John and Ella Travolta in Super Bowl ad.
John Travoltais reflecting on the “magical” experience of dancing with his daughter earlier this year in an ad that ran during the Super Bowl.
In aninterview withEsquireMexicopublished earlier this month, the longtime actor shared some background on the sweetSuper Bowl adthat he starred in with his 21-year-old daughterElla.
“It was magical, there’s no one else in the world I’d rather dance with than my daughter Ella,” Travolta, 67, said of theScotts Miracle-Gro commercial. The ad spot featured the father-daughter pair dancing the hand jive to Surface’s hit “Sunday Best.”
“It worked on so many levels! First, as a unique moment of entertainment that people loved seeing. Secondly, it allowed me to introduce my daughter to the world on a huge stage, showing off her talent and beauty,” Travolta continued.
Ella and John Travolta.
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“Kelly and I dance a lot. It was really important to us,” Travolta explained toEsquireMexico. “We had 5, 6 million views and then we did a TikTok challenge, asking people to recreate the dance and it went viral. I’m really thankful that the brand asked us to do it together.”
Travolta has often spoken about his love for dancing with his family and last August shared a video on Instagram as a tribute to Preston.
“My daughter@ella.travoltaand I dancing in memory of momma. One of Kelly’s favorite things, dancing with me,” the actorwrote in the captionfor a video of he and Ella sharing a dance.
Travolta was married to Preston for 29 years and they had three children together: Ella, 10-year-old son Benjamin and son Jett, whodied at age 16 in January 2009.
“It’s fame that trained me for 2020,” Travolta toldEsquireMexico. “When you are famous, you live in a kind of plastic bubble, cloistered like an oyster. You can’t abandon it if you want to go out on a normal day to explore life. Part me of was already familiar with this kind of life. Fame is what has made me prepare for these rare times that we live in.”
“Life is movement and a journey; what you leave behind in people, I guess that’s your legacy,” he added. “How they interpret my life will be different for each one. And that’s okay, because that will be me.”
source: people.com
