The New York Post's perpetual oxidation machine Steve Dunleavy takes a surprising turn today, endorsing the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project. The project, offered free to 9/11 responders, is controversial because of its connection to Scientology, but Steve assures us that it is completely secular.

The biggest contributor, of course, is Scientologist Tom Cruise, who has supported the program with a $1.7 million gift and has helped raise an addition $4 million.

But other contributors who have allowed their names to be used include showbiz luminaries Paul Newman, Paul McCartney, Adam Sandler, Leah Remini, Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith. None is a Scientologist.

CRUISES'S CLINIC OK [NYP]

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