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John Travolta’s former pilot Doug Gotterba alleged in 2014 that they had been in a gay relationship for six years.

Travolta has been one of the most successful actors in Hollywood with numerous movies, several earning a respectable sum of money. He rose to fame after acting in the 1978 musical Grease.

 

John Travolta Gay Rumors

Wild rumors of John Travolta being gay spread in 2014 after his former pilot Doug Gotterba alleged that they had a 6-year-long relationship. Travolta has since discredited the rumor.

According to pilot Gotterba, who had kept logs, he and John first met in February 1981, and they were already in a relationship by September. They traveled on romantic trips to Hawaii, Amsterdam, and Kenya.

The pilot recalls that they kept the relationship secret, and the Gotterba even encouraged Travolta to keep a girlfriend as a cover, and he started dating Brooke Shields. The alleged gay affair ended in 1986 after growing tensions between John and Doug. Theor last meeting was some years after, in 1992, and they hadn’t met each other ever since.

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John Travolta with Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino.
John Travolta with Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino.

Explore John Travolta Dating Life

John Travolta was in a relationship with The Boy in the Plastic Bubble co-star Diana Hyland. They were together until Diana passed away from breast cancer in March 1977.

 

The Pulp Fiction actor then dated French actress Catherine Deneuve in 1980. He also had an affair with the actress Marilu Henner but the relationship ended in 1985.

Travolta met his future wife Kelly Preston in 1988 when they were filming The Experts. The couple married in 1991 in Paris. Kelly gave birth to three children, Jett, Ella Bleu, and Benjamin. However, Jett passed away while on vacation in the Bahamas in 2009 at 16.

Kelly Preston sadly passed away on July 12, 2020, at age 57, after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She was receiving treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, and passed away at her home in Anthony, Florida.

 

Travolta's wife Kelly Preston passed away in 2020 due to breast cancer.
Travolta’s wife Kelly Preston passed away in 2020 due to breast cancer.

John Travolta’s Net Worth

John Travolta is one of the most successful actors in Hollywood cinema. His net worth is estimated to be north of $250 million.

Travolta has given numerous hit movies in his illustrious career. He is usually the lead actor in the movies he acts on. His earnings from the projects he works on are ridiculously high.

Moreover, Travolta’s movies earned hundreds of millions of dollars. His movie Grease grossed $366 million, and Stayin’ Alive grossed $65 million, whereas his 1989 movie Look Who’s Talking grossed $297 million at the box office.

Likewise, Travolta earns a respectable amount of money from product endorsements and other projects. He is a private pilot and owns four aircraft.