Kirstie Alley has put an end to the John Travolta gay rumors, once and for all. Ha.
But OK, while the whispers will always persist, Alley has addressed them head-on.
In an interview with The Sun, the longtime Scientologist was asked directly if her close friend and former costar Travolta is gay.
Her answer was a bit strange.
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“No I don’t [think he is gay]. I mean, I know him pretty well — and I know the love…” she said before opening up about how the two fell in love but were never physical, as she would never cheat on her then-husband Parker Stevenson, whom she divorced in 1997.
“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.
“I consider what I did even worse because I actually let myself fall in love with him and stay in love with him for a long time.”
Expanding on why a relationship between the two never would have worked, she added: “I go to bed at nine o’clock at night and wake up at five in the morning we basically would have not have seen each other. It would have been a disaster.
“It turned out great because we’ve remained best friends all these years. [He and his wife, Kelly Preston] live next door to me! We’d come through the fence. It’s pretty funny.”
It all sounds rather hilarious, indeed.
In 2014, the actor granted a rare interview about the gay rumors he can’t seem to escape and allegations he had a gay relationship with his former pilot, telling The Daily Beast:
This is every celebrity’s Achilles heel. It’s just about people wanting money. That’s all. It happens on many levels. I don’t care that much about it. Other people may attack it back more than I do, but I let all the media stuff go a long time ago because I can’t control it. I think that’s why it persists, to some degree.
Donston
This is how I deciphered her response: I don’t think he’s all that sexually into women and probably likes hooking up with dudes. But I don’t think he’s ever been in love with a guy. And I don’t see him ever leaving his wife for a man.
Her type of answer is very typical for industry folk. Practically everyone in Hollywood is bi to some degree or is at least willing to indulge a decent amount of bi behavior. So, most industry people’s definition of “gay” tends to be only wanting to be in a romantic relationship with someone of your gender/being in love with someone of your gender, which I honestly have grown to respect. Though she probably would have been better off just saying no comment.
Birdbrain1963
Who cares
QueerTruth
I second that.
Can we let this 30 year rumor whether true or not die already. It’s so 90’s. Bye
Bromancer7
And yet no one even considers he might be bi? Com’n now…
Donston
For me that’s always been the case. No matter how sexually into your gender you might be (could be 100% conventionally homosexual) if you’re more interested in having a legit relationship with the opposite gender and building a life with someone of the opposite gender that automatically takes you out of the “gay” category… until circumstances change.
Juanjo
He might but look at his history. None of the women he has been associated with describe him as being particularly sexual. He has a history of using masseurs and being sued by them for sexually inappropriate activities. Lawsuits he pays off. There are photos of him interacting romantically with men, especially his “pilot”. He might be bi but I think it is more likely he is gay and deeply closeted.
Bromancer7
@Juanjo You don’t see anything about his heterosexual relationships because no one ever considers them noteworthy or scandalous. We hear about his gay ones simply for that reason. He had a reputation as being a ladies’ man back in the 70s, during his Welcome Back Kotter and Saturday Night Fever days.
Juanjo
Travolta has a real problem dodging this issue now for some very simple reasons. There are photos of him with men. There have been lawsuits where he has paid out money. And there is a certain bathhouse in the South Bay where he was a regular customer once upon a time and far too many people saw him there.
TomG
Isn’t why Travolta because a scientologist to “pay” (pun intended) the gay away ?
TomG
Bad keyboard. Isn’t that why Travolta became a scientologist, to “pay” the gay away?
Heywood Jablowme
This made me think of that Cheers episode where she falls in love with Harvey Fierstein.
Kangol
LOL! She’s not known for picking up all the clues, on TV shows, in films, or in real life.
LilMesican
That’s a very Scientologist answer.
So reading between the lines: He’s Gay.
Kieran
Is John Travolta gay?
Correct answer: I have no idea what his sexual orientation is, and frankly it doesn’t matter.
Brian
He’s definitely attracted to men. So either he’s gay or he’s bi. This isn’t rumor or conjecture anymore. There’s plenty of clear accounts of his behavior. The discussion can just end now.
Also, he’s in a crazy cult. And that’s a wig. These are all obvious facts.
Juanito malo
Honestly it’s none of my business what he is. Why on earth would I care?
batesmotel
Let’s say tomorrow he comes out and says he’s gay. Would people really care or just get over it? There seems to be more of an obsession of trying to find out if someone is gay to make headlines now. It’s just as a commodity. If John Travolta were gay, then no one is stopping him from going after that. In any case, most artists, actors, entertainers are bi anyway.
Terrycloth
Dont care if hes gay or not..I do care he wears some crappy ass wigs…Burt Reynolds had better looking wigs. As William Shatner .with travoltas money he could afford transplant long ago like Elton John did…it grows it’s real hair..I thought those kooks st scientology found out you are gay they kick.you out or convert you..maybe they know he is but he has a large wallet full of money they need
bowlingbutch
When will we get to the point that it doesn’t matter? Do we as LGBTQ make too much of someone coming out or try to force someone out of the closet? We need to quit talking about people who don’t want to discuss it. We are worse than the Religious Right when it comes to gossip and calling out someone who MIGHT be gay.
Donston
I agree that speculation over someone’s sexual behavior or the dimensions of someone’s orientation got lame many years ago. Instead of wondering who’s closeted we should be more focused on continuing to create a world where it’s easier to be yourself and where people can be with who they truly want to be with.
Whatever the dimensions of Travolta’s circumstances, orientation, lifestyle and motivations they’re his.
DCguy
So she was hot for him and he was supposedly hot for her but they didn’t sleep together and that is her evidence? He may want to find a better advocate.
Kirstie and Travolta are both Scientologists, they don’t knock other church members unless they leave.
Chrisk
Jesus. What’s next. They gonna start hounding Richard Simmons again. Leave these Queens in peace and by that I mean the closet.
Aires the Ram
So, he’s rich, he’s famous, he likes dick, but he doesn’t want to be public about it any more than already necessary. Lots of stars are gay and/or bi, but don’t want to ruin their income stream, nor be shunned by their endorsement$. It’s the way the world works. If you got on stage and all the teenage girls screamed, and the millions upon millions of $$ kept rolling in, would you want it stop, just to make a political statement?? I think not.