John Travolta looking for ‘kind, warm, gracious, and funny’ woman years after wife Kelly Preston's death
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: John Travolta apparently wants to be in love again, nearly four years after losing his wife Kelly Preston to breast cancer.
The ‘Pulp Fiction’ star had been married to Preston from 1991 to 2020.
The pair had three children together over the years.
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John Travolta eager to find love again
An insider dished, as per OK! Magazine, “John is of the mindset that a professional matchmaker would work and save time by finding someone who meets his list of criteria.”
The source went on to reveal, “Though he’s not asking for much — just that she be kind, warm, gracious, funny and spontaneous. Being attractive too wouldn’t hurt!”
They also shared, “Kelly wouldn’t want him to spend the rest of his life alone,” before adding, “John hasn’t been on a date since before Kelly. He’s a little rusty!”
‘Their lives were so intertwined’
This came almost a year after a mole disclosed in February 2023 that Travolta “still considers himself married and says he will stay loyal to Kelly until the day he dies.”
They continued, “It's hands-off when it comes to dating. It's sad, but he's essentially taken a vow of celibacy for the rest of his life.”
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“He talks about Kelly constantly. Their lives were so intertwined, it's very hard for him to go on,” the insider asserted at the time.
‘Mourning is individual’
In 2021, Travolta opened up about his pain after losing his actress wife.
He shared, as per ET Online, “I learned that mourning someone, dealing with grief is something very personal.”
The ‘Grease’ actor further mentioned, “Mourning is individual, and experiencing your own journey is what can lead you to heal. Your grief is different from another person's journey.”
“The most important thing you can do to help another person when they are in mourning is allow them to live through it and not complicate it with yours,” he noted.
Travolta told the publication, “Let's say you lose someone and at the funeral, you are very sad, then another person approaches you who is feeling more sadder and then doesn't leave enough space for you to mourn."
"It would be like two boats plummeting to the bottom. That is my experience,” he noted.
"You don't know how many people approached me…and then I felt saturated with everyone's sadness that I didn't know what to do," the 69-year-old added. "If I die tomorrow, the last thing I want to see is everyone around me sinking."
