'Not interested': John Travolta refuses to watch Leah Remini's Scientology docu-series as he defends his belief during red carpet interview

John Travolta is 'not interested' in watching Leah Remini's new docu-series about Scientology.

The 62-year-old defended the controversial religious movement on a personal level as he explained to E! News why he would not watch the series.

The film legend asserted he was not concerned with his former friend's claims of abuse as it contradicted his own feelings about the church.

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John Travolta said he was 'not interested' in watching Leah Remini's new docu-series about Scientology during an interview on Sunday at the Critics' Choice Awards in Los Angeles

Travolta was asked about the docu-series during a red carpet interview at the Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles. 

E! News' Marc Malkin asked: 'Have you watched the Leah Remini documentary about Scientology?'

'Nah,' the Saturday Night Fever star said. 'Not interested.'

E! News' Marc Malkin asked: 'Have you watched the Leah Remini documentary about Scientology?'

'Nah,' the Saturday Night Fever star said. 'Not interested.'

'Why not?' Malkin said.

'Because it has been nothing but helpful to me for 40 years,' Travolta replied with emotion in his voice, 'Through all my losses - through my mother, my girlfriend, my son [dying].' 

'And they've [Scientology] never left my side,' he added. 'So why would I want to buy into something that is other than what I feel?'

Personal history: The actor traveled in the same circles both in Hollywood and Scientology with Remini, whose family began practicing Scientology when she was nine in 1979

'Were you surprised that she [Remini] did something like this?' the red carpet reporter asked.

Travolta dated actress Diana Hyland, who he met on set of 1976's The Boy In The Plastic Bubble, for a year; She died of breast cancer in 1977

'Kind of,' the star admitted. 'I don't know. I just... as long I get to still do it and my family gets to do it I am happy.'

During the interview Travolta referenced a series of tragic losses in his own life.

Travolta dated actress Diana Hyland, who he met on set of 1976's The Boy In The Plastic Bubble, for a year. She died of breast cancer in 1977.  Travolta was just 23 years old when she passed.

One year later his mother, actress Helen Cecilia, died at age 66.

Travolta experienced his most devastating loss in 2009 when his son Jett died at the age of 16 while on Christmas holiday in the Bahamas. 

The death certificate issued by the Bahamian government listed the cause of death to be a seizure.  The young man had special needs. Since his tragic passing the bereaved father founded the Jett Travolta Foundation, a non-profit organization to help children with special needs.

A criminal case arose from the death of his son. Travolta told police he was the victim of an attempted $25 million extortion plot hatched by one of the paramedics called to the scene, Tarino Lightbourne. 

In trial it was claimed that Lightbourne and his attorney demanded $25 million from Travolta for the return of an indemnity form signed by the star — which allegedly proved he’d refused to send his son to the local hospital.

Devastating loss: Travolta experienced his most devastating loss in 2009 when his son Jett died at the age of 16 while on Christmas holiday in the Bahamas (Travolta pictured with his wife Kelly Preston and their children Jett (2nd R) and Ella)

A judge ordered a retrial following an initial five weeks in court after a Bahamian politician prematurely claimed on television that one of the defendants had been found not guilty.

Travolta later dropped the case. He said in a statement: ‘The long-pending status of this matter continued to take a heavy emotional toll on my family, causing us to conclude that it was finally time to put this matter behind us.’

Travolta first encountered Scientology in 1975 when he read founder L. Ron Hubbard's book Dianetics while filming The Devil's Rain in Mexico.   

In his honour: Since his tragic passing the bereaved father founded the Jett Travolta Foundation, a non-profit organization to help children with special needs

The actor traveled in the same circles both in Hollywood and Scientology with Remini, whose family began practicing Scientology when she was nine in 1979. 

Remini, who previously admitted she did not expect to hear a response from Travolta, has been airing her new documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath on the heels of her best-selling book Troublemaker.

The docu-series promises to take a look into allegations of abuse, lies and sexual misconduct with interviews from former church members.

A Scientology representative has fiercely denied all of Remini's allegations, claiming that she 'is in it for the money and now tries to pretend otherwise.'

Scientology Official Response to Leah Remini Docu-Series

The Church of Scientology responded to Remini's documentary

'Leah Remini's 'reality' show, like her last one, is nothing more than a scripted, rehearsed, acted and dramatized work of fiction. She and the other anti-Scientologists in her program have been expelled from the Church for unethical conduct.

'Many of the family members of those Leah Remini interviewed have voiced their outrage that their personal, private family matters are being used as fodder for 'reality' television and have informed the producers of the show what really affected their relationships. It was their choice to no longer associate with these toxic personalities. The Church respects the religious beliefs of others and their families' personal choices.

'Leah Remini has disparaged and exploited her former faith through a series of failed publicity stunts, culminating in her 'reality' television show—featuring a cast of admitted liars who have, for a profit, been telling differing versions of the same false tales of abuse for years, many reviewed and discredited in courts of law. That A&E would promote their agenda smacks of bigotry.

'As we have stated numerous times, Leah Remini needs to move on with her life and career and stop blaming the Church and others for all of her personal and professional setbacks. Most of all, she needs to quit promoting hatred and religious intolerance as a means to line her pockets.'

 

 

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