Michelle Pfeiffer used to be in a cult. And no, by cult we don't mean Hollywood. According to an article in the Telegraph, the fifty-five-year-old actress famous for her roles in Batman Returns and Dangerous Liaisons recently revealed she was a part of a cult when she was just starting out at age twenty.
The story goes that Pfeiffer met a couple who was very strict and controlling about her lifestyle.
"They worked with weights and put people on diets. Their thing was vegetarianism," she said. "They were very controlling. I wasn't living with them, but I was there a lot and they were always telling me I needed to come more. I had to pay for all the time I was there, so it was financially very draining."
The sect known as breatharianism—in which people forswear food and strive to live on sunlight alone—makes Scientology, even the Cult of Madonna, look tame by comparison. (I'm going out on a limb here, but how does this differ from most personal trainers currently working out of L.A... Gwyneth?)
It was only after researching the Moonies with her first husband, actor Peter Horton, that Pfeiffer, still a strict vegan, realized she had once been part of a cult. Things went even darker from there.
Pfeiffer's latest film is called The Family.
What's the weirdest diet/lifestyle you've ever tried out?
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