Kirstie Alleysaid before her death thatJohn Travoltawas the love of her life.
The actress, whodied at age 71 on Monday after a recent cancer diagnosis, starred alongside Travolta in 1989’sLook Who’s Talking, plus two sequels:Look Who’s Talking Too(1990) andLook Who’s Talking Now(1993).
And back in 2018, during her time onCelebrity Big Brother U.K., she revealed that she thought she “kissed Travolta” — and furthermore, “almost ran off and married” him.
“I did love him; I still love him,” she said at the time. “If I hadn’t been married, Iwould’ve gone and married himand I would’ve been in an airplane because he has his own plane.”
Kirstie Alley and John Travolta inLook Who’s Talking(1989).SNAP/REX/Shutterstock
But she and the taxi driver, Travolta’s James, end up falling in love and raising their family (which eventually also includes daughter Julie) together. The films chronicle the pair’s ups and downs, and the first even includes a scene where James — who also happens to be a pilot, just like Travolta — takes Mollie up in his plane.
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And in real life, Alley toldHoward Sternin 2013 that she never felt about anyone the way she felt about Travolta, explaining the feelings were mutual.
Kirstie Alley and John Travolta in 1989.Jim Smeal/Ron Galella collection/getty
But despite Travolta allegedly feeling the same way, they didn’t act on their feelings, as Alley was married to Parker Stevenson at the time. (The two divorced in 1997, while Travolta marriedKelly Preston, whodied of breast cancer in 2020, in 1991.)
“It took me years to not look at John as a romantic interest,” she said, adding that he was “the greatest love of my life.”
In September 2018, Alley went into more detail about how she fell in love with her costar in the late ’80s, sayingon theDan Wootton Interviewpodcastthat not sleeping with Travolta was “one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.”
“[It was] the hardest decision I’ve ever made because I was madly in love with him — we were fun and funny together,” said theCheersalum. “It wasn’t a sexual relationship because I’m not going to cheat on my husband.”
John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.Bei/Shutterstock
“But, you know, I think there are things that are way worse than sexual relationships, than cheating on someone that way,” Alley added. “I consider what I did even worse because I actuallylet myself fall in love with himand stay in love with him for a long time.”
Alley went on to admit that she continued flirting with theGreasesuperstar even after he married Preston in 1991 — that is, until Preston herself put an end to it.
“Kelly came up to me, and they were married then, and she said, ‘Erm, why are you flirting with my husband?’ " Alley said. “And that was sort of when I had to make a decision and that was pretty much the end of that.”
In the end, Alley — who has two children with Stevenson, sonTrue Parkerand daughter Lillie Parker — is glad the two never acted on anything.
“John and I would have devoured each other because John and I are so alike,” theVeronica’s Closetactress said. “It would be like two blazing stars that just fizzled out.”
Kirstie Alley and John Travolta.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
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Alleydied after a short battle with cancer, her children announced on her Instagram page Monday night.
In the statement announcing her death, True and Lillie began, “We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother haspassed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered.”
Reacting to the loss, Travolta shared astunning throwback photo of Alleyand added another of them smiling at one another.
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“Kirstie was one of themost special relationships I’ve ever had,” he said of the late actress. “I love you Kirstie. I know we will see each other again.”
Travolta also shared a clip and himself and the late actressperforming “The Dance of Love"inLook Who’s Talking Nowon his Instagram Story.
source: people.com
