John Travolta pays tribute to Kirstie Alley - other Hollywood friendships that carried off-screen and stood the test of time

On December 5, a Hollywood’s film and TV icon sadly passed away. Kirstie Alley, the Emmy-winning actress from ‘Cheers’ and ‘Look Who’s Talking’, died after a cancer battle.

The Kansas-born actress’ family have kept details of her passing private, but famous friends from the industry have been quick to pay tribute to Alley.

One person who seemed particularly upset by Alley’s passing was fellow ‘Look Who’s Talking’ actor John Travolta.

The two enjoyed a long friendship after being co-stars in the rom-com, with constant rumour of a much deeper relationship as Alley once professed her “love” for John.

In a tribute post, Travolta described their bond as “one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had”.

We take a look back at their special friendship, and other Hollywood co-stars with friendships that stood the test of time.

John Travolta and Kirstie Alley

During Celebrity Big Brother 2018, Kirstie Alley revealed that she once nearly “ran off” with the Grease actor - showing how their relationship existed off-screen too.

She added that she would have married Travolta if she wasn’t already taken at the time.

He has reciprocated the idea of a close relationship as he called Alley his “soulmate” in an interview with US Weekly in 2019.

Although the pair never entered a real relationship with one another, they remained close friends over the years.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet

As DiCaprio and Winslet fell in love on-screen in Titanic all those years ago, it’s easy to say that the world fell in love with the pair too.

The 1997 romantic-disaster film is still a tear-jerker for many, as is Leo and Kate’s enduring love for one another.

Winslet famously spoke on their relationship at the 2009 Golden Globes where Kate won two awards.

She said: “Leo, I'm so happy I can stand here and tell you how much I love and how much I've loved you for 13 years.”

Their relationship has remained platonic over the years, but we live in [extreme] hope.

Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak

Costars from The Office US, it’s safe to safe Mindy and B.J.’s real-life relationship is much more solid than their on-screen coupling in the hit show.

Friends for around 18 years, B.J. is even godfather to Mindy’s children

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel

In what seems like a friendship that was meant to make rom-coms together, Zooey and Joseph have been friends for more than two decades.

The pair are co-stars from ‘Manic’ and ‘500 Days of Summer’ and as they remain close, there is plenty of rumour that they may join forces on-screen once again.

Despite the wishes of fans. The pair have ever only remained just friends and have also released videos of them making music together.

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Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta

Another famous Hollywood star who John Travolta was close to after sharing the screen together was Olivia Newton-John

The singer and actress was perhaps best-known for her role as Sandy in 1978’s Grease where she starred alongside John Travolta.

The pair were friends for more than four decades and in 1983, they reunited for the film ‘Two of a Kind’.

Travolta also often spoke about how Newton-John was coping through her cancer battles.

After she sadly passed away at the age of 73 in August 2022 from cancer, Travolta touchingly paid tribute to the icon saying “I love you so much.”