MAGA singer Joy Villa makes shock fashion statement at Grammys after messy break from Church of Scientology after 15 years

Singer Joy Villa made a bold fashion statement amid her break from the Church of Scientology - with the message 'Scientology Kills' splashed across her chest - as she walked the red carpet at the 68th Grammys in Los Angeles Sunday.

Villa, 39, told Daily Mail the message 'reflects her personal conviction about the emotional, spiritual, and psychological toll she believes the system has had on many lives.'

The singer donned a colorful ensemble - that also featured the statement 'Jesus Heals' - of a hot pink faux fur jacket over a crystal beaded blue bodysuit.

Villa, who has past gained notoriety for her red carpet ensembles showing support for President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, explained exclusively to Daily Mail how she put this year's eye-catching ensemble together.

Villa's camp said told Daily Mail she designed the look under her Joy Villa Couture label 'as a visual expression of her personal journey out of Scientology and back to her Christian faith.'

The singer - who follows actress Leah Remini and director Paul Haggis as high-profile defections from the Church - intended 'to tell a story without words, illustrating where she has come from, what she has learned, and where she now stands in her faith,' a spokesperson for Villa told Daily Mail.

Daily Mail has reached out to the Church of Scientology for further comment on the story.

Villa's team said that 'the jacket represents warmth, restoration, and the healing she says she experienced after leaving' Scientology.

Villa's team said the blue crystal-beaded bodysuit she wore was 'designed to reference what she describes as the unusual "space" elements and cosmology taught within Scientology.'

They added that 'Her floral hat, covered in vibrant blossoms, represents life, hope, and new growth after leaving what she describes as a dark spiritual period in her life.' 

Villa opened up to Daily Mail on the reasons she left the Church - and why she's currently using her platform to spread awareness of the problems she says exist within its framework.

'I was what you would call a good Scientologist,' Villa told Daily Mail. 'I defended it, promoted it, and helped bring others into it. I genuinely believed I was helping people find truth and healing.'

She added, 'Today, I live with the realization that I participated in something that harmed people, including myself. Some have suggested that I should simply leave and move on quietly.

'I cannot do that. I spent fifteen years encouraging others to trust this system. Now that I understand what it truly is, I feel a moral responsibility to speak just as loudly in the opposite direction.'

Said Villa, 'For me, this is not about revenge, anger, or bitterness. It is about accountability. It is about faith. 

'It is about doing the most Christian thing I know how to do, which is to tell the truth about an experience I now believe was deeply abusive and to warn others before they walk the same path I did.'

Villa last month explained her decision to leave the Church in an essay for the magazine Evie titled Why I Left Scientology.

'From the outside, my life inside Scientology looked like a success story. Inside, it was slowly destroying me,' she said. 'I had given my time, my labor, my voice, my platform, and my influence.'

Villa said she 'had lived at the Celebrity Centre in Hollywood for years, trained at the highest levels, and become one of their most visible success stories as a successful actress and singer.

'My face was everywhere. Posters of me lined Scientology churches. I was used as proof that it “worked.” And on the outside, it looked like it did.'

Villa said in the essay that she had 'reached career heights most artists only dream of;' 'walked the Grammy Awards red carpet multiple times;' and 'had Billboard number-one hits' while a member of the church.

'I appeared on countless national and international news outlets,' Villa said. 'I was visible, successful, and influential. And Scientology took credit for all of it.'

Villa noted that she was 'raised Christian,' 'loved Jesus' and 'Scientology told me I could keep Him.'

She said of her career, 'Every achievement was attributed not to God, not to talent, not to perseverance, but to auditing, donations, and loyalty to the organization. 

'My success became propaganda. My life became marketing. What no one saw was the cost. Scientology is not a self-help system. It's a control system.'

Villa said that after an unpleasant experience working for the church in the UK that left her 'deeply depressed,' she decided to was time to part ways, vowing never to return.

Villa wrapped up her parting note from Scientology in saying, 'Leaving cost me years I will never get back. But it gave me something infinitely more valuable. My soul. My faith. My freedom in Jesus Christ. And I will never go back.'

The Church of Scientology released a statement to Daily Mail in response to Villa's public exit, telling a different story of Villa's experience.

'When Ms. Villa came to the Church, she was grappling with profound personal difficulties,' the statement read. 'She was given counseling and community support to rebuild her troubled life.'

The church said the MAGA star's public exodus from the institution was essentially a step in an elaborate grift she was working.

'She now seeks to exploit those who supported her during her darkest moments in hopes of making a buck,' the church said. 'How un-Christian.

'We urge Ms. Villa to move forward with her life and cease these false claims.'