{"id":1769006,"date":"2022-12-09T06:30:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T11:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1769006"},"modified":"2022-12-09T09:48:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T14:48:35","slug":"kirstie-alley-revealed-john-travolta-was-the-greatest-love-of-my-life-before-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirstie-alley-revealed-john-travolta-was-the-greatest-love-of-my-life-before-her-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirstie Alley Revealed John Travolta Was \u201cThe Greatest Love of My Life\u201d Before Her Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkirstie-alley-revealed-john-travolta-was-the-greatest-love-of-my-life-before-her-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1769006&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.07-05.14-themixnet-6390ca099b1d3.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The world is in mourning after the death of the former \u201cCheers\u201d star Kirstie Alley, who died suddenly on Monday at the age of 71 following a short and private battle with colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p>It has since been revealed that prior to her passing, Alley described her fellow Hollywood star John Travolta as being the great love of her life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everyone\u2019s talking about Cheers but my favorite Kirstie Alley movie was Look Who\u2019s Talking with John Travolta \ud83e\udd7a\u2665\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dADwR9oEpa\">pic.twitter.com\/dADwR9oEpa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 britt \ud83c\udf41 (@brittanysaidwut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brittanysaidwut\/status\/1599937578853015552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Alley Says Travolta Was \u2018Greatest Love Of My Life\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/why-kirstie-alley-always-loved-john-travolta-called-him-the-greatest-love-of-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People Magazine<\/a> reported that Alley\u2019s chemistry with Travolta was undeniable when they starred together in 1989\u2019s <em>Look Who\u2019s Talking<\/em>, along with the two sequels: <em>Look Who\u2019s Talking Too <\/em>(1990) and <em>Look Who\u2019s Talking Now\u00a0<\/em>(1993). According to Alley, the chemistry between them onscreen translated to real life as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took me years to not look at John as a romantic interest,\u201d Alley said in 2013, adding that Travolta was \u201cthe greatest love of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While appearing on \u201cCelebrity Big Brother\u201d in the U.K. in 2018, Alley revealed that she\u00a0\u201ckissed Travolta\u201d for their movies and then \u201calmost ran off and married\u201d him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Lifestyle + Entertainment from TellMeNow. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI did love him; I still love him,\u201d she continued. \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t been married, I would\u2019ve gone and married him and I would\u2019ve been in an airplane because he has his own plane.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kirstie Alley and John Travolta dancing in 1989\u2019s \u2018Look Who&#8217;s Talking\u2019 will forever live in my mind <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIP?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ms0QSPbTZL\">pic.twitter.com\/ms0QSPbTZL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udde5\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddec \ud835\udddb\ud835\udde8\ud835\uddda\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde6 (@TommySledge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TommySledge\/status\/1599940419021783040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/12\/new-details-emerge-about-death-of-kirstie-alley-after-she-dies-suddenly-at-71\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Details Emerge About Death Of Kirstie Alley After She Dies Suddenly At 71<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alley And Travolta Never Could Act On Their Love<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Alley claimed that though Travolta felt the same way about her, they could never act on their feelings because they were each married to other people. She was married to the actor Parker Stevenson, who she was with from 1983 until they divorced in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Travolta was married to the actress Kelly Preston, a union that lasted from 1991 until she sadly died in 2020 at the age of 57 after a battle with breast cancer that she kept private just as Alley did.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While appearing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/bizarrelife\/kirstiealleyon-metoo-famousco-stars-celebritybigbrotherandbattlingweightstigma-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Dan Wootton Interview<\/a> podcast in 2018, Alley revealed that it was Preston who put a stop to the flirtatious side of the relationship that she had with Travolta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKelly came up to me, and they were married then, and she said, \u2018Erm, why are you flirting with my husband?&#8217;\u201d Alley said. \u201cAnd that was sort of when I had to make a decision and that was pretty much the end of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kirstie Alley has passed away at the age of 71.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in Peace \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>John Travolta &#038; Kirstie Alley<br \/>The Chipmunks&#8217; Song \ud83c\udfa7<br \/>Look Who&#8217;s Talking Now (1993) \ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uo1mEKQXIx\">pic.twitter.com\/uo1mEKQXIx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OldSchool (@OldSchool5000G) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OldSchool5000G\/status\/1599945874867900416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Though Travolta was the love of her life, Alley was ultimately glad that they never actually got together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn and I would have devoured each other because John and I are so alike,\u201d she explained to Wooton. \u201cIt would be like two blazing stars that just fizzled out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alley ended up becoming close friends with both Travolta and Preston, and she was even at the hospital during the birth of the couple\u2019s 12 year-old son Benjamin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Check out a photo of Alley, Travolta, and Preston together on a yacht months before the Preston\u2019s death below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3lfZPWg82x\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/12\/dean-cain-praises-kirstie-alley-for-fighting-back-against-cancel-culture-shes-with-god-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dean Cain Praises Kirstie Alley For Fighting Back Against Cancel Culture \u2013 \u2018She\u2019s With God Now\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Travolta Pays Tribute To Alley<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Travolta, 68, took to social media to honor Alley after her passing with some throwback photos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKirstie was one of the most special relationships I\u2019ve ever had,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI love you Kirstie. I know we will see each other again.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClzsZ_Ttswq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alley\u2019s two children announced on Monday night that their mother had died of cancer that was \u201crecently discovered,\u201d with her rep later confirming that it was colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living and whatever adventures lie ahead,\u201d Alley\u2019s children said. \u201cAs iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g4nAItrR5x\">pic.twitter.com\/g4nAItrR5x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirstiealley\/status\/1599931870786908160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alley was a truly unique Hollywood star who was never afraid to tell it like it is. While it\u2019s sad that she and Travolta never got together, we\u2019re glad to see that they enjoyed such a beautiful and fun friendship for decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is in mourning after the death of the former \u201cCheers\u201d star Kirstie Alley, who died suddenly on Monday at the age of 71 following a short and private<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1769012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[6962,7148,5458,6499,4475,7149,3848,7150,3819,4688,7147],"class_list":["post-1769006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-the","tag-alley","tag-bongino","tag-death","tag-john","tag-kirstie","tag-life","tag-love","tag-report","tag-revealed","tag-travolta"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1769006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1769012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1769006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1769006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1769006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}