Leah Remini on Leaving Scientology: I "Took a Stance" With My Family 
 
 Leah Remini is ready for life after Scientology. The King of Queens star, 43, supported pal Holly Robinson Peete at Saturday's 15th Annual DesignCare benefit at a private residence in Malibu; the event marked Remini's first public appearance since her news-making departure from the Church of Scientology. Remini was born and raised in the faith favored by the likes of Tom Cruise and John Travolta, but left after allegedly disagreeing with Church leader David Miscavige and some of the organization's supposed practices. 
 
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 Is Remini happy now? "Happy is a relative word," the married mother of one told Us Weekly Saturday. "Yeah. It's a time of change." Specifically addressing her departure from the Church, Remini told Us: "I think the fact that my family has taken a stance and we are on a united front says a lot." 
 
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 In other news, the star says she has some major projects in the works -- including a return to TV. "I'm deciding to do something right now and we'll know in the next week," she teased. "It will be television. It might be in the reality, sitcom world." 
 
 A source previously told Us that Remini's exit was not a decision she took lightly. "She thought about this over a long time." 
 
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 The New York Post's Page Six first reported that Remini had been supposedly subjected to years of "interrogations" and "thought modifications." A rep for the Church told Us Weekly: "The Church respects the privacy of parishioners and has no comment about any individual Church member." 

 Leah Remini on Scientology: 'No One Is Going to Tell Me How I Need to Think' 
 
 Leah Remini may have split from Scientology earlier this month , but she's not suddenly on her own."We stand united, my family and I, and I think that says a lot about who we are, and what we're about," the former King of Queens star, 43, told PEOPLE on Saturday at the 15th annual DesignCare event in Malibu.Remini, who tangled with the church , added, "I believe that people should be able to question things. I believe that people should value family, and value friendships, and hold those things sacrosanct. That for me, that's what I'm about. It wouldn't matter what it was, simply because no one is going to tell me how I need to think, no one is going to tell me who I can, and cannot, talk to."The actress – who was defended by the niece of David Miscavige, the most powerful man in Scientology – explained, "It doesn't matter, it could be anything. I thought about the family being broken up for some other cause, and I'm not about to shut up."After being a very visible member of the religion for more than three decades , following her departure, Remini thanked fans for their support."I wish to share my sincere and heartfelt appreciation for the overwhelming positive response I have received from the media, my colleagues, and from fans around the world. I am truly grateful and thankful for all your support," she said in a statement earlier this month.
– Leah Remini grabbed plenty of headlines earlier this month with the news that she was parting ways with Scientology. Now she sheds a little (just a little) more light on why, in comments made to People at a Saturday event in Malibu. The meat of her statement: "I believe that people should be able to question things. I believe that people should value family, and value friendships, and hold those things sacrosanct. That for me, that's what I'm about. It wouldn't matter what it was, simply because no one is going to tell me how I need to think, no one is going to tell me who I can, and cannot, talk to. ... I'm not about to shut up." Us Weekly reports that her Saturday appearance was her first step into the public eye since the news of the church-star split broke. It managed to grab a word with the actress, too, asking her if she was happy. "Happy is a relative word," she replied, describing the present as "a time of change." As for that change, we might get to witness it: Remini says she's planning a return to TV, maybe "in the reality, sitcom world." She promised more on that in the next week.