# Is John Travolta gay? Do you care? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731 "2010-10-10T23:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/21 "2010-10-11T08:26:23Z")
Hadn’t heard it, don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/22 "2010-10-11T12:39:32Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > If you define gay as having sex with men, then yes I would say he is. The problem is a sex act does not a homosexual make. > > I am a gay male and I have never had sex with a woman, but almost all the gay men I know have had sex with females, does that make them straight? Of course not. This. The gossip world would be a lot better off if they’d add the word “bi” (as well as an entire range of words) to their vocabulary (I like “closet-flamboyant straight”). I don’t care except at the level I care about other little bits of celebrity trivia. On the level of “what are Angelina Jolie’s tattoos?” (Which I care about enough not to bother to look up, although Google is in another window, but apparently care about enough to know she has them.) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/23 "2010-10-11T13:28:26Z")
Don’t care, and as I doubt that he is even possibly going to jump into the sack with me, not even interested in who he sleeps with or if he has had a recent STD panel [the only reason someone’s bisexuality would have any meaning for me is if their possible exposure would impact me.] ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/24 "2010-10-11T14:03:33Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I don’t care except at the level I care about other little bits of celebrity trivia. On the level of “what are Angelina Jolie’s tattoos?” Apparently enough people do care about them that it pops up in google search preview if you type in “what are ange”. As to the OP, I shouldn’t even be in this thread because it displays more caring about the topic than I wish to display. It’s truly a case of “I could care less”. In other words, by appearing in this thread I had to consciously attempt to care less than I already did about whether Travolta is gay. And that took effort. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/25 "2010-10-11T14:09:19Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > > [@Dangerosa](#): > > > > I don’t care except at the level I care about other little bits of celebrity trivia. On the level of “what are Angelina Jolie’s tattoos?” > > Apparently enough people do care about them that it pops up in google search preview if you type in “what are ange”. > > As to the OP, I shouldn’t even be in this thread because it displays more caring about the topic than I wish to display. It’s truly a case of “I could care less”. > > In other words, by appearing in this thread I had to consciously attempt to care less than I already did about whether Travolta is gay. And that took effort. I’m sure people do care - people get worked up about FICTIONAL characters, much less flesh and blood celebrities, the question was, “Do you care?” I guess I do, enough to open this thread and comment, but that is about the extent of it. And that actually comes more for a desire to make a point about GLBT acceptance and the non-binary nature of sexuality, not really about Travolta himself. Don’t care enough to let it affect any part of my own life or go off and do a google search. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/26 "2010-10-11T14:13:18Z")
To give my standard answer in situations like these: As long as he stays out of my boudoir, I don’t give a fuck who he’s fucking. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/27 "2010-10-11T14:23:27Z")
I totally believe that Vinnie Barbarino and Tony Manero may have been enticed into a little man-on-man action. Travolta in his 20’s? He was beautiful! I don’t think Travolta is gay, tho. I agree with **Markxxx**. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/28 "2010-10-11T17:26:29Z")
Well no, I don’t think he’s ‘gay’. He’s been married for many years and they had two biological children together, both who look like him, and they have another on the way. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t had sex with men. Perhaps lots of sex with lots of men. There is a possibility he is 100% gay (has zero physical attraction to women) and has just tried his best to keep it in the closet all these years, but I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/29 "2010-10-11T17:33:09Z")
Don’t know, don’t care, but I think it’s interesting that the two most famous male Scientologists in Hollywood have this persistent rumor hanging over their heads despite denials, long-term relationships with women, and having fathered children. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/30 "2010-10-13T00:55:42Z")
I don’t really care who is gay and who isn’t, but let’s face it it’s a bit of fun to gossip. We all like to know about the lives of rich and famous people. It’s not only sex, but how they spend their money, who they are cheating on, are they getting fat, have they had a nose job? The list goes on. It’s a bit of entertainment. I don’t care if Travolta or anyone is gay or straight, but it’s fun to speculate. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731/31 "2010-10-13T03:36:43Z")
Probably not, but I don’t care. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-travolta-gay-do-you-care/556731.md?page=1)