Kirsty AlleyJohn Travolta’s friend and confidante took to Instagram on Monday to pay tribute to the actress following her passing at age 71.
“Kirstie was one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had. I love you Kirstie,” Travolta, 68, said. “I know we’ll see each other again.”
Travolta and Steeg were facing each other in the films Look Who’s Talking – 1989’s Look Who’s Talking, 1990’s Look Who’s Talking Too and 1993’s Look Who’s Talking Now – playing James and Mollie respectively.
The latest: Kirstie Alley’s friend and confidante John Travolta, 68, took to Instagram on Monday to pay tribute to the actress following her passing on Monday, 71. They were captured at an LA screening of his 2019 film The Fanatic
Trvaolta said of Alley, “Kirstie was one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had. I love you Kirsty’
In 2018, while appearing on Celebrity Big Brother UK, Alley spoke about her fondness for the Hollywood star stalwart, which extended into romantic realms.
“I think I kissed Travolta,” Alley said of the actor, a fellow member of the Church of Scientology. “I almost ran away and married John. I loved him, I still love him.
“If I hadn’t been married, I would have married him and been on a plane because he has his own plane.”
Alley said that neither she nor Travolta acted on their romantic instincts towards each other, as she was married to Parker Stevenson at the time; and he was married to the late Kelly Preston by the time she divorced Stevenson in 1997.
Travolta shared a throwback shot of herself and Alley, a fellow Church of Scientology member
The longtime friends were photographed together in 2007 in Beverly Hills, California
The old friends posed with each other at a celebrity softball game in LA in 1992
“It took me years not to think of John as a romantic interest,” Alley said, joking how Preston (who tragically died of cancer in 2020) would “get” her flirting with him.
“She’d say, ‘Are you flirting with my husband?'” Alley said. And the answer was, “Yes.”‘
Alley, who appeared on The Howard Stern Show in 2013, described Travolta as “the greatest love of my life.”
Alley described Travolta as “a very generous person” and “really, very interested in people.”
“If you ever talk to John, and this is sincere with him, you’re going to be the most interesting thing he’s ever met in his life,” she said. “He’s so eager to know who you are, what you’ve done… and he’s obviously very handsome.”
Alley and Travolta played the respective roles of James and Mollie in 1989’s Look Who’s Talking and its two sequels
Look Who’s Talking was a huge hit when it hit theaters in the fall of 1989, grossing over $140 million at the box office
The pair tapped into their real-life romantic feelings for each other as partners in the film
Alley and Travolta were featured in a promotional still for 1990s Look Who’s Talking Too, which also featured the voices of Bruce Willis, Roseanne Barr and Damon Wayans
They promoted Look Who’s Talking Too in 1990 on The Tonight Show Starring the late Johnny Carson
Alley had said in February 2020 that she hoped to do another Look Who’s Talking, appearing on The conversation.
“John and I, we both really want to do it because we think it’s funny that we’re the grandparents,” she said. Our kids will be ugly so we’ll still be the stars, but the grandkids can be really cute. But we don’t know what’s going on.
“We heard a rumor that they did it, but I don’t know if it’s with or without us. So if you want to write cards and letters? Does anyone still do that? You can go online!’
According to a July 2019 report from deadlinewas a reboot of the film in the works with Jeremy Garelick directing and Adam Fields producing.
The stars were seen holding hands in a retro shot, as Alley Travolta once described as “the greatest love of my life”
Alley’s children True, 30, and Lily, 28, released a statement on social media on Monday confirming the sad news
Alley’s children True, 30, and Lily, 28, released a statement on social media on Monday confirming the sad news.
They continued, “As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother.
“We are grateful to the incredible team of doctors and nurses at Moffitt Cancer Center for their care.”
Alley’s relatives said that “the zest for life and passion for life, her children, grandchildren and her many animals, not to mention her undying joy to create, were unparalleled and left us inspired to live life to the fullest, just like she did.
They concluded the statement by saying, “We thank you for your love and prayers and ask that you respect our privacy at this difficult time.”