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New Biography Alleges Newton-John and Travolta Nearly Dated as Scientology Raised Doubts

The account relies on an unnamed former bandmate quoted in Matthew Hild’s book.

Overview

  • Matthew Hild’s A Little More Love, released Thursday after a Wednesday People excerpt, revives claims that Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta were “very, very close.”
  • An anonymous former bandmate recalls Newton-John asking if marriage to Travolta would mean joining Scientology, and being told conversion would be encouraged but not required.
  • People reports Travolta’s representatives did not respond to a request for comment as the book’s excerpt circulated.
  • Both stars long said they stayed friends during Grease because they were seeing other people, though co-star Didi Conn later said their on-screen chemistry felt genuine.
  • Travolta’s decades-long affiliation with the Church of Scientology, dating to 1975, provides context for the question, yet the new claim rests on a single, retrospective source and has not been independently confirmed.