John Stamos just explained how his brief relationship with the Church of Scientology as a teenager came to an abrupt end.

The Full House star recounted his dalliance with the alternative religion during an appearance on the Friends in High Places podcast released on Sunday, telling host Matt Friend how a girl initially enticed him to learn more.

As many stories about Scientology go, it all started in an acting class.

There was this hot girl, she said, You know were all meeting at this address on Hollywood Boulevard, you should come after, he remembered, noting how he was just 17 at the time.

I was working at my dads restaurant at the time and I said, Dad, I gotta go. So, I went and it was the Scientology building.

Things went awry almost immediately after the group tried to set Stamos up on an e-meter, or electropsychometer, a device that Scientologists believe can pick up on signs of spiritual distress when held.

As he picked up the e-meters can-shaped handles, Stamos said he started to pantomime being on the phone.