John Travolta reflects on his ‘special’ relationship with Kirstie Alley following her death at 71
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‘I love you’: Devastated, John Travolta reflects on his ‘special’ relationship with Scientologist Kirstie Alley, his ‘soul mate’, following her death at 71… after she spent years longing to marry him
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Kirstie Alley’s friend and confidant John Travolta took to Instagram on Monday to pay tribute to the actress following her passing at age 71 on Monday.
‘Kirstie was one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had. I love you Kirstie,’ said Travolta, 68. “I know we will see each other again.”
Travolta and Alley had appeared opposite each other in the films Look Who’s Talking: Look Who’s Talking from 1989, Look Who’s Talking Too from 1990, and Look Who’s Talking Now from 1993, in which they played James and Mollie, respectively.
The Latest: Kirstie Alley’s friend and confidant John Travolta took to Instagram Monday to pay tribute to the actress following her passing at age 71 on Monday. They were photographed at a Los Angeles screening of their film The Fanatic in 2019.
Trvaolta said of Alley: ‘Kirstie was one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had. i love you kirstie
In 2018, Alley, while appearing on Celebrity Big Brother UK, opened up about her fondness for the Hollywood stalwart, which spilled over into areas of romance.
“I think I kissed Travolta,” Alley said of the actor, a member of the Church of Scientology. I almost ran away and married John. He loved him, I still love him.
“If I hadn’t been married, I would have married him and been on a plane because he has his own plane.”
Appearing on The Howard Stern Show in 2013, Alley described Travolta as “the greatest love of my life.”
Travolta shared a flashback photo of himself and Alley, a member of the Church of Scientology.
The old friends were photographed together in 2007 in Beverly Hills, California.
The old friends posed together at a celebrity softball game in Los Angeles in 1992.
Alley said that neither she nor Travolta acted on their romantic instincts towards each other, as she was married to Parker Stevenson at the time; and he was married to the late Kelly Preston when she divorced Stevenson in 1997.
“It took me years to stop seeing John as a romantic interest,” Alley said, joking about how Preston (who tragically died of cancer in 2020) would “catch” her flirting with him.
“She’d say, ‘Are you flirting with my husband?'” Alley said. ‘And the answer was, ‘Yes.’
Alley and Travolta played the respective roles of James and Mollie in 1989’s Look Who’s Talking and its two sequels.
They were seen promoting Look Who’s Talking Too in 1990 on The Tonight Show with the late Johnny Carson.
Alley’s children, True, 30, and Lily, 28, released a statement on social media Monday confirming the sad news.
Alley’s children, True, 30, and Lily, 28, released a statement on social media Monday confirming the sad news.
They continued, “As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more incredible mother and grandmother.”
“We are grateful to the incredible team of doctors and nurses at Moffitt Cancer Center for their care.”
Alley’s relatives said that ‘Alley’s enthusiasm and passion for life, her children, grandchildren and her many animals, not to mention her undying joy of creating, were unparalleled and leave us inspired to live life to the fullest just as she intended. made.
They ended the statement by saying: “We thank you for your love and prayers and ask that you respect our privacy at this difficult time.”