John Travolta Tried to Heal the Director’s Foot with What?
Travolta is known for being a devout Scientologist, but the church wasn’t as famous when he was such a young actor. While filming Grease in the late ’70s, Travolta was just starting to explore the controversial religion that we all know of now. He delved into the religion enough to practice some of the church’s bizarre healing methods.
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And with his newfound knowledge, Travolta started using Scientology’s healing methods on the set after the dirty water from the drag race scene gave the director, Randal Kleiser, a foot infection. The infection was pretty severe, causing a halt in the production. But Travolta came to the rescue with the “touch assist” method. Kleiser’s account of the incident: “I was lying there with this fever, and he’s poking me and poking me and poking me and I’m like, ‘Yes, I feel it.’ ‘Thank you.’ Then he left. The next day I was better, and of course, he claimed it was because of the touch assist.”