Super Bowl Scientology Ad: Fans Can't Believe Commercial That Ran During Big Game
As the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers battled it out on the field for the [...]
I did NOT just see a SCIENTOLOGY AD during the SUPER BOWL pic.twitter.com/4q32ilklFt
— Maddie Crichton (@maddiecrichton) February 8, 2021
While the commercial certainly shocked many, this was not the first time the Church of Scientology has bought a Super Bowl ad spot. Their first Super Bowl commercial aired back in 2013 when the church bought commercial time in local markets, according to The New York Times.
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I think we can all agree the real upset of the night was that commercial for Scientology
— Rachel Matusewicz (@lehcarraquel) February 8, 2021
That commercial called on "the curious, the inquisitive, the seekers of knowledge." In the ad, a narrator said, "some will doubt you. Let them. Dare to think for yourself, to look for yourself, to make up your own mind."
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a scientology commercial in the super bowl pic.twitter.com/eDDjcw0WmX
— EmiIiano (@_emiIiano) February 8, 2021
Titled "Knowledge," the ad ran in cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas, though it had initially run on the organization's website in November 2012. That December, according to the Times, the ad was shown 16 times an hour on a digital billboard in Times Square in December.
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A Scientology ad bookended by two gambling ads? Welcome to Super Bowl 2021!
— DMCj (@dougchapinjr) February 7, 2021
Karin Pouw, a spokeswoman for Golden Era Productions, the Church of Scientology International's own studio, said, "we are thrilled with the response to this advertisement and that so many millions of people were able to see our message." The ad came after several well-publicized attacks on the church's credibility, including a Vanity Fair article detailing actress Katie Holmes' life in Scientology during her marriage to Tom Cruise.
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I cannot stop thinking about how creepy that Scientology ad was.
— Josh LeVasseur (@jmlevass) February 8, 2021
The church has continued to air ads ever since. It's 2014 ad was titled "Scientology Spiritual Technology," 2015's ad was "Age of Answers," 2016's was titled "Who Am I," and 2017's was "Your Full Potential."
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Did anyone else just see the Scientology ad or did I just hallucinate that
— American Eggsalience (@breakin_EGGS) February 8, 2021
In 2018, the church aired a Super Bowl ad titled "Curious?" In the ad, a phrase is typed into a Google search before a slideshow of clips featuring the church's headquarters and other images. "Curious?" the screen asks. "We thought so."
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2021 the year of scientology ads 😂 I mean good message but yikes.
— Abbie (@Abz_Elliott) February 8, 2021
The Church of Scientology again aired a Super Bowl ad in 2019, that one titled "Curiosity." The church's 2020 ad was titled "It's Time To Rediscover The Human Soul."
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