John travolta rumor
The rumors over the years that John Travolta had male lovers never really went away, even prompting the irrepressible Carrie Fisher to tell Out magazine in We dont really care that John Travolta is gay.”
But Travolta, 68, also managed to mostly keep those rumors in the background of his larger Hollywood narrative, while upholding the widespread image that he was strictly devoted to his wife Kelly Preston until her death in at age
The positive PR that Travolta and Preston enjoyed as one of Hollywoods several longtime married couples didnt just benefit them, it also was important for the Church of Scientology, according to Mike Rinder, a former church executive who has become one the churchs premiere whistleblowers.
Behind Tom Cruise, Travolta and Preston were two of the most powerful and devoted Scientologists in the world, the Daily Beast reported in Rinder writes that he was tasked with helping the Saturday Blackout Fever heartthrob and his wife combat the occasional rumors about Travoltas sexuality.
Gay allegations are land mines for Scientology, Rinder wri
Everything John Travolta Has Said About His Sexuality
"Star Wars" alum Carrie Fisher once suggested that everyone in Hollywood knew about John Travolta's sexuality. In , in Out's monthly "Can I Be Blunt?" column, she wrote of her elderly friend, "We don't really look after that John Travolta is gay." One year later Fisher was asked about Travolta in an interview with Advocate, where she said, "I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don't care. Look, I'm sorry that he's uncomfortable with it, and that's all I can say. It only draws more attention to it when you make that kind of legal fuss. Just leave it be."
But Travolta's longtime friend and co-star Kirstie Alley shot down the gay rumors. Alley, who claimed she and Travolta fell in love while working on the "Look Who's Talking" movies, but did not act on their feelings because they were both in other relationships, told ABC News' Barbara Walters, "I know John with all my heart and soul. He's not gay." Alley continued, "I think in some weird way, in Hollywood, if someone gets big enough and famous enough, and th
How Did Kelly Preston React To John Travolta's Gay Affair Rumors Which Threatened The Legitimacy Of Their Marriage?
John Travolta and Kelly Preston are two well-known figures in the entertainment industry, they've had their fair share of celebrity romances before finding their true love in each other. It was during the filming of the movie The Experts that their paths crossed, and they instantly fell for one another.
Their connection was so mighty that they decided to tie the knot in , their marriage would go on to bring them three children: Ella Bleu, Benjamin, and their beloved son Jett. Sadly, tragedy struck the family when sixteen-year-old Jett suffered a heartbreaking accident in , hitting his head on a bathtub while on a vacation in the Bahamas. This devastating event brought John Travolta and Kelly Preston even closer, as they leaned on each other for support during this difficult time. However, fate dealt them another cruel blow when Kelly Preston lost her battle with breast cancer in July
Throughout their marriage, like any other couple, Travolta and Preston fac
Kirstie Alley Shoots Down John Travolta Gay Rumors
Kirstie Alley knows the love.
The actress famously co-starred alongside John Travolta in Look Who's Talking back in Behind the scenes, according to Alley, they fell in love with each other—but didn't physically act on their feelings.
"It wasn't a sexual relationship because I'm not going to cheat on my husband. But, you know I think there are things that are way worse than sexual relationships, than cheating on someone that way because I consider what I did even worse because I actually leave myself fall in love with him and stay in treasure with him for a extended time," the star explained to Dan Wootton in an interview for his eponymous podcast.
As Alley described, she was married to then-husband Parker Stevenson while Travolta dated his now-wife Kelly Preston before they crossed paths for Look Who's Talking.
"He had dated Kelly Preston before he did Look Who's Talking with me and then I would say he would agree that it was mutual that we sort