John Travolta and Kelly Preston are Bad Parents

Hollywood, Interrupted is reporting they had an interview with a Florida man named Tim Kenny who lives and works in John Travolta's neighborhood and has intimate knowledge of the goings on behind the gates of the Travolta airporthome. Kenny is concerned that Scientologists, John Travolta and Kelly Preston, are ignoring their son Jett's reported case of autism so much so that Child Protective Services should be encouraged to get involved.


I don't think it's a stretch to call their treatment of Jett child abuse," Ocala, Florida restaurant manager Tim Kenny tells Hollywood, Interrupted. Kenny claims he met Travolta at his restaurant in February, and, after "comping" the movie star and his daughter a meal per restaurant policy for celebrities, he asked him, "as one autistic child's father to another," if he "was doing anything special in terms of therapy" for Jett. Aghast, Travolta responded, "Well, we involve him in the arts." Then, he offered to send Kenny a book, and high-tailed it out of the restaurant.

"If I ever received a Scientology book from him [Travolta], I'd find him, and throw it back at him," says Kenny. "Scientology is keeping him from acknowledging his son's autism. They see it as a weakness. That's what the space aliens are telling him I guess."

Repeated requests for John and Kelly to take part in a local charity event connected to autism advocacy were ignored. Furthermore, Hollywood, Interrupted reports,


The Kennys also claim that Kelly and John "let Jett sit in front of video games all day eating junk food, while they eat the best organic food money can buy. They exclude Jett from all social events because they are embarrassed."

"Once," reports Kenny, "when Kelly took him to the movies, Jett started to have a meltdown and Kelly pointed at the nanny and ordered, 'Take care of it.'"

"Jett does not speak at all," confirms Kenny. "He has not even been taught how to communicate. We struggle every week to pay for our daughter's therapy. How dare he [Travolta] ruin his own son's chances of recovering! We want to get the word out on this."

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Re: John Travolta and Kelly Preston are Bad Parents

Wow! I had no idea his son even had autism.

Re: John Travolta and Kelly Preston are Bad Parents

THose are pretty strong allegations. I hope for the sake of the child they are not true.

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Perhaps Travolta gave a quick response that they involve his son in the arts because he was surprised he was caught off-guard. And that's not even a bad thing. Maybe he just didn't want to talk about his children with a stranger and felt it was an invasion of his children's privacy.

This guys sounds like a jerk.

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Sounds like a bunch of crap to me. Maybe he didn't want to discuss his son's case and treatment with a complete, and rude stranger. How would this clown know all this anyway? And does his restaurant serve organic food? Since he claims that's all John & Kelly eat.

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I don't know...when your kid has autism the best chances for recovery or improvement is to get them treatment as early as possible. As in, before they even start school. The longer you wait, the more damaging it is for your child.

I don't think the guy was necessarily rude considering he said "as one parent of a child with autism to another." I think he started the conversation out of concern for his own child..

Who knows, but if there is truth to this then it really is a terrible shame.

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My do I have to vent on this one...

OK, the girl starring in Hairspray with him (Nikki Blonsky) is the daughter of a teacher at work. The mom went with her daughter while filming. Any scene filmed with him had to be filmed after 2 am because he has odd hours due to Kelly and John always taking shifts being awake with the child and spending time with him (and their other kids).

Also...as a special ed teacher...art therapy is a great thing for children with autism. And I hate to say it, but he's not ruining any chances of "recovery" because autism cannot be "cured". I agree that the best thing to do (as the person above said) is to start treatment early, etc. But from what I've heard he did and cares for his son greatly. Calling someone abusive is such a strong allegation. Grrr. Sounds like the other father is more ignorant towards the needs of children with autism.

Sorry...had to vent...

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