Posted by: Tim | Apr 17, 2008 10:20:41 PM
I wonder how much money he's contributed to the cult?
Posted by: David | Apr 18, 2008 8:06:47 AM
Derrick,
I agree.
I've had a mad crush on him ever since I first saw him in Monkey Shines. And he does have an "edgy" energy. Sort of like he'd get really angry with you and break something, then grab you and kiss you really hard and carry you off to the bedroom....oh God, I'm beginning to sound like Greer Garson!
Anyways, I like a guy who's "all man" and not afraid to cut through the bullsh*t to get his point across. Hell, he might even defend a boy's honor if the situation presents itself........
There I go again!
Posted by: banjiboi | Apr 18, 2008 10:40:32 AM
oops, I meant "presented" itself.
Posted by: banjiboi | Apr 18, 2008 10:42:53 AM
Hey, BANJIBOI
see, we do share more in common than politics, and a similar sense of humor, AND an intolerance for gay people who are intolerant. I don't think it's unusual for gay men (or males) to be attracted to men who are opposite in temperment. Believe it or not, I'm a very passive person in person...even when I'm very very tipsy. Therefore, I like a man who is aggressive and forceful. 'Course, I don't want him to whup me or beat me...well, not with his fists.
And now that I'm fifty, I may have to find a "rough 'n' sweet" man who is also blind. Hey, the new governor of New York is sexy.
Did you know that Greer Garson gave a 30 minute acceptance speech when she won the Oscar for "Best Years of Our Lives"? I wonder if she was drunk?
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Apr 18, 2008 11:04:10 AM
"Mrs Miniver" for God's sake. I love booze, but I've lost too many damn brain cells.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Apr 18, 2008 11:07:29 AM
He was great as Matt's bofyriend on "Melrose Place" (was that season 2 and 3?), but ultra-hot in the X-Files episode, "Darkness Falls," where he played a gruff forest ranger!
Posted by: RD | Apr 19, 2008 1:38:54 PM
I thought he was hot as the cop that got locked in the trunk in Thelma & Louise.
Posted by: Eric From S.Dallas | Apr 20, 2008 2:00:31 PM