Leah Remini has accused Tom Cruise of gradually transforming into David Miscavige, the Church of Scientology’s controversial leader.

“I think it’s time for people to start waking up to the real facts here. Tom has for years manipulated his image to be the good guy,” the 50-year-old actress said in a statement to Us Weekly on Monday.

“Although I believe there was a time when Tom was a decent and kindhearted person, he has morphed himself into David Miscavige and is completely dedicated to Scientology’s mission to ‘clear’ planet Earth — which means making 80 percent of the world’s population into Scientologists.”

Miscavige, the Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center, knows Cruise well and served as best man at his wedding to Katie Holmes.

The Second Act star was a member of the Church of Scientology as a child but she left the organization in 2013. She has tried to divulge some of their misgivings following her departure, particularly in her Emmy-winning show, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. In July 2019, it was also reported that Remini “considered taking legal action” against the organization after its alleging that she had been “spied on and followed.” However, a Church of Scientology representative allegedly denied Remini’s charges at the time.

On July 23, the Second Act star claimed the 58-year-old Top Gun star’s actions were “not consistent” with his public image while praising Thandie Newton for sharing her “nightmare” experience with Cruise. Newton, 47, stated earlier this month that she believed the actor was a “very dominant individual” while they were filming Mission: Impossible 2 in 2000.

“That takes huge balls to do what she did, and if more people speak out in that way, and be brave enough to do so, I think we might get somewhere,” Remini said. “Tom has gotten away with being this ‘nice guy,’ because that’s what Scientology policy says — to create good PR in the world and make those ‘good actions’ known. But if you actually look at his actions, they’re not consistent.”

Remini later backed up her statements against the Jerry Maguire star. “Tom has for years used Scientology and its staff to do his dirty work,” she told Us, referring to former Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre Senior Vice President Tommy Davis as one of the organization’s “thugs in suits.”

The New Yorker also said Cruise “used Scientology” in order to “break up with his former Scientologist girlfriend” and cast his marriage to Nicole Kidman, 53, into doubt. After 11 years of marriage, the couple divorced in 2001. “Davis … used confidential Scientology counseling sessions to bring a wedge between Tom and his wife Nicole because Nicole didn’t want to do Scientology anymore,” Remini claimed. “And David Miscavige, through Marty Rathbun, got rid of Nicole to get Tom closer to Scientology.”