Enquirer: Is John Travoltas family turning against him and Scientology?
The Enquirer has yet another “SCANDAL!!” story about John Travolta, although I have to admit – it really feels like The Enquirer is pulling their punches these days. I remember when The Enquirer used to run stories alleging all manner of “Travolta’s lace-front came loose while he was getting some spa dong from a lithe Nigerian” stories. Given last week’s cover story – John cross-dressed a few times and Kelly Preston dumped him because of it (??) – this week’s is just meh. The gist is that “someone” in Travolta’s family MIGHT be writing a tell-all book. And JT’s nephew hates Xenu.
With his marriage troubled over a gay sex scandal, John Travolta has been body-slammed by prospects that a relative’s tell-all book could expose even more of his ugly secrets. To make matters worse, one of Travolta’s dearest nephews has turned his back on the actor’s controversial religion, the Church of Scientology, and blasted it publicly.
An insider claims that if the tell-book speculation is true, “all of John’s dirty laundry is going to come out, and it’s created a deep division in the family.” Insiders say the book would likely dig into Travolta’s marriage to Kelly Preston, as well as the couple’s handling of their late son Jett’s autism.
“I think some of the Travoltas don’t like Kelly, and a lot of dark secrets about her could wind up in the book,” a second family source told The Enquirer.
Some insiders believe the Travoltas refused to acknowledge Jett’s autism because CoS doctrine preached that people suffering from psychiatric and neurological disorders are “degraded beings.” John’s brother Joey, co-founder of the group Actors for Autism, has been outspoken in his criticism of Jett’s care, and he clashed with John over it.
In addition to an estrangement with Joey, John’s nephew Sam Travolta Jr. is a former Scientologist who’s hammered the controversial religion. On an online forum last year, Sam claimed he was a member of the church from 1997 to 2007, but left due to “lots of verbal abuse” and “no pay for labor.”
Representatives for the Travolta family deny that anyone in the family intends to write a book about John and adds that they are not feuding with him. Furthermore, they insist that his marriage is “not on the brink.”
[From The Enquirer, print edition]
Wait… what? John Travolta’s brother is an autism activist? He founded an organization that helps autistic kids? And John and Kelly still don’t want to talk about it. That’s just… sad. As for Sam Travolta Jr., he sounds like a smart young man. It feels more and more like this Travolta stuff (Masseur-gate, spa dong, etc) isn’t being cleaned up and hushed up by the Church of Scientology. Did John Travolta do something to piss off Xenu? Also: what dark secrets does Kelly Preston have? The mind boggles. She dated George Clooney and Charlie Sheen before she married Travolta. I would imagine that would make for an interesting story.
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