John Travolta Says Family, Scientology Helped Him Deal With Son's Death

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 29th 2010 06:53AM

Following the death of his 16-year-old son Jett last year, John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston turned to the Church of Scientology for guidance during those tough times, the actor said. While promoting his new film 'From Paris With Love,' Travolta said that he and Preston "work hard every day with our church on healing."

"Kelly and I and Ella have all been working very hard and they've been helping us," Travolta said about how his family -- including daughter Ella -- are coping with the tragic loss.

On January 2 of 2009, Jett Travolta died suddenly while at the family's vacation home in the Bahamas. Jett suffered a seizure in the bathroom of the house, which caused him to fall and hit his head.

Travolta went on to say that "once you get yourself stable, then you're able to reach out again," referring to his return to acting following Jett's death. "I think this whole year every day we've been working on stabilizing ourselves and it's been successful so far."

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Friday 29 January

By Fxy

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John and Kelly did not tell the world that their son was autistic, but that doesn't mean they were in denial. Autistic children have feelings too. Jett, even through he was the child of famous parents, deserved the right to his privacy. It wasn't anyone's business. Everyone has the right to keep their medical problems private. Jett died from an accidental fall. No one could have prevented that. How evil to blame his parents for his death. May God bless the Travolta family and help their hearts heal.

By Kraig&Melissa

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I guess I don't see the difference between Scientology and Christianity. To normal, objective people, the both seem very alike...blind belief in something that cannot be proven, reinforcing ideas that requires non-questioning loyalty and absolute adherence to a prescribed thought system. Both reinforce the belief that followers "are superior" to non-followers and therefore hold the "key" to some sort of "spiritual reward" that elevates the followers to a level above everyone else and allows them to "police and judge" those of a different mindset or belief system. The only difference is the quantity of followers...Both qualify to be called "cults" if you use the same measuring system. One just has better P.R.....and both scare the crap out of me....

Saturday 30 January

By Laura

Uhm, your statement showed that you don't know much about the Christian faith. God knows we are human (he made us:) and that some of us will at times question. We are all sinners so there is no "absolute adherence". And we Christians don't hold the key--Christ does. He died for our sins and loves us ALL (Christian or not). Jesus was the first to show, by washing the desciples feet, that we are to serve. The reason we are saved is by God's by GRACE--not by thinking we are better than.

By Amanda

Beautifully said, Laura.

By Lacy

What a terrible tragedy to lose a child, but from what our local St. Petersburg Times reports in a recent investigative piece, and the St. Pete Times is a stellar, Pulitzer prize winning paper, the Scientologists are not only a cult, but an abusive one. They have a vested interested in keeping high profile members like Travolta happy. It is just sad that the cult may have guided him in Jett's treatment. God bless the family, but they need to reevaluate their involvement in this cult.

By Jan

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Any Church that makes you pay for their services is not a "religion." Donations are optional in real Churches and a dollar is just fine, not thousands of dollars........

By Bob

John Travolta is living proof that you don't have to be smart to be a good movie actor.

By Liz M.

John and Kelly loved that child like every other parent loves their children;, we do anything and everything for the sake of our kids. Their religious or spiritual beliefs are personal, private choices and totally unrelated to his death. What if they were vegetarians? Would you blame them for an improper diet? What if they were hard core Hollywood party-ers? Would they be negligent? What if they were Buddhists or Catholics, or Protestants or Atheists? What if they immunized him, what if they didn't? You should look in the mirror, point that long finger in your face and see what kind of judgmental, hypocrite you've grown up to be. Jett's physiology has nothing to do with Scientology.

By tyrebitre

"Friday 29 January
By jerry

You are an ignorant idiot! may god bless you. "

As opposed to a well informed idiot ?

BTW: the bible in Matt 5: 22 states:
" And whomever says to his brother , "Raca!" shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, " You fool!" shall be in danger of hell fire. "
Seeing as one definition of "idiot" is " foolish or stupid person: ie. a "fool" , it looks like you might just be hell bound. Perhaps you should be hunting for a nice handbasket.

I really, really love your sanctimonious hypocrisy: the "may god bless you" is such a classic touch.

By laurie

Maybe he didn't say his son was autistic,because it's nobodys d*mn business.Did THAT ever occur to any of you?

By Kristina

Elizabeth -

I can understand saying admitted to themselves, but who are you to say they should have admitted it to the public??? Do you issue a press release anytime someone in your family is sick, has a disease, etc.??? Maybe they wanted their privacy...maybe they thought it was no one else's business...if they didn't think he had it who are you to say he did for sure...until you have the medical degree why don't you stop judging...are you going to base it on all the reports after he died...well hmmm...wonder why those stories came out all of a sudden...couldn't have anything to do with tabloids and money...nah the press NEVER makes anything up...the only people who know are the parents and the doctor who treated him...any doctor with a brain would be smart enough to keep it confidential as required by HIPAA regulations...DUH!!!

By kim

Scientology is a cult and will never be accepted by God. I feel badly for the Travoltas' though. The loss of a child has to be the hardest thing to deal with. I pray that they may see the light. This country should remove their church status immediately though.

Tuesday 02 February

By Rose

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but unless you have lost a child, you don't know what the pain is like - there is no other like it in the world. I lost my son when he was 19 years old and I still have to deal with it on a day-to-day basis. This happened 19 years ago (1991). I cried for days when I heard about Jett Travolta because of the memories it brought back and the pain that I know it will cause John and Kelly to go through for the rest of their lives. Jett was a beautiful boy and I think the Travolta's were acting as very responsible parents by keeping him out of the spotlight over the years. How do any of you know what they did or didn't do for Jett? Do any of you know them personally? Have you ever lost a child? I don't think so, or you wouldn't have been so cruel to make some of those omments. WHATEVER gets them through each day - God Bless Them! They are always in my prayers.

Friday 21 May

By lisa

It's a shame that they wouldn't use their status and celebrity to bring awareness for autism...only when their son dies, did they announce he was autistic. They could have really made a voice...

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