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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Kirstie Alley Wants to Know Who The Whistleblower is, and NOW: Former “Cheers” Star is Still Crazy as a Fruitbat

There’s no end to the fruitbat craziness of former Cheers star Kirstie Alley. I dare say if there’s ever a “Cheers” reunion, these Tweets she issued recently won’t earn her an invitation. Didn’t you wonder why Sam would never go near Rebecca, that they had to keep bringing Diane back for him? I think this — and Alley’s devotion to Scientology, which has just about wrecked her career — will explain it. Kirstie wants to know who the Whistleblower is NOW. “We might as well play gossip with ghosts,” says the Xenu-trained philosopher. Quick, everyone back in the space ship! PS whatever happened to Kirstie’s Scientology-backed weight loss program?

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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