Kate Mulgrew 'Duped' Into Narrating Documentary About Universe Revolving Around Earth (VIDEO)
"Star Trek: Voyager" star Kate Mulgrew insists that she did not know she was narrating a documentary about geocentricism, the belief that the sun and universe revolves around the Earth. Mulgrew portrayed Captain Kathryn Janeway in the hit series and offered to narrate a project but claims she had no idea what it was about and that she does not agree with its message in any way.
"I understand there has been some controversy about my participation in a documentary called THE PRINCIPLE," Mulgrew posted on her Facebook page. "Let me assure everyone that I completely agree with the eminent physicist Lawrence Krauss, who was himself misrepresented in the film, and who has written a succinct rebuttal in SLATE. I am not a geocentrist, nor am I in any way a proponent of geocentrism."
The documentary caused a number of raised eyebrows because of its insistence of the theory that the universe revolves around Earth, rather than the scientifically-proven fact that Earth and the rest of the universe actually revolves around the sun. Mulgrew was chastised by fans and scientists for participating in the documentary, but worked quickly to get the message out that she did not know what exactly she was working on.
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"I do not subscribe to anything Robert Sungenis has written regarding science and history and, had I known of his involvement, would most certainly have avoided this documentary. I was a voice for hire, and a misinformed one, at that. I apologize for any confusion that my voice on this trailer may have caused," Mulgrew added.
Sungenis is known for his controversial theories, including his questioning of the Holocaust. He produced the documentary which was directed by Katheryne Thomas and is due out later this year.
Physicist Lawrence Krauss, who Mulgrew cited in her Facebook post, did in fact write a rebuttal to the film and his "participation" in it.
"I have no recollection of being interviewed for such a film, and of course had I known of its premise I would have refused," he wrote for Slate. "So, either the producers used clips of me that were in the public domain, or they bought them from other production companies that I may have given some rights to distribute my interviews to, or they may have interviewed me under false pretenses, in which case I probably signed some release. I simply don't know."
Watch the trailer for "The Principle" here:
