John Stamos recalls a story of unexpected rejection as a teenager.
In an interview with diversity, the Full house actor, 61, revealed the Church of Scientology didn’t want him as a member after he “messed up”. He explained that he was unwittingly invited to the organization’s Hollywood location by a girl in his acting class who he thought was “hot,” so he left.
“She said, ‘You know, we all meet at this address on Hollywood Boulevard. Come later [class]’, he recalled. “I was working at my dad’s restaurant at the time and I said, ‘Dad, I have to, I have to go.’ So I went and it was a Scientology building!”
He added that he was only 16 or 17 years old, and when he entered, he started playing with the E-meter, which Scientologists believe measures a person’s level of spirituality.
John Stamos says he listened to Bob Saget’s ‘Every Night’ audiobook after he died: ‘It gave me such comfort’
John Stamos.
Mireya Acierto/Getty
“They brought me over there and there was this guy and they had an E-meter and I’m holding these two cans, so I started [saying]you know, ‘Hello…Peabody in the Wayback Machine,'” he recalled. “You know, Sherman and Peabody.”
“They didn’t like that,” he continued. “I was just screwing around so much that they said, ‘Get out. Get. Go.’ They just kind of kicked me out.”
In his memoirs, If you had told meStamos also wrote about his experience, recalling, “I was kicked out of the room and sent to my merry-go-round. Apparently I’m not Scientology material. Damn.”
He also wrote that he admires John Travolta, who has been a Scientologist since 1975, after seeing him on set Fat.
Kerry Washington Read John Stamos’ memoir before working together Unclosed: ‘So many crazy parallels’ (Exclusive)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(767x278:769x280)/john-travolta-fanatic-3c3f04d8116b42fa90abf79c84300c95.jpg)
John Travolta attends the Quiver Distribution premiere of “The Fanatic” at the Egyptian Theater on August 22.
Getty Images
Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“I don’t know the meaning of the word ‘charisma’ at that moment, but I learn the essence encoded in the concept when Tra-volta moves like a panther cutting through the crowd in that iconic black suit with a pink shirt, white socks, and pocket square charming and radiating an aura of greatness,” he shared.
“Yes! I want to be that!” he remembered thinking.
Categories: Trends
Source: HIS Education