Say what you want about Page Six, but they’re close readers of celeb quotes. You’ve heard about the controversy over Will Smith’s remarks about Hitler, right? Here’s what he told Scotland’s Daily Record:

“Even Hitler didn’t wake up going, ‘Let me do the most evil thing I can do today. I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was good. Stuff like that just needs reprogramming.”

Now, some people have been trying to twist this into “Will Smith likes Hitler” or “The Fresh Prince thinks Hitler was a good person.” No, he’s just saying that nobody sees himself as the villain of his own story, not even Hitler. That doesn’t mean Hitler was right, or that he was a good person; just that he thought he was. This is not exactly the most original or controversial stance in the history of the world, unless of course it’s expressed by a top box office draw.

But the really interesting thing, the part that Page Six picks up on, is Smith’s use of the word “reprogramming.” That’s what Scientology is all about. Scientologists have to go through repeated reprogramming sessions (they call it “auditing,” but here on Earth it’s known as brainwashing) until they achieve a state of “clear.” You know, like Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Those guys are “clear.” They’re also incredibly wealthy and famous, but that’s probably just a coincidence.

So, the fact that Will Smith is one of the biggest movie stars in the world and is being recruited befriended by Cruise has nothing to do with Smith throwing around Scientology lingo like it ain’t no thang. Just because they’ve got him to the point where he thinks the Holocaust could have been avoided if Hitler had been a Scientologist, that doesn’t mean they’ve got their hooks in him. Right?

All of which is my long-winded way of asking, once again: Has anybody checked on Will Smith’s grandma lately?