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\n \n Kirstie Alley and John Travolta were never romantically involved, but that wasn\u2019t how she initially wanted it.\n <\/p>\n \n Alley, who died Monday at the age of 71 after a brief illness, <\/a>often talked of her feelings for Travolta, whom she called the \u201cgreatest love\u201d of her life.\n <\/p>\n \n The pair starred together \u201cLook Who\u2019s Talking\u201d film franchise (the first movie hit theaters in 1989). During an appearance in 2018 on \u201cCelebrity Big Brother U.K.\u201d<\/a>, Alley talked about how easy it is to fall in love with leading men.\n <\/p>\n \n She named two co-stars she said she developed feelings for, but never fully consummated the attraction: Patrick Swayze and Travolta.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI almost ran off and married John. I did love him, I still love him,\u201d Alley said.<\/a> \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t been married I would\u2019ve gone and married him and I would\u2019ve been in an airplane because he has his [own plane.]\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n The same year she appeared on the reality show, the \u201cCheers\u201d star also talked about Travolta during a conversation on \u201cThe Dan Wootton Interview\u201d podcast<\/a>. She said not sleeping with the movie star was \u201cthe hardest decision I\u2019ve ever made because I was madly in love with him.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWe were fun and funny together,\u201d she said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a sexual relationship because I\u2019m not going to cheat on my husband.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Alley was married to actor Parker Stevenson at the time. The couple divorced in 1997.\n <\/p>\n \n In 2013, Alley told Howard Stern Travolta also had feelings for her, but didn\u2019t act on them because of her marriage.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cIt took me years to not look at John as a romantic interest,\u201d she said.<\/a>\n <\/p>\n \n Travolta married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. Alley told Wooten that Preston put her foot down about her flirting with her husband.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cKelly came up to me and they were married then, and she said, \u2018Why are you flirting with my husband?\u2019\u201d Alley said. \u201cAnd that was sort of when I had to make a decision and that was pretty much the end of that.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Travolta paid tribute to Alley on social media Monday.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cKirstie was one of the most special relationships I\u2019ve ever had,\u201d he wrote in the caption on a post on his verified Instagram account.<\/a> \u201cI love you Kirstie. I know we will see each other again.\u201d\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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