Who is Jeff Kathrein, Jett Travolta's nanny?
Who is the Travolta family nanny Jeff Kathrein who was in charge of caring for Jett Travolta and who reportedly found his body in the bathroom?
On his website, he describes himself as a photographer. He mostly seems to do wedding and maternity shots but there's also one of his photos (seen at left) of Kelly Preston that ran in TV Guide magazine.
But in another photo taken In 2006, Kathrein and John Travolta were caught by paparazzi locking lips.
See the photo here on Gawker.com.
According to Gawker, Travolta camp's official explanation was that John kisses everyone like that.
Really?
Kathrein's qualifications for childcare -- particularly a child with serious medical problems -- are unknown.
But according to Gawker, he is a Scientologist, like Travolta and Kelly Preston. Kathrein's wife, Ana, also seen on the website and expecting their first child, is also a Scientologist.
Some Scientology bashers insist that the church forces gays and lesbians to stay in the closet and maintain the appearance of heterosexual relationships.
You don't think... Nyah. That's crazy talk!
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Photo: TV Guide, taken by Jeff Kathrein.
These are very well respected celebrities that have a great reputation in every aspect of their life, and deserve nothing but sympathy and love from everyone who has every even heard of them. They lost the most precious thing in their life, and no onw should be second guessing their motives or dedication to that young mans life. Let them grieve with the dignity they so deserve. God bless them all, I'm truly sorry for their pain, cause I know there's nothing they wouldn't give to have him back.
1. Affection does not equal sex. Lip kissing doesn't equal sex. John Travolta does kiss everyone that way! Look how John kissed Kirk Douglas when Douglas presented him a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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2. What's with the big trend of pointing out people's religions and listing who ever took a class in Scientology? Do you make lists of people who worship a mother virgin born with a sinful son because of a talking snake in a garden who runs around roasting people in a firepit??
Go for INDIVIDUALS not the generality of religions. There are gross idiots abusing most religions.
Interesting that a Scientology lawyer is coming out as the front man and the story is evolving like something out of pulp fiction. If I were Travolta, I'd get a real lawyer and not one intended to protect the good name of L Ron Hubbard's tax shelter - a criminal lawyer with some knowledge of child endangerment and neglect.
Kissing on the mouth is a cultural thing, everybody kisses in most parts of Europe, so it could have been something he picked up on his travels.
I think all the talk surrounding the death of this child is disgusting. We have no indication that the Travolta family did not love their child to the fullest. Even assuming the allegations listed above are true, that would not make John an uncaring parent. I think someone should spend his or her time writing an article that celebrates Jett's life, rather than continuing to turn his death into a circus. Let's wait and hear what the medical examiners say before we pass judgment.
There are thousands of children who suffer from seizures - even as devastating as Jett's - that are cared for by "untrained individuals" - their parents. Any individual can be trained to care for a child with seizures - from their parents, to their babysitters, their teachers, and their friends.
Not every seizure medication works - I should know because I have a 16 year old son who has suffered from epilepsy since the age of 3. He has taken nearly every seizure medication the doctors suggested, including at one time a cocktail of 4 different medications - to the point of the doctors calling him overmedicated. Even then, his seizures have never been controlled. I personally know of at least 2 other individuals who were taking seizure medication that had a seizure in a bathroom, hit their head and died from it. It is entirely the Travoltas and their physician's call as to what medications he should or should not have been on - and whether Jett was autistic or not. I personally have asked for 4 second opinions about my child because I've felt he is autistic - the medical community would not agree with me.
People should never be so quick to judge until they've walked the walk those parents have been through - you just can't know - and it's really no one else's business.
This family and the nanny have had their worst nightmare come true. I personally have spent 12 years listening to my son sleep over a baby monitor- listening for seizures. Trust me - there is no way that I could have heard every seizure once I went to sleep in the last 12 years - it is not feasibly possible.
This poor family needs to be left alone to grieve - and all the attacks on them need to stop.
Oh - and you know what - I am a Scientologist. I have NEVER been told by the church that my son should not take seizure medication - nor that I should not seek medical advice.
Please let this family grieve their loss - and stop the attacks!
And if you check out the website - funnily enough Jeff and Ana just had a trip to Paris...
Oh, come on! John's Italian ... so am I -- we kiss everyone upon arrival and departure. Now really is not the time for the press to be focusing on something so frivolous when the wost tragedy that a parent can imagine has just befallen John and Kelly.
John Travolta talked publically about how Scientology could have saved Anna Nicole Smith before her autopsy was done. Why do scientologists get to lecture others on how they know best when others are grieving but everyone must shut up about scientology when they are?
I wish everyone would stop talking about the Travolta Family. Since no one seems to have first hand knowledge of real facts and since we don't personally know this family, I would think it is a good idea to leave it alone. A family has lost a beloved son, brother, etc. It is a tragic end for a young man who was clearly loved very much. Whatever was physically wrong with Jett is the Travolta's private matter. Jett is free now, and may he rest in peace, laugh and fly with angels. May his family be allowed to heal from this tragedy knowing that Jett no longer has the ailments that imprisoned him in life.