Hello, gorgeous fans. Everyone is all in a tizzy about the new lawsuits filed against Travolta for allegedly sexually harassing two masseurs (and possibly many, many more), but this isn't brand new news! There have been rumors about Travolta's sexuality floating around for years...well, not floating, more like exploding. The Daily Beast published in article documenting most of Travolta's various "outings" over the years. 1990 was the first time gay rumors about Travolta exploded in the media. Porn star, Paul Barresi, came forward about his 2 year long relationship with Travolta in the 80s. Barresi claimed they met in an LA Shower room where Travolta made advances on him. Travolta married Kelly Preston only a few months after the story came out...yikes. Later that decade, a story was published about how Travolta was BANNED from a LA Country Clud and a major hotel chain for harassing other men! Rumors died down for a while, but then he was snapped kissing his male nanny in 2006, and in 2010, the always fun/crazy Carrie Fisher addressed these rumors by saying, “I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don’t care. Look, I’m sorry that he’s uncomfortable with it, and that’s all I can say. It only draws more attention to it when you make that kind of legal fuss. Just leave it be.”
What drives me nuts about all this is that instead of being a sexual predator who obviously oversteps his boundaries and engages in less than reputable behavior, I wish we lived in a world where male actors weren't encouraged to hide who they are and lead double lives because studio executives, producers, etc don't want a gay leading man, no matter how convincing they are on screen. I hope that people like Neil Patrick Harris, Lance Bass, Clay Aiken will inspire others to be honest. Even though I'm not a fan, Neil Patrick Harris has convincingly played straight characters for years and everything was really OKAY. Hopefully in the future, sexual preference won't affect jobs.
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