On January 3, 2009, Jett Travolta, the son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, died at the age of 16 after suffering a seizure and hitting his head in the bathroom of his parents' vacation home. During his life, Jett Travolta was basically a recluse because he suffered from autism, a fact that John Travolta only admitted after his son died. Why did he wait that long? Because Travolta and Kelly Preston are Scientologists. And since autism is generally treated with antidepressant and antipsychotic medications, they chose to place Jett on a "detox regimen" and told people he suffered from Kawasaki syndrome (found most commonly in Japanese kids under the age of 5). Why not give their son proper treatment? Because Scientology believes the practice of psychiatry is destructive and abusive and must be abolished. So keep that in mind when you read an interview Kelly Preston gave to Health magazine crediting Scientology for helping her through the death of her son. Yes, you read that right. Huffington Post reports:

The actress and mother to 11-year-old Ella Bleu and baby boy, Benjamin told Health magazine's September issue that the Scientology center was her rock during her most difficult times: "I don't know if I would have made it through without [the Scientology center]. We've been able to navigate through it and to come to a place that is a lot better." This isn't the first time that Preston has made her devotion to Scientology public. Preston previously sang her praises to Scientology's founder on the "Today" show: "L. Ron Hubbard found that the single source of aberration, of psychosomatic illnesses, stress, fears, worry, things like that, have to do with the reactive mind, and in that part of the mind is different words and commands that can come back to affect you later in your life. I'm blessed with, my kids have always been amazing, very calm, very peaceful, happy, and I absolutely know that it's very much because of that."

Kelly, I hate to point this out, but SCIENTOLOGY KILLED YOUR FUCKING SON! You can hug Jesus or L. Ron Hubbard all you want, but when they hinder your ability to make logical and informed medical decisions, it's time to reevaluate what purpose those beliefs and faith are trying to serve. I don't care if Jesus did walk on water. Praying won't fix my torn ACL. Beer and painkillers have worked a whole lot better than Jesus so far.

Actress and longtime beard of John Travolta, Kelly Preston, is giving birth to the couple's third child. Radar Online reports:

John Travolta has rushed home from a promotional trip in Australia after receiving word that pregnant wife Kelly Preston has gone into labor.

The 56-year-old Grease star was due in Perth for a charity event but abruptly cancelled to pilot his own flight back to the United States.

Travolta made good on his promise that if his Preston "goes into labor, I'll have to take the plane straight back on a 22-hour flight''.

Their baby wasn't due until November 26, but like me, it popped out just a little prematurely. Because seriously, who the fuck wants to be a Sagittarius?

Here's Kelly Brook at the EMAs, because she and Kelly Preston have the same first name and both spark premature things.

In January of this year, three people (Bahamian Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe, Former Senator for the Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party Pleasant Bridgewater, and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne) were arrested for their attempt to extort $25M from John Travolta after his son, Jett Travolta, died after having a massive seizure at the actor's vacation home in the Bahamas. If Travolta refused, the three conspirators would release the 16-year old's medical records. Jett Travolta was long believed to have suffered from autism (the great Mark Ebner and always fantastic Jenny were all over this two years ago), a diagnosis Travolta refused to admit or provide proper treatment for due to his Scientology beliefs, instead insisting that Jett had Kawasaki disease. Yesterday, while on the stand during the extortion trial, Travolta finally admitted his son was autistic. LA Times reports:

John Travolta finally revealed in a Bahamian courtroom what he was never able to say publicly when his son, Jett, was alive. "He was autistic," Travolta told the court during the extortion trial. "He suffered from a seizure disorder." Travolta said Jett suffered seizures every five to 10 days and that each seizure lasted around 45 seconds. Jett would often sleep for 12 hours after an episode.

I'm going to take a step back from being a ruthless jackass who tells unfunny jokes, to say that as much as I hate Scientology and everything it does to families and people looking to belong to something, I actually feel bad for John Travolta. Faith and beliefs can be a powerful thing, but when they hinder your ability to make logical and informed medical decisions, it's time to reevaluate what purpose those beliefs and faith are trying to serve. I'm in no way associated with any Autism awareness groups, but my best friend has a child with autism, and instead of living in denial, he and his wife have dealt with it, and have given their child proper medical care and therapy. And he's one of the sweetest kids you'll ever want to meet. My opinions of Travolta aside, I hope he and the rest of his family can somehow learn to accept this tragedy and salvage the remainder of their lives and that Jett can have the peace he never had in life.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston at the extortion hearing in the Bahamas yesterday:

As you may already know, Jett Travolta, the 16-year old son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, died on Friday of blunt trauma to the head after he suffered a seizure in the bathroom of his family's Bahama vacation home. As you may not already know, I look awesome in turtlenecks! Anyway, here's all the Travolta crap that happened this weekend. Brace yourself:

Jett had seizures every four days that were "like death" except when, you know, they were "very much like death". [TMZ]

The EMT who responded to the scene says Travolta and Preston begged Jett to wake up in the ambulance. He also noticed Travolta's hair. [FOXNews]

"The Scientology celebrity ethics officer would also actively look for one or more people in the Travoltas' circle of friends, acquaintances who might be antagonistic to or even anti-Scientology and who could have had sufficient negative influence to "cause" such a tragedy. That person would then be the target of possible disconnection (shunning), firing or lawsuit/fair game." Sweet! [Why We Protest]

Jett's two nannies, Jeff and Ana Kathrein, left him unattended for 10 hours. What could go wrong? [TMZ]

Jeff Kathrein (banner picture) is John Travolta's long-time rumored live in gay lover. [Gawker]

Ana Kathrein is a Grade III Scientologist and a wedding photographer. Man, how did they get someone with such qualifications to take care of their son who suffered from several severe medical conditions? Just lucky I guess! [Gawker]

Travolta and Preston have released a statement. It made kitty sad. [US Magazine]

The autopsy results may be available today. Hopefully it will be able to solve the mystery of how a person can die from having a seizure then banging their head on a bathtub. I just can't figure it out! [USA Today]

John Travolta’s son, Jett Travolta has died at the age of 16. Reports suggest that Jett had a seizure and hit his head in the bathroom in the Travolta’s vacation home in the Bahamas. Travolta, 54, and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, 46, plan to have the body of their son transported to Ocala, Florida, where they also have a home to arrange for his burial. They also have an 8-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu.

You can read more about this tragedy here.

Hey, if you're a straight dude, do you remember the last time you went to a Broadway musical and sang along to all the songs then went backstage where you pissed yourself touching all the costumes? You can't? Travolta can. Page Six says:

John Travolta has an 8-year-old daughter, but it looks as if he's the one obsessed with "The Little Mermaid." The pudgy "Pulp Fiction" star sat front row with daughter Ella at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 46th Street Saturday, where he sang along to the show's tunes, including "Under the Sea." Afterward, he brought 26 of Ella's pals backstage and took pictures with the cast. "He was touching all the costumes, he looked amazed," said our spy. "He said he was way, way into the show."

I don't know why, but I can't seem to shake the feeling that if you randomly knocked on Travolta's door 10 times, at least 7 of those times he'd be wearing daisy dukes and a hard hat.

Travolta, his beard, and the only kid they ever take out in public:

The Church of Scientology had a "38th Anniversary" gala this weekend and you did nothing, Taliban. If all the 24 hour news channels would stop telling everyone where all of America's infrastructure weak spots are for a minute and point their bulletins at things like Scientology events, maybe terrorists would finally hit something we don't need and won't miss. If they'd like to practice on a smaller target first, they're more than welcome to go after the mutants in those fucking eHarmony commercials.

I think we were still sending spies to Russia the last time Kelly Preston was considered hot, but here she is in a bikini anyway. Frolicking carelessly in the waves with her daughter as her son Jett is at home gnawing at his handcuffs and her husband is picking out syrup with his boyfriend. What a fabulous life she leads!