 According to her account, after she revealed to her Scientologist talent manager Gay Ribisi (mother of actor Giovanni Ribisi) that she had read "A Piece of Blue Sky", a book critical of the Church, she was labeled a Suppressive Person and shunned (or "disconnected") by her friends within the church.Llywelyn's manager, a member of the Church, also "disconnected" and allegedly convinced United Talent Agency to drop Llywelyn as a client.Since her departure, Llywelyn has been an outspoken critic of the Church of Scientology.