John Travolta Says Pitbull Encouraged Him to Go Bald

Evan Romano

May 23, 2019 4:49 PM

John Travolta and his daughter, Ella Bleu, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest host Lena Waithe asked Travolta about his bald head. The Academy Award nominee revealed that Pitbull encouraged his hair removal.

Pitbull Encouraged John Travolta to Go Bald

John Travolta has been bald for a few months now-he revealed his new look in the early days of 2019-but we now know that a fellow hairless star helped the Grease and Pulp Fiction legend to arrive at his final decision.

"I became friends with Pitbull-you know, all of us guys who do this have got to stick together," he said to actress and writer Lena Waithe, who was guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! . "Both he and my family encouraged it."

Pitbull, of course, is a Miami-based rapper who's chart-toppers have included "Timber" and "Give me Everything."

Travolta appeared on the show alongside his daughter, Ella Bleu-they're both appearing in the upcoming film The Poison Rose.

Waithe opened the discussion by pressing the Academy Award-nominee about his hair-or, now, lack thereof. "Your hair was pretty famous," she said. "You had this, like, beautiful mane. And then you guys posted this picture people kind of went a little crazy, it went viral, were you expecting that?

Travolta responded in a typical low key and self-deprecating nature: No! Its just a haircut, he said. The last time I went this viral was when I mispronounced Idina Menzels name at the Oscars." That Oscars moment that Travolta is referring to, of course, was one of the all-time live television gaffes , and one that to this point still makes absolutely no sense. So it's very refreshing and nice to see that he still has a good sense of humor about it.

The actor also made a good point-this isn't the first time he's been bald. Travolta loyalists may remember that a movie he did back in 2010 called From Paris With Love saw a hairless, gun-toting Danny Zuko. So it's not exactly new. Either way, though, it's definitely a look that he's pulling off. It's almost like we're all used to it already-pre-bald Travolta is looking a little odd already, somehow.

Watch the Jimmy Kimmel appearance here:

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Evan Romano