Scientology helped Travolta cope with son’s death
March 30th, 2010 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANSLondon, March 30 (IANS) Hollywood star John Travolta says Scientology helped him cope up with the tragic death of his 16-year-old son Jett last year.
“It’s something that has been very difficult, but I am getting a lot of help in dealing with it,” dailymail.co.uk quoted Travolta as saying.
The 56-year-old actor revealed Jett’s death shook his family, but they have “leaned on” their religion to get through the traumatic time.
“My wife and I and my daughter, we’re all dealing with it as well as can be expected. We lean on our church heavily and they have helped us a lot. The nooks and crannies of it are our private situation, but we’re handling it.”
Travolta, who has a nine-year-old daughter Ella with wife Kelly Preston, also said his son’s death made him rethink about his priorities in life.
“I think you learn that the most important thing is your family and your responsibility towards them and others.
“We’re in this as a group and all these wonderful things that we share together are not as important if we don’t take care of each other. We have to do that first and all the other stuff is icing on the cake,” he said.
Jett, who suffered from the rare Kawasaki disease, died of a seizure last year while on holiday in the Bahamas with his family.
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