As reported HERE FIRST, Glosslip revealed, thanks to some super-sleuthing by our friend MT and the folks at www.WhyWeProtest.net, voice-over actress Nancy Cartwright used her Bart Simpson voice character to make some promotional calls on behalf of the Church of Scientology for an upcoming event.. The video has been removed from YouTube by 20th Century Fox due to copyright infringement, but the word about what Cartwright did is already out, and her bosses as Fox are none too happy about it.

An article in the Daily Mail reveals that Cartwright’s bosses do NOT approve this message:

Executives at 20th Century Fox are reported to be fuming after Cartwright recorded a voicemail message using her ‘Bart’ voice to boost turn-out for the event at the organisation’s Hollywood centre.

The message begins with Cartwright introducing herself as Bart in the character’s voice.

She says: ‘Hey, what’s happening man, this is Bart Simpson!’ - and laughs using Bart’s trademark chuckle.

The actress - who is a Scientologist - then reveals her true identity, saying: ‘Just kidding, don’t hang up, this is Nancy Cartwright. This is a very special phone call to you.’

During the 59-second message she switches between her voice and Bart’s, ending several sentences with the word ‘man’.

‘It’s gonna be a blast man!’ she says in Bart’s voice, chuckling before describing what she will be speaking about at the event in Los Angeles on January 31.

Blogger Perez Hilton posted the audio on the internet on Wednesday but it was quickly removed due to a copyright claim by 20th Century Fox when the story made headlines, according to The Times.

Simpson’s executive producer Al Jean said: ‘This is not authorised by us.

”The Simpsons’ does not, and never has, endorsed any religion, philosophy or system of beliefs any more profound than Butterfinger bars,’ according to TV gossip website The Live Feed.

DOH! It seems what started out as an internal leak from within the Scientology community, may come back to haunt Cartwright, Scientology and the folks at the Simpson production team.

This story, which is now not only all over the gossip rags, is also hitting mainstream media. The “religion” that is Scientology has been reduced to a punchline to almost any and every joke related to cults, religion and celebrity culture, and they are doing a fantastic job of marginalizing themselves even further with incidents like this. In researching this story, I came across several commenters who voiced concerns over having their kids watch a show which uses its characters to promote one religion over another. Some parents said they were going to ban the show from their homes and inform their friends to do the same. Word is spreading like a virus and Scientology is the STD no one wants.

Nancy Cartwright, who donated $10million dollars to the Church of Scientology, has crossed a line with the public and this may turn out to be a major fiasco.

Oh, and be sure to call that number at the end of the video above (the one that doesn’t use Simpson images and hasn’t been pulled yet) and ask what an OT7 is, what’s the Wall Of Fire and if Lord Xenu will be there. But hurry, the event is this Saturday!

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Nancy Cartwright does the voice for Bart Simpson from Fox’s hit comedy series “The Simpsons.” Nancy’s also a major Scientologist, having contribute $10 million to the Church of Scientology in one year alone, $5 million more than top-gun Scientologist Tom Cruise.

Only problem, it seems she is using her voice-over character, Bart, to shill for Scientology. Not sure what her contract says, but I can’t imagine Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening would appreciate having his most popular character used in conjunction with a highly controversial cult.

Not that anyone will complain about it, the Church of Scientology has a “funny” way of dealing with those who go up against them.

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