"I will say it's one of the hardest things I've ever done…the hardest decision-one of the hardest decisions I've had to make because I was madly in love with him." Are you going to be that girl or are you going to have these guys as friends and have that kind of life?" she told Wootton. "I knew I had to make a decision, too-I'm either going to be this creepy girl who flirts with her husband…I just had to make a decision. The actress considers making that decision as one of the hardest in her life. It was sort of kooky.so I made the decision and that was pretty much the end of that."
"Kelly came up to me and she said uh-and they were married then-she said, 'Um, why are you flirting with my husband?'"Īs Alley continued, "That was sort of when I had to make a decision-are you going to be this girl that's not only married, but he's now married and just flirting in a way…you're still acting like you're together somehow when you're not.
While Alley even gave Travolta her stamp of approval on Preston, she admitted that she flirted with him "like crazy" on their second movie together-and his new wife noticed. "He had dated Kelly Preston before he did Look Who's Talking with me and then I would say he would agree that it was mutual that we sort of fell in love with each other," she told Wootton. "When it became very apparent that I wasn't going anywhere, I was staying married…and then he started seeing Kelly again."
But, you know I think there are things that are way worse than sexual relationships, than cheating on someone that way because I consider what I did even worse because I actually let myself fall in love with him and stay in love with him for a long time," the star explained to Dan Wootton in an interview for his eponymous podcast.Īs Alley described, she was married to then-husband Parker Stevenson while Travolta dated his now-wife Kelly Preston before they crossed paths for Look Who's Talking.
"It wasn't a sexual relationship because I'm not going to cheat on my husband. Behind the scenes, according to Alley, they fell in love with each other-but didn't physically act on their feelings. The actress also admitted she was tempted by her North and Sough co-star Patrick Swayze, but they were both married at the time so she resisted.The actress famously co-starred alongside John Travolta in Look Who's Talking back in 1989. Kirstie said her closeness to John led to his wife confronting her and asking why she was ‘flirting’ with her husband.īut the trio remain close friends to this day, according to Kirstie. The pair, who share three children, met shooting 1987 film The Experts. John has been happily married to actress Kelly Preston, 55 for 27 years. Kirstie also vehemently denied rumours that John was gay, saying she knew him very well and knew ‘the love.’
But you know I think there are some things that are way worse than sexual relationships, than cheating on someone that way." "It wasn’t a sexual relationship because I’m not going to cheat on my husband. "I will say it’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, the hardest decision I’ve ever made because I was madly in love with him – we were fun and funny together. "John would agree it was mutual that we sort of fell in love with each other," Kirstie told The Sun.
The pair have been close friends for many years – Kirstie says they even have a hole in the fence between their Hollywood properties allowing them to sneak into each other’s houses undected.įresh from finishing second in the final ever series of Celebrity Big Brother, Kirstie has admitted she was once deeply in love with the Grease actor and hit back at speculation over his sexuality. Kirstie Alley has opened up about her close relationship with John Travolta.