John Travolta has gotten behind a campaign to stop hte BBc from airing an expose on his religion of Scientology.
Travolta has written to BBC chiefs claiming that BBC reporter John Sweeney vents “personal prejudices, bigotry and animosity” and harbours “hatred against my religion”.
At one point during the Panorama investigation, Sweeney lost his temper with the Scientologists and launched a bitter tirade on them.
He admitted to The Daily Mail:
“It was a stupid thing to do. I apologised almost immediately. It was wrong, and I’m sorry.
“I’ve been hauled over the coals by the BBC. In mitigation, it was my seventh day with Scientologists and I defy anyone to spend that long with them and not feel brainwashed.”
Scientologist spokesman Mike Rinder said: “Mr Sweeney’s tactics are outrageous. He is abusive and when it became clear his stories are pre-written and he wouldn’t let the facts get in the way, he had a meltdown.”
The BBC said: “While Mr Sweeney’s behaviour at one point is clearly inappropriate, the BBC is happy that, taken as a whole, the filming was carried out fairly.”
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