Kirstie Alley Stated Extra Than As soon as That John Travolta Was The Love Of Her Life

It appears one among Kirstie Alley’s largest regrets was that she by no means dated John Travolta.

Alley — who died Monday on the age of 71, from what her kids stated was most cancers she’d “solely just lately found” — expressed her emotions for Travolta quite a few instances all through the years.

“It took me years to not take a look at John as a romantic curiosity,” Alley stated whereas chatting with Howard Stern in 2013.

In 2012, she informed ABC’s Barbara Walters that Travolta was “the best love of my life.”

The 2 met once they starred collectively within the first “Look Who’s Speaking” movie in 1989. On the time, Alley was married to actor Parker Stevenson, whom she would divorce in 1997.

“We had been enjoyable and humorous collectively,” Alley stated of Travolta throughout an look on the “Dan Wootton Interview” podcast in 2018. “It wasn’t a sexual relationship, as a result of I’m not going to cheat on my husband.”

However she stated in the identical interview that not sleeping with Travolta was “the toughest determination I’ve ever made, as a result of I used to be head over heels in love with him.”

That very same 12 months, whereas showing on “Celeb Huge Brother,” Alley was requested by different solid members if she had ever fallen in love with any of her main males. She stated she’d kissed and had robust emotions for 2 of her co-stars: Travolta and Patrick Swayze.

“I virtually ran off and married John. I did love him, I nonetheless love him,” Alley stated on the truth present. “If I hadn’t been married, I’d have gone and married him ― and I’d’ve been in an airplane, as a result of he has his personal.”

Throughout her 2013 dialog with Stern, Alley stated that Travolta reciprocated her romantic emotions once they first met. However he married Kelly Preston in 1991, whereas Alley was nonetheless married to Stevenson.

Alley informed Stern that Preston ― who died in 2020 ― was nicely conscious of her emotions towards Travolta, and that she shut them down fairly shortly.

“To start with, she would bust me,” Alley stated. “She could be like, ‘Are you flirting with my husband?’ And the reply was ‘Sure.’”

Though Travolta has by no means publicly expressed as a lot romantic ardor for Alley, he did appear to cherish their bond.

Within the wake of Alley’s sudden loss of life, Travolta led a wave of on-line celeb remembrances by posting a photograph of the 2 of them on Instagram.

“Kirstie was one of the vital particular relationships I’ve ever had,” Travolta wrote alongside the photograph. “I like you Kirstie. I do know we are going to see one another once more.”