How Kelly Preston Really Felt When She First Met John Travolta

A marriage spanning almost three decades is an impressive feat whether or not you live your life under the Tinseltown microscope, but by Hollywood standards it's practically an eternity. While it's hard to remember Preston with anyone other than Travolta, the Jerry Maguire star was actually previously married, and per Heavy, even dated two of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors of the time: George Clooney and Charlie Sheen. But it was in Travolta that Preston had clearly found her person.

According to Us Weekly, the couple met on the set of The Experts in 1989, when Preston was already married to Kevin Gage. Preston recalled meeting Travolta, saying, "I see, no lie, coming across the hall with his two dogs, this really hot guy. Then he stops and says hello. And I was like, 'Oh s***. Kill me now.' You know, like, 'Oh my God.' And that was my first meeting with him." 

Travolta, for his part, was instantly taken. "She came in this, this gorgeous woman. We had an immediate chemistry. I remember she was going down the steps. And I was on top, and I said, 'May I ask you a question?' and she said, 'Yes,' and I said, 'What's it like to be married? Is it a good thing?'" he recalled. "She said, 'I love it,' and I thought, 'Wow, wouldn't it be great to be married to someone who loves being married?'"