John Travolta is a proud father.
The “Saturday Night Fever” actor and his wife Kelly Preston, who died in 2020, had three children together: their late son Jett, their daughter Ella Bleu and their son Benjamin.
Travolta, who turned 70 in February, took a father-daughter trip to Paris with Ella this summer to compete in the 2024 Olympics.
The duo participated in numerous events, including gymnastics and tennis.
Actor John Travolta and actress Ella Bleu Travolta compete in the men’s floor exercise final of artistic gymnastics on day eight of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Bercy Arena in Paris, France on August 3, 2024.
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Earlier this year, in April, the “Pulp Fiction” star appeared with Ella at the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival to celebrate the cult classic’s 30th anniversary.
The father-daughter duo walked the red carpet together, with the elder Travolta wearing a black jacket and blue jeans and Ella wearing a floral dress with a square neckline.
In a June 2023 Instagram post, Travolta celebrated Father’s Day with a family snapshot of himself with Ella and Ben, as well as their family dog.
In another Instagram post in June 2022, Travolta described fatherhood as a “privilege.”
Here’s what you should know about the “Hairspray” star’s children, whom he often posts about on social media.
Ella Blue Travolta
John and Ella Bleu Travolta at “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, May 22, 2019.
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Ella Blue Travolta was born on April 3, 2000.
On her last birthday, her 24th, her father celebrated her on Instagram with a video showing the two of them driving in a vintage car.
“Happy birthday, Ella. I love you. Your daddy!” the elder Travolta wrote in the caption.
Ella followed her father into the role of actress and model. In 2021, Travolta and Preston’s second child also started a music career.
Both Ella and her father had previously collaborated on the 2009 song “Every Little Step,” which was included on the soundtrack to “Old Dogs,” in which the elder Travolta starred alongside Robin Williams.
Ella Bleu’s latest single is the track “Dizzy”, the remix of which initially started as a TikTok challenge and was released in 2023 as a collaboration with the band Just Seconds Apart.
Ben Travolta
Kelly Preston, John Travolta, Ella Bleue Travolta and Benjamin Travolta attend the screening of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 15, 2018 in Cannes, France.
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Travolta’s youngest child, Ben, was born on November 23, 2010.
Ben is undergoing Ninja Warrior training, an activity that his father proudly shares glimpses of on Instagram.
In February, Travolta shared a video of Ben skiing and wrote on Instagram: “Today was my best birthday present. Seeing my son Ben skiing at a new level! I am so proud of him.”
Jett Travolta
In this handout from Rogers and Cowan, Jett Travolta is seen in an undated photo with his father, John Travolta.
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Travolta’s late son Jett died in 2009 at the age of 16 from the effects of an epileptic seizure he suffered during a family stay at their vacation home in the Bahamas.
Travolta paid tribute to Jett on the occasion of his son’s 30th birthday in April 2022.
“My dearest Jetty, I miss you more than words can express,” Travolta wrote at the time. “I think of you every day. Happy birthday. Love, your father.”
In April 2024, Travolta honored his late son with another birthday tribute on Instagram.
Alongside a sweet throwback photo of him, Jett and his late wife Kelly Preston, the actor wrote in the caption: “Happy birthday my Jetty – not a day goes by that you are not with me!”
