It’s been three days since the news of Kelly Preston’s death was announced. Her husband, John Travolta, shared her appearance on social media and said she had “struggled” with breast cancer for two years. Travolta and Preston have been faithful members of the Church of Scientology for decades. They gave the church credit for helping them mourn the loss of their 16-year-old son, Jett. With the point of scrutiny that Scientology obtains, some wonder whether Preston’s medical resolution influenced the church’s preferences.
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In January 2009, John Travolta and Kelly Preston traveled to the Bahamas with their two (then) sons Ella Bleu and Jett Travolta. Jett, the eldest of the two, had a seizure that resulted in fatal injuries. Travolta had revealed in the past that Jett had a history of seizures and was autistic.
“This is the worst thing that’s ever happened to me,” Travolta told Us Weekly. “The fact is, I didn’t know if I was going to make it.”
Grease’s actor gave credit to the Church of Scientology for supporting him and his circle of relatives in these difficult times.
“The Church has never strayed from us for two years. I don’t know if I would have succeeded without your support,” he said.
In interviews, as a 2014 segment at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, Travolta spoke of the pain suffered after Jett’s death.
“The fact is, I didn’t know if I was going to make it,” he told the BBC. “I’m not interested in life anymore, so it took me a long time to get better.”
Now, with the loss of his wife for nearly 3 decades, Travolta is based on the church. However, many notable celebrities have spoken out against the church over the years.
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The Church of Scientology is home to many high-level celebrities. Some of them, such as Tom Cruise and [John] Travolta, have been frank about their devotion to the church. And others, like actress Leah Remini, were equally frank about the reasons for leaving the church.
In case you want a new hat, the founder, L.Ron Hubbard, created the church in the 1950s. “Religion” is based on the confidence that “every human being has a reactive brain that responds to life’s traumas, obscures the analytical brain and prevents us from living reality,” according cnn.
Celebrity recruitment is essential to the Church’s continued good fortune. “Project Celebrity” created through Hubbard, with celebrity centers hosting high-end members like Travolta.
Remini joined with her family at 9 years old and left in 2013, exposing all wrongdoings of the church. Her 2015 memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, details her experiences. She then created the Emmy-winning A&E series, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.
The church aired through its website, in part:
“Leah Remini what she once said that she never sought to be known as, “that bitter excientologist.” As USA Today wrote, Ms. Remini is “as prominent as she is as a former scientist as she is as an actress.”
Instead, Travolta and Preston stayed with the church. They even participated in the 2010 opening rite of the Church of Scientology project in Ocala, Florida.
Travolta saw him near Clearwater headquarters a week before Preston’s death, perhaps seeking recommendation and support. No matter what time, Preston’s death surprised many who had no idea of his diagnosis.
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Travolta joined the church in 1975. It is listed as one of the most successful “celebrities” in the church.
“As a scientologist, I have the generation to deal with life disorders and I have also used this generation with others in life,” he said on his website. “I would say that Scientology has put me in the big moment.”
Preston was also quoted as saying: “Thanks to Scientology, things happen much faster. What took weeks or months happens in a few days or even minutes!”
That said, when Preston gave birth to her and Travolta’s third son, Benjamin, in 2010, she practiced Hubbard’s “silent birth” method.
“Silent birth has no words, as much as possible. If you want to moan, if you yell, you know, all this, of course, that’s normal,” Preston told E! New. “Just treat them in the most peaceful and gentle way possible.”
Some who opposed the church noticed Hubbard’s resistance to fitness professionals. The site clarifies its position on this topic, stating that they do not “diagnose or treat patients”, and advises members to “search for and download the mandatory examination and remedy of a qualified fitness professional”.
They then add: “Regardless of any medical treatment, a scientologist deals with any non-secular trauma that accompanies it in a similar way to this condition.”
A plethora of tweets reflected on the correlation between church ideals and Preston’s death, and some pointed out how incredibly misplaced it is to put them both in the same sentence a few days after his death.
Regardless of how enthusiastic the enthusiasts feel, Travolta’s Instagram post thanked “the doctors and nurses of the MD Anderson Cancer Center, all the medical centers they helped,” in the message that he shared the news of his death, alluding to Preston’s seeking a medical remedy for his cancer.
At the end of the day, anywhere in the church wherever you are, two young men lost their mother and Travolta lost his wife. Our mind is with the Travolta and Preston families in these difficult times.