I apologize (sort of) for these photos from last year’s TIFF festival. John Travolta attended the premiere of The Forger, which he’s promoting now. I thought Travolta couldn’t get any creepier, but the beard makes things worse. Just like this new interview that John did with GMA. Scientology knows that it’s in the cult’s best interest not to disrupt the Tom Cruise box office potential. Yet a little John Travolta movie won’t make much money, so who cares? John’s already called Scientology “brilliant,” and he’s back for more cheerleading.

This time, Travolta would like all Scientology critics to go “read a book,” which is hilarious. John’s using a more civilized tactic to attack CO$ opponents than Danny Masterson (who came out with E-meters blazing and told everyone to “go f*** yourselves“). John is simply accusing the public of being too lazy to properly research his cult. Instead of watching HBO’s Going Clear, he’d like everyone to pick up a copy of L. Ron Hubbard’s Dianetics. John believes that Scientology is simply “misunderstood” and deserves the old college try:

John’s advice for everyone: “You know, people really need to take time and read a book … that’s my advice. You can read A New Slant on Life. You can read Dianetics. I think if you really read it, you understand it. But unless you do, you’ll speculate — and I think that’s a mistake to do that.”

John knows why you’re picking on CO$: “Sometimes, when something really works well it becomes a target.”

[From GMA on Yahoo]

Oh, that wacky Travolta. The man thinks he can talk people into digesting the so-called scripture of Hubbard. This is a desperate move and a sneaky way of trying to recruit a few gullible people into the cult. Nice try. Everyone should read Going Clear instead.

P.S. Paul Haggis told the Hollywood Reporter about what happened to him after Going Clear aired. He was contacted for an in-person interview about the “golden age of film” by someone claiming to be a “Mark Webber” from Time magazine. Haggis’ team did some legwork and found nobody by that name at Time. The creepy thing is that Scientology runs a “Golden Era Productions” studio. Haggis believes the CO$ was trying to troll him. Hopefully, they weren’t also trying to harm him.

Photos courtesy of WENN