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I’ve known Marie since I was little because my mom and Marie’s husband, David, worked in the same company together. But my mom and Marie were best friends.
So, I knew Philip and Elizabeth when they were little kids. I used to babysit. My sister used to babysit too, for Elizabeth.
And I knew Marie and David and how much they loved their kids. And Philip and Elizabeth were—they had the best rooms as kids growing up. And we would just ooh and aah over all their stuff, and their clothes. And they had a really big house and it was really beautiful. And she took care of all their stuff really nice. And Marie was a really great mom. I know it because I saw the way she interacted with her kids. And she didn’t work, but she loved her kids. And she did a lot with them. And David did most of the work, you know. So, David was at work a lot—and he was a software developer, and he worked with computers in a company with my mom. But Marie, she was an awesome mom. I talked to her for years about Elizabeth when she was growing up. So, I have firsthand knowledge for sure.
About twenty years ago in 1997, I think, Marie had called me and asked me if I would be interested in having Elizabeth come and live with me because Elizabeth was going to come to Clearwater. And I said, “Sure, of course.” And Elizabeth was 13 or 14 years old but I was closer to Elizabeth’s age, even though I was 27 years old. And I think Marie had a good idea because Elizabeth wasn’t doing good where they were living in North Carolina. Whether she didn’t like the school or if it was a behavior thing, I don’t really know what was going on in North Carolina. But, when Marie asked me if I could be Elizabeth’s guardian down here, and Elizabeth was going to come here to take a course or, you know, get counseling for the summer with Marie’s friend, I thought that was a great idea. And I lived in a beautiful loft in downtown. So, Elizabeth moved in with me. And we had meals together every day. And I had an extra, spare bedroom and I set up her room. And Elizabeth wanted to be really grown up. She wanted to be a grown-up. So, she and I had a good communication line and she was doing well. But of course, in that time is when her father died. Her father died of a heart attack. And I remember when Marie called my mom and said that she was coming to Clearwater that day because there was a tragedy.
My mom, I think, picked up Marie from the airport and came to my house. And together the three of us made sure that the environment was going to be safe because Marie was about to tell her daughter that her father had died. And it was really tragic and terrible, and Marie was heartbroken to have to tell her this. And Marie did everything she could to set up so that when she told her this, it would be as safe of an environment as possible. Because she knew this was tragic news and it was going to change Elizabeth’s life forever. After that they did go back to the Carolinas though. Of course, she went back because she had a lot to do after that, and Elizabeth stayed with her.
And I don’t know what happened to her. And I feel badly that I lost track of her. But if she got on the wrong road and she need—if she needs help getting back on the right road, then she needs to do that.
I mean, I really—I just want to call Elizabeth and say, “What are you doing? Your mother lost her husband to a heart attack, lost her son to a terrible tragedy and now essentially has lost you. Elizabeth, what are you doing? Why are you doing this and going to a TV show and doing this to Marie, who’s a really great person?” Marie has helped a lot of people over the years. She did a lot for my mom when my mom was dying herself. Marie was a really—was a strong person for my mom when she was going through cancer. And Marie’s helped so many people. And maybe Elizabeth doesn’t know that. Maybe Elizabeth doesn’t know but I don’t see how she doesn’t know. Her mother is a wonderful person.
Well, and people like Leah Remini and doing what she’s doing on A&E, it’s disgusting to me. I think it’s disgusting what she’s doing. It’s not true. And she’s taking people and having them talk on her side and for whatever reason. Maybe she’s paying them a lot of money. And I don’t know why people would do this because it’s not true. I don’t. I mean, I’ve been a Scientologist all my life, and I come from a family of Scientologists, and I have a wonderful family of non-Scientologists, and I’m surrounded by non-Scientology friends. And the truth is that that is a disgusting channel anyway. And I feel sad for Elizabeth that she’s gotten pulled into that because it’s gross what they’re doing. It’s not okay.
You know, there’s too much hate and this just fuels the fire of hate no matter who it’s against—whether it’s against Blacks or Asians or Hispanics or Scientologists or Jewish people. I mean, it’s hate and it’s not right. And we should not be doing that, especially in this country. I mean, that’s really the truth.
