article_snippet.sent: Travolta has broken Travolta silence on the controversial Scientology exposé Going Clear and says Travolta never intends to watch the Scientology-bashing HBO documentary.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to the Tampa Bay Times while promoting Travolta upcoming film The Forger, Travolta said Travolta decades of personal experience in the organization have been nothing but positive--nothing like the blackmailing, physically abusive cult portrayed in his upcoming film The Forger. '
article_snippet.sent: I haven't experienced anything that the hearsay has (claimed), so why would I communicate something that wasn't true for Travolta?'
article_snippet.sent: Spoke out: Travolta on Monday broke Travolta silence on the Scientology-bashing HBO documentary
article_snippet.sent: Those 40 years Travolta has spent as a Scientologist are addressed head-on in the film, which claims that church elders have blackmailed the 61-year-old into being one of church elders most visible cheerleaders.
article_snippet.sent: But Travolta, despite Travolta refusal to sit through the film, said it's merely a showcase for ex-members 'who were disgruntled with their experiences' with Scientology. '
article_snippet.sent: I've been brought through storms that were insurmountable, and (Scientology has) been so beautiful for Travolta, that I can't even imagine attacking it, . '
article_snippet.sent: That would be a crime to Travolta, personally, to do that,' Travolta said.
article_snippet.sent: Scientologists hold a 'blackmail file' on Travolta to stop Travolta leaving the faith, which includes 'damaging material' from Travolta sessions with auditors at the Church, the doc claims.
article_snippet.sent: The documentary also claimed Scientology chiefs hold a 'black PR package' on Travolta, with all the disclosures Travolta made during auditing sessions.
article_snippet.sent: Travolta is said to have requested that Travolta sessions were not filmed, but secret cameras were allegedly installed anyway.
article_snippet.sent: MailOnline has contacted John Travolta for comment.
highlights_snippet.sent: Travolta spoke out about the Scientology-bashing HBO documentary on Monday as Travolta promoted Travolta upcoming film The Forger .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Travolta says Travolta won't watch a film by 'disgruntled' ex-members that is 'so decidedly negative'
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Travolta says the church helped Travolta get through the 'loss of children, loved ones, physical illnesses...