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"For Kelly Preston and John Travolta, &amp;quot;our kids are the center of our universe,&amp;quot; the Old Dogs actress said on Lifetime&amp;apos;s The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet Thursday.\r\nThe mother-of-three, 49, explained that giving birth to son Benjamin Hunter Kaleo in November 2010 gave her a new perspective on motherhood. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s different in that I&amp;apos;m so much wiser,&amp;quot; she revealed. &amp;quot;I know myself so much more now.&amp;quot; (She and Travolta, 58, are also parents to daughter Ella, 12. Their son Jett died from a seizure in January 2009.)\r\n\r\nPreston added: &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m so different, too. Now I don&amp;apos;t drink anymore. I don&amp;apos;t smoke anymore. I don&amp;apos;t do drugs anymore. All of those come with an &amp;apos;anymore.&amp;apos; I used to do everything and a lot of everything.&amp;quot;\r\nFor Preston, the decision to get sober wasn&amp;apos;t difficult. &amp;quot;With drinking, I just decided that I wasn&amp;apos;t always at my best. There were times where I drank too much, for sure.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe actress -- married to Travolta since 1991 -- also disliked &amp;quot;not being myself with my kids, or just with my life 100 percent of the time. And when I didn&amp;apos;t drink, I felt amazing, and I woke up feeling amazing every single day.&amp;quot;\r\nSaid Preston: &amp;quot;For me, I find that our kids came in half the time to teach me about myself and to help me with others, and they have helped me so extraordinarily.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nPreston&amp;apos;s interview was conducted months before Travolta was accused of sexual battery by two male masseurs. The Saturday Night Fever actor&amp;apos;s lawyer, Marty Singer, has denied the allegations.\r\nThe Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet airs Thursdays at 11 p.m. EST on Lifetime."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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