Michelle Stafford
The Young and Restless star Michelle Stafford practices Scientology after she left General Hospital in 2019. The General Hospital show’s storyline eerily resembled that of Scientology, and it made watchers of the show wonder if there was something more going on. Before her contract finished, she left the soap opera due to discomfort. People believed she was involved with the Church. According to Show Bizz 411, “the soap cult is very similar to Scientology: members are being roped in to pay big fees for “classes,” they have a charismatic leader who’s insinuating himself into various characters’ lives…For several years they featured a clinic for the criminally insane called Miscavige, obviously named for David Miscavige, the real-life Napoleonic leader of Scientology.” Stafford was seen less and less on the show, as her reputation was hitting a wall after viewers believed she was involved with the Church (ShowBiz411).