Nancy Cartwright is the biggest Scientologist in the world. Yes, the same Nancy Cartwright who has given voice to Bart Simpson for the last couple of decades. She reportedly gave $10 million to the church last year - the largest sum by any single individual.
Nancy reportedly outdonated even Tom Cruise, who gave only a paltry $5 million. And she completely blew the doors off John Travolta and Kelly Preston who gave $1 million each. In return for her generosity, Nancy was given the prestigious Patron Laureate Award.
I guess Nancy really, really wanted that Patron Laureate Award. I mean, 10 million bucks? Who knew someone who worked on The Simpsons even had that kind of money.
And how wonderful does it make you feel, Simpsons fans, to know that a part of the money you've spent on your love of the show has ended up being funneled into the Scientology coffers? Yup - if you went to see The Simpsons movie (which sucked), or if you've bought any of the DVD sets, or if you've helped the show's ratings by watching it, hence allowing the network to jack up their advertising rates and the actors to ask for more money...you've basically become a financial supporter of Scientology.
I guess now we know why, unlike South Park, The Simpsons never makes fun of Scientology or Tom Cruise. They're afraid Nancy will quit the show and they'll have to find another Bart. Of course, The Simpsons makes fun of Christianity all the time, and Judaism and Buddhism and pretty much every other religion. But they don't dare piss off the one Scientologist amongst them.
Scientologists are so open-minded and have such a wonderful sense of humor about themselves.
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