John Travolta honours late wife Kelly Preston with touching video on her 64th birthday

John Travolta has marked his late wife Kelly Preston’s 64th birthday with an emotional video of their daughter, Ella Bleu Travolta.

Travolta, 72, celebrated the birthday and a big career moment for Ella Bleu, 26, who was getting ready for her Paris Fashion Week debut in the clip.

“Look at your baby girl now, Kelly!! Happy birthday, you should be so proud!!” Travolta wrote in his Instagram post.

The video featured footage of Ella Bleu’s preparation and walk on Miu Miu’s spring/summer 2027 runway on October 4 set to Audrey Hepburn singing Moon River in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

“She is the perfect blend of you two,” one fan reacted to the post.

“This is so sweet, Kelly for sure is so proud and sees herself and you in Ella,” said another.

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A third said: “I know that you are so proud of her and Kelly is right by her side through all of her achievements.”

Ella Bleu also marked her mother’s birthday, sharing a photo of herself as a child with her mother.

“Happy birthday, mama. I love you,” she said.

Travolta and Preston were married for nearly 30 years until her death in 2020.

“It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer,” Travolta said at the time.

They shared three children: Ella Bleu, Benjamin, 15, and eldest son Jett, who died aged 16 in 2009.

In 2021, he reflected on his grief to Esquire Spain. 

“The most important thing you can do to help another when they are in mourning is to allow them to experience it and not complicate it with your own,” he said.

He said he remembered people reaching out to him and becoming “so overwhelmed by everyone’s sadness that I didn’t know what to do with my own”.

“Even though it’s great to have company, sometimes it becomes like you’re helping them instead of working on overcoming your own feelings of loss and grief.”