In an interview with Texas lifestyle blog The Dentonite, Jason Lee casually mentioned he doesn't practice Scientology. The My Name is Earl star is part owner of a brewpub in Denton, Texas, where he moved with wife Ceren Alkac last year.

When the interviewer asked if he had plans to open any other businesses (without specifically asking about Scientology or religion), Lee responded:

Being that we don't practice Scientology, and that we aren't particularly interested in opening religious centers in general, we have no plans to open a Scientology center. Quite a few rumors about me/us floating around but none of it's true. We're not here to buy up or change or take over Denton, put some kind of personal stamp on it. We're just here like anyone else who wants to be a part of Denton's very cool creative community, and to be involved and perhaps help where we can.

Just last year, Lee's ex-wife Carmen Llywelyn wrote a scathing essay for Gawker about joining the church after meeting Lee, who she says joined five years before they met, and her dramatic exit eight years later. The couple divorced in 2001. In 2008, Lee married Alkac. He told The Dentonite he's working on photo books as well as running to skateboard brands out of Los Angeles.

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