It’s no secret that Leah Remini has since seen the light of Scientology and has done everything in her power to stop the organization from converting people into their cult — with her new Emmy-nominated A&E show. Now in an interview with People, she is revealing the religion tried to get her to convert some of her dearest friends, even her King of Queens co-star Kevin James.

“They always tried to get me to, [asking] ‘Why is he not in? Why have you not promoted it to him?’ I was like, ‘Because he’s Catholic. He doesn’t want anything to do with it,’ ” she said. “They let it go after a while, but usually you’d be expected to recruit, especially with somebody you work with for nine years.”

She continued: “I’m finally at peace knowing who I am and who I want to be. I just want to be happy — and I want to help people.”

A spokesperson for Scientology wrote a statement to People, saying: “It is Remini who is the attacker. Her whole anti-Scientology shtick was scripted and choreographed by her, casting herself in her drama as the ‘victim’ so she could cash in on her false narrative while savaging her friends and those who helped her most of her life.”

Leah responded: “These people who are speaking to me [for the A&E series], they’re getting bullied by Scientology, their children are disconnecting, their parents are disconnecting, and I just hope that I’ve helped even one person to not give up their lives for an ideology. If they’re going to come for me, they’re going to come. I’m not afraid of it. I think it’s disgusting, and the more they do it, the more they expose who they really are … I would like to be the face of resistance to abuse.”