Fame and name are the zenith points of the celebrity world. But in the pursuit of superstardom, almost every A-lister has to give up on something even more precious: privacy. Even though certain artists hold the strings of their lives too tightly to avoid the spotlight beyond what matters, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been living in the heart of Hollywood for too long to play coy and deceitful. While the non-stop surveillance might make fans feel they know it all by now, some amount of skepticism still surrounds the pair’s stance on Scientology. 

So, for those curious about whether the Smiths are Scientologists, here is the truth.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have long denied being members of the Church of Scientology. However, two years ago, when the 53-year-old published her tell-all memoir, Worthy, some links were found despite their previous denials. She revealed in an extract of the memoir shared by Daily Mail that she did not hold the same amount of stigma around the subject, unlike many, and she also embraced the church’s Basic Study Manual to homeschool her children, Jaden and Willow Smith.

The father of three opened a private elementary school in 2008 with Pinkett Smith, the New Village Leadership Academy in Calabasas, California, and it turns out the latter’s links with Scientology go back to then. In one of the extracts of her memoir, she unveiled using L Ron Hubbard's Study Technology method, she discovered during her introduction to Scientology. Although it came from Scientology, “it is legally defined as secular,” she wrote. 

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That said, did Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith become members of Scientology in the years that followed?

Will Smith’s denial of his links to Scientology stands true to date. However, after the release of Worthy, doubts were inevitably raised regarding Jada Pinkett Smith’s stance. According to her, her defiance of stigma surrounding Scientology stems from her Sunday experiences at the Ethical Society and through her Christian, Islamic, Judaic, Buddhist, and Sufi studies in adulthood. Yet, despite borrowing Scientology’s teaching methods, she never became a member. 

“My goal was to embrace the Basic Study Manual to educate myself about a method of learning,” she continued. Pinkett Smith believes Study Technology intends for a student to “achieve 100 percent proficiency with a subject.” In her book, another link was revealed with Scientology with Narconon—a program under the subject to help people fight against addictions. She reportedly put her father through that following a relapse.

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