By McKinley Franklin According to Barry Diller, John Travolta backed out of starring in American Gigolo because of the film’s “somewhat gay subtext.” “He slumped down in a chair in Michael ...

John Travolta’s reasons for pulling out of the movie American Gigolo in the late 1970s are apparently up for debate. In his ...

Among the headline-grabbing revelations in his new memoir Who Knew, Fox Broadcasting Company co-founder Barry Diller sheds light on John Travolta’s infamous exit from 1980’s American Gigolo ...

Riding high off of Grease‘s success, Diller was eager for Travolta to play the lead in a lurid neo-noir from new Hollywood hot-shot Paul Schrader, American Gigolo. The actor was already attached ...

The new tell-all from 83-year-old Hollywood super-producer Barry Diller promises to be a juicy one, a book filled with so ...

According to Barry Diller, John Travolta backed out of starring in American Gigolo because of the film’s “somewhat gay subtext.” In his tell-all memoir, Who Knew, the power player recalls a time when ...

Barry Diller claims John Travolta exited ‘American Gigolo’ because of the “somewhat gay subtext”. John, 71, was originally tapped to take the leading role in the 1980 crime thriller about ...

John Travolta’s reasons for pulling out of the movie American Gigolo in the late 1970s are apparently up for debate. In his new memoir, Who Knew?, former Paramount CEO Barry Diller claimed that ...

American Gigolo director Paul Schrader also claimed ... DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for John Travolta for comment. Travolta lost his first love Hyland, to breast cancer in ...