John Travolta's 16-Year-Old Son Has Died
I am a zillion light years late with this, but I was traveling back from California to NYC for most of today. I know I just disappeared. I figured I'd write a note to you bitches in the terminal, but Long Beach Airport's janky ass internet was not cooperating, so I had to nix it. But here's the story. Skip it if you've heard it a million times already.
John Travolta and Kelly Preston's 16-year-old son, Jett, died in the Bahamas while he was on vacation with his family. Jett was last seen going into the bathroom in one his family's suites at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel last night. His body wasn't discovered until 10 this morning by his caretaker, Jeff Michael Kathrein. Jeff is the blondie in the picture below and he was also caught kissing on John Travolta back in 2006.
TMZ says that the police report states Jett suffered a seizure and hit his head on the bathtub. John's attorney said his son died at the scene after attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. His attorney also said that Jett had a history of seizures.
There were rumors that Jett was Autistic, but John has always denied this and even threatened to sue over it. John said Jett had Kawasaki Syndrome, a disorder that can lead to heart disease. Kelly Preston later blamed household cleaners for all of Jett's health problems. She said one of L. Ron Hubbard's detoxification programs helped Jett.
An autopsy is being performed on Jett to find the exact cause of death.
I'll admit that when I first heard about this, the word "Scientology" came at me in big evil letters, but we won't know anything until the autopsy. When I was on the plane, the women behind me were watching this story on Larry King and totally saying all this crazy shit. People were totally giving them the side-eye. They should've wrote this post. All I know is that this sad all around and I will leave it at that.
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Yeah, I will be interested in the autopsy. What will be their explanation if it was a preventable seizure, one that could have been controlled by medication? One more shameful example of $cieno horseshit ruining a life.
Poor kiddo. I feel really bad for the Travolta's. In the all the pic's John is holding his son's hand. I don't care what religion people choose as long as they don't try to impose it on the rest of us like prop 8. Hopefully, scientology had nothing to do with his death.
when I die I can only hope I'm in the Bahamas!
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"Hasta la bye bye!"
Submitted by pookie27 on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 11:42am.
Very interesting, especially the comments underneath the post.
No words, I hear you. Kelly and John will face enormous backlash if indeed Jett had seizures and was unmedicated for them, so their hell may well be right here on earth.
I don't believe in hell either.
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When you have been thru hell and life's not done with you yet...Don't look for what's lost but live for what's left...Niller...
The best thing you can do for your kids is to teach then critical, scientific thinking.
That way you won't see them fly planes into skyscrapers to claim their virgins or poison themselves because their cult leader tells them that an approaching comet signals doomsday.
Trust the experts, that's how they got the name.
Over and out, peace and love everyone xxx
"I can resist everything but temptation"
Submitted by No Words on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 11:48am.
*rips off ducttape* OUCH!!
So... you believe in a temporary hell? Tee Hee.
*puts ducttape firmly back and slinks off*
He should not have died that way. Seizures kill, but they can also be prevented in a large way with appropriate medication. It's sad all the way around.
I wonder if in light of all this tragedy, they will turn around and denounce that wicked cult.
I was told to go to everlasting hell (which I don't believe in) earlier in this thread for saying this but...
John Travolta and his evil wife should rot in hell for what they did to their child.
I feel sorry for the family, but if their child was undiagnosed, that was a ticking time bomb waiting to happen. Scientology isn't proven to help illnesses, only in those wacked out people's brains does it work. It was a disservice to Jett to not let him have treatment simply bc they were in denial, or so it sounds. RIP Jett, the Travoltas are murderers.
Submitted by christine the hoff on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 11:31am.
Sorry, if you're going to let religion dictate what kind of medical care your helpless child gets, you need your kids taken away from you, period, end of story.
Scientologists, Christian Science especially, parents have refused medical treatment for their children.
If your an adult and want to join a cult,fine but until then let medical science help your kids.
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@ Hekki
How many people do you think the Flu killed in the 20th century?
"I can resist everything but temptation"
Excuse me while I add some interesting fuel to the fire. This interview was taken last year in February and now, he's gone. BTW, I heard them actually say all of this for real. None of this is a misquote.
http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/john_travolta_i_want_a_son.php
If she was on the T.V. giving out advice on how to take a group cum shot then I would listen to her.
"I can resist everything but temptation"
My kid just told me if I don't get off the computer, I will need overweight pants. So off I go. Catch you sluts later.
Sandbitch-My daughter had Kawasaki's and we were lucky that her doctor had worked with a researcher on the disease at the local Children's Hospital, so he was able to diagnose it right away. My daughter got the treatment & is fine and has no lasting effects. We did have our carpets cleaned about a month before she got sick, but they never told us that was the cause. Jett had it, but if he got treatment, then he's fine...it doesn't cause asthma, autism, seizures, etc, right?
This is so sad & I hope we find out the real story.
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What in Sears Portrait Studio hell is this shit?! MK on Britney Spears' album "Circus"
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The war isn't working.
Even though he's a loony Scientologist I always had a thing for John Travolta. (Sorry I was a child of 70s and he was the shit back then) What a horrible tragedy for this family.
"When I'm good I'm very good but when I'm bad I'm better." ~Mae West
Vaccines? I'm for them. For stuff like polio and smallpox, HELL YEAH.
For things like mumps and chicken pox and flu? I don't love those.
My kids get whatever's required for school, and I spread them out, which was fine with our pediatrician. A lot of parents here do that. I decline the flu shot for all of us, though.
I just think that some childhood illnesses like chicken pox and the flu are okay for kids to have. It SUCKS to be sick with those things, but it's good for the immune system.
If these people werent rich and famous they'd be on Nancy Grace as murderers.
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The war isn't working.
You got it Patty Cake ;)
"I can resist everything but temptation"
I'm confused - he had a caretaker who let him stay in the bathroom for that long without checking on him until the next day?
There are so many wrongs with this story on so many levels.
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People keep telling me to get a life, but no one gives me the link to download it.
Jen M is a stripper with a degree in NOTHING...she is a moron in a CULT...end of story.
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The war isn't working.
Nothing Jenny M advocates has one single piece of scientific evidence to back up her claims. NOT ONE!
Check the journals if you don't believe me, or do the rantings of porn stars guide your medical opinions?
"I can resist everything but temptation"
FUCK YOU TRAVOLTAS AND SCIENTOLOGY.
This makes me so mad. BOYCOTT ALL THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR FILMS/PLAYS ETC..
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The war isn't working.
Jenny M is attacking the very science that will one day cure kids, it's thinking like hers that will put us back in the middle ages.
Have you ever wondered what kind of mind set makes people just shoot their mouth off to an audience without researching the subject.
A percentage of people listening to her will take her advice over that of their doctors and not vaccinate their kids, of that percentage some will die directly because of that advice.
And you want to champion her beliefs?
"I can resist everything but temptation"
*getting out roll of ducttape, applying liberally to self, and stepping out of debate*
Jenny M is not anti-vaccine. She is speaking out against the number of vaccinations and timing of babies getting them. She advocates spreading them out over time.
They hid him away , basically held him hostage at that compound in FLa.. with untreated autism and now they killed him...the cult lives on while murdering innocent children...FUCKERS...he is an asshole and so is that wife. I hope they suffer.
RIP Jet you are safe now
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The war isn't working.
Sorry, if you're going to let religion dictate what kind of medical care your helpless child gets, you need your kids taken away from you, period, end of story.
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Child? Fucking grown-man poo. Your anus will be in grown-man shambles.
Submitted by gossipfan on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 9:45am.
So basically Jett died all alone without anyone being with him for hours.
Initially I am sorry for the Travoltas in losing a son, but I can't help but be perplexed as to why let your religion dictate what could not be the true diagnosis for their child.
Jett is at peace now and no longer limited by his disabilities here on earth.
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VERY well said.
Although I really disapprove of Scientology methods for dealing with illness, etc., my heart does go out to the family. Losing a child has to be the worst thing someone can ever go through, regardless of the circumstances. RIP, Jett.
BigBadMac:
No vaccines is bad, I really really agree with you, but I'm looking at how she uses her own problems to enlighten those who don't have it. Now, she's using her opinion as the endallsaveall solution, but she's not famewhoring nor is she hiding the problem. She's causing action whether correct or not. That's what I admire. I wish John Travolta had that courage and shared his position about it all, but alas, no. And it's too late now.
The more press it gets the more research gets done. It's the way it is. Parkinson's was a big problem than MJFox went out and spoke out about it and there was a bunch of money invested by people who didn't care before. Ya know what I mean?
I had a benzodiazepine withdrawal induced seizure alone at my flat and broke my big toe a year and a half ago. I have no memory of anything happening until I woke up in bed, wailing and crying. RIP, Jett.
Don't look at me. Don't touch me. Just hand me the crack pipe.
This is awful. May Jett rest in peace...
I just can't help but think there is something fishy about this story. And why is John T. always looking so angry when he is photographed with his son. That makes everyone wonder... He chose to be in the limelight. Maybe he should have cherished his time with his son being photographed together, instead of putting out the hate. I still think something is wrong with this picture.
@ lizardbits1
Jenny M is doing more to harm children with her anti-vaccination madness than people understand.
How many lives do you think have been saved by vaccines and why do you agree with her?
"I can resist everything but temptation"
Submitted by Banayna on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 10:55am.
I agree. When the kid was young, he was all over the press, but then quietly went away. This could be telling of parents not wanting their son's disability getting out or, and I hope this is the case, they decided to hide it in hopes that the press would leave him alone. Often (and I'm talking about the little training I got as a teacher) kids with autism get confused and frustrated easily, so perhaps it was less traumatic on Jett to be in the background.
With that being said, I wish celebs would show different things like this. I'm not saying like the Pitt-Jolie famewhoring ways, but more like Jenny M's crusade against autism. It keeps the kids safe and brings huge issues like this to the magazine covers. Unfortunately, we need crap like that for us to open our eyes. Siiiigh.
RIP Jett and condolences to the family.
Religion, I've shit it.
"I can resist everything but temptation"
Submitted by ImpertinentVixen on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 10:56am.
I'm just saying that it's possible that Jett really DID need to have around-the-clock supervision. He was NOT a typical 16 year old.
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Absolutely. He was not a typical 16 year old. These kids can wander. My son got up in the middle of the night and turned the stove on and burned himself. At that point, we had to turn the lock on his door around and lock him in at night for his own safety. We also alarmed the doors. It's an exhausting way to live. He doesn't do that sort of thing now, but he will take off in a store to see something he's interested in or take off on his bike before I know it. He's also 16 and taller than I am now. It's easier to control them when they are small but he's nearly man-sized now.
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Child? Fucking grown-man poo. Your anus will be in grown-man shambles.
Amazing how some people can step in shit and insist it's roses.
amazing.
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Child? Fucking grown-man poo. Your anus will be in grown-man shambles.
Wow, MK - I was wondering how you were gonna handle this after all the Travolta jokes - took your silence yesterday to mean you were gonna let it go quietly. Anyway I found this interesting post (below) on a blog yesterday - this is from long before Jett died. Apparently a lot of autistic kids have seizure disorders, which makes me wonder if Jett was not given seizure meds because of the whole Scientology thing. He could have seized and hit his head on the side of the tub and bled into his brain and died. If that's the scenario I hope it comes out in the open.
"Sadly, the Scientology couple cannot even publicly admit that their son is afflicted with a neurological disorder, lest - according to the incontrovertible doctrine of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard - he be labeled a "degraded being" that brought his affliction onto himself. Instead, the Travoltas have long blamed their son's disability on Kawasaki Syndrome-related "environmental toxins," specifically carpet cleaning chemicals.
Rumors about Jett Travolta's disability have been floating around for years, but when no less than five sources (including a media rep from the Autism Society of America (ASA), an executive from Cure Autism Now, a major Hollywood producer and parent of an autistic child, and a Hollywood actor-parent) reported that Jett Travolta was afflicted did we decide to deliver this story. Scientology will not even recognize the disability, let alone the myriad therapies for treating it.
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Submitted by Banayna on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 10:55am.
Just because he was not public with Jett doesn't mean he was ashamed of him. Maybe he just didn't want to subject him to the media and the scrutiny he would get because of his fathers fame!
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They got more media scrutiny from their bullshit than they would have from acknowledging the truth.
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I'm just saying that it's possible that Jett really DID need to have around-the-clock supervision. He was NOT a typical 16 year old.
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Absolutely. He was not a typical 16 year old. These kids can wander. My son got up in the middle of the night and turned the stove on and burned himself. At that point, we had to turn the lock on his door around and lock him in at night for his own safety. We also alarmed the doors. It's an exhausting way to live. He doesn't do that sort of thing now, but he will take off in a store to see something he's interested in or take off on his bike before I know it. He's also 16 and taller than I am now. It's easier to control them when they are small but he's nearly man-sized now.
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Submitted by lizzieb on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 7:56am.
Cause Resurgence Rundown
Also known as the "running program," the CRRD involves running circles around a pole 12 hours a day, for several days, while taking mineral supplements. The program is administered to people believed to have become "PDH," or brainwashed against Scientology, to rid them of negative thoughts.
It might do that, as well as rid them of unwanted weight.
Submitted by breaktheleash on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 10:02am.
@Sugaroo: You still there?
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For a bit, Leash. S'up?
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This is so very sad and so very wrong!
Well, maybe one good thing to come out of this is that there will be renewed focus on autism, finding a cause and cure, and some more attention on the Scientos.
Just because he was not public with Jett doesn't mean he was ashamed of him. Maybe he just didn't want to subject him to the media and the scrutiny he would get because of his fathers fame!
um, who is that hot redhead guy behind john? damn.
Submitted by Kandykane on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 10:28am.
It is devastating for a parent to have a child with unresolvable disabilities. So many dreams go out the window. The hands-on job that you thought was going to last for 20 years turns out to be a life time of worry and plain not being able to let go.
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Exactly. I have two children with autism, one very functional and one not so much. I think constantly of the time when I am dead and my mentally disabled son is left alone in the world. We have a very small family. My son will eventually be cared for by strangers. This is the reason I take medication to get through every day, because without it I would have thrown myself under a train long ago.
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