John Travolta
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John Travolta is an actor and a prominent Scientologist, having joined the cult in 1975. He is married to Scientologist and actor Kelly Preston. His son, Jett Travolta, died suddenly due to a seizure in January 2009.
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Advocacy of Scientology
Travolta discusses how he used Dianetics with his son in an interview published in Scientology's Celebrity magazine.
CELEBRITY: How do you use Dianetics with your Son?
JOHN: Well for instance if my son were to fall or bump his head, he knows how to give himself a contact assist. He's been doing them since he was about 13 months old. If he bumps his head I say "Hey Jett, you want to do a Contact?" He touches it back a few times and just brightens right up. It's extraordinary.[1]
Public criticism of Scientology Management
John Travolta, while devoted to the tech of Scientology, has publicly criticised the management in the past. From a 1983 Rolling Stone interview:
Question: "Then despite all the negative publicity about Scientology, you still believe?"
Travolta: "Yes. I think it's pretty brilliant. I try to separate the material and the organization, because I don't agree with the way the organization is being run. I believe that the material is more worthy than the individuals who are handling it."
Question: "Scientology uses your name a lot in promoting its cause. Do you feel it has used your celebrity for its own purposes?"
Travolta: "I've been something of an ostrich about how it's used me, because I haven't investigated exactly what the organization's done. One part of me says that if somebody gets some good out of it, maybe it's all right. The other part of me says that I hope it uses some taste and discretion. I wish I could defend Scientology better, but I don't think it even deserves to be defended, in a sense."[2]
