# John Travolta (GAY?) Kiss Photo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312 "2006-09-03T20:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/21 "2006-09-04T23:33:10Z")
Were there show tunes playing when this kiss occurred? What? ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/22 "2006-09-04T23:39:36Z")
File this as a footnote, but two gay male friends used to regale us with stories of John Travolta at gay bars back in the late 80s, very early 90s. Graphic stuff. He said Travolta was quite open–at least within the confines of the bar. Why any of this matters is beyond me, but there it is. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/23 "2006-09-04T23:56:53Z")
So who’s John’s friend anyhow? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/24 "2006-09-05T00:05:04Z")
Oh, we’ve known about John for awhile now. Leave him alone. He’s very well behaved for a scientologist and we have no reason to out him. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/25 "2006-09-05T09:43:44Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] Were there show tunes playing when this kiss occurred? [/QUOTE] I believe they were humming: I am what I am I am my own special creation So come take a look Give me the hook Or the ovation It’s my world That I want to have a little pride My world And it’s not a place I have to hide in Life’s not worth a dam Till I can say I am what I am - (from La Cage, by Jerry Herrman.) ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/26 "2006-09-05T13:43:52Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] “Mom! Tom Cruise and John Travolta won’t come out of the closet!” If Travolta _is_ gay, he’s picked a [pretty attractive beard.](http://ca.askmen.com/women/actress/38_kelly_preston.html) [/QUOTE] [hijack] I had no idea she had such a big rack. Rowwrrrrrrr. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/27 "2006-09-05T14:00:54Z")
Gay, schmay! What about the _balding_ ? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/28 "2006-09-05T14:06:50Z")
[QUOTE=Caricci] Gay, schmay! What about the _balding_ ? [/QUOTE] I was also quite alarmed about the man-boobs, photos of which were available in the same checkout line where I saw the gay kiss photo yesterday at the grocery. Moobs! ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/29 "2006-09-05T14:17:00Z")
He had big hairy moobs as far back as _Pulp Fiction_. Remember the scene where Tarantino is hosing the brain bits off of J.T. and Samuel L.? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/30 "2006-09-05T16:06:50Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] [hijack] I had no idea she had such a big rack. Rowwrrrrrrr. [/hijack] [/QUOTE] Yeah, she was smokin’ hot in Twins. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/31 "2006-09-05T16:17:43Z")
I used to be friends with a guy who worked in a movie studio. Paramount, I think. He told me, back in 1993 or so, that it was quietly yet commonly known among people on the lot that Travolta would get it on with men in his trailer. He said trailer walls are pretty thin. FWIW. [Here is another gay kiss photo.](http://www.afgrant.com/images/kiss/kiss_star.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/32 "2006-09-05T16:31:56Z")
[Just](http://espn-ak.starwave.com/media/nfl/2003/1116/photo/a_parcells_ft.jpg) an example of how “gay” a photo can look when it captures a completely innocuous moment(\*). It doesn’t look much less gay than that Travolta one to me, so based just on photo evidence, I wouldn’t make a judgement about O’ Vinny Barbarino just yet. \*Unless you really think that Parcells and Belichick were coming out of the closet with a big gay kiss in the middle of a football field. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/33 "2006-09-05T16:38:54Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] I used to be friends with a guy who worked in a movie studio. Paramount, I think. He told me, back in 1993 or so, that it was quietly yet commonly known among people on the lot that Travolta would get it on with men in his trailer. He said trailer walls are pretty thin. FWIW. [Here is another gay kiss photo.](http://www.afgrant.com/images/kiss/kiss_star.jpg) [/QUOTE] Funny! I tend to find the above testimonials of Hollywood gossip a lot more convincing than that photo, but still, it’s just not proof (which, I don’t think, anyone is claiming). I’ve really no opinion either way, but that pic just wouldn’t sway me in the slightest, even if I strongly suspected. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/34 "2006-09-05T17:00:50Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] [Here is another gay kiss photo.](http://www.afgrant.com/images/kiss/kiss_star.jpg) [/QUOTE] I didn’t even want to get out of bed this morning, and now I’m glad I did. You just made my whole day. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/35 "2006-09-05T17:10:48Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] \*Unless you really think that Parcells and Belichick were coming out of the closet with a big gay kiss in the middle of a football field. [/QUOTE] What? It could happen. They look very in love in that picture. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/36 "2006-09-06T01:49:23Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] [hijack] I had no idea she had such a big rack. Rowwrrrrrrr. [/hijack] [/QUOTE] Something’s wrong with that pic. I’ve seen her pictures before, and they didn’t seem even nearly 1/2 that big. Speaking of big thingies let’s also remember that John dated Marilu Henner. (Oh, never mind. Tom Cruise was \*married \* to Mimi Rogers! Wait!~ Hold it! He divorced her!) hh ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/37 "2006-09-06T02:44:55Z")
That Travolta pic looks photoshopped. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/38 "2006-09-06T11:38:50Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] [Just](http://espn-ak.starwave.com/media/nfl/2003/1116/photo/a_parcells_ft.jpg) an example of how “gay” a photo can look when it captures a completely innocuous moment(\*). It doesn’t look much less gay than that Travolta one to me, so based just on photo evidence, I wouldn’t make a judgement about O’ Vinny Barbarino just yet. \*Unless you really think that Parcells and Belichick were coming out of the closet with a big gay kiss in the middle of a football field. [/QUOTE] The link doesn’t load for me. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/39 "2006-09-06T11:56:17Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] The link doesn’t load for me. [/QUOTE] Huh. Still works for me. Google “belichick parcells” (no quotes) and then click the image tab. You’ll know which one I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312/40 "2006-09-06T12:38:38Z")
Word of advice to travellers. Even though you’re in Europe **don’t** kiss people in Ireland or the UK. Unless you actually want to kiss them that is. We don’t do the kissing greeting thing at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travolta-gay-kiss-photo/371312.md?page=3)