And at the front of the sauna is a huge glass window, and it looks directly out into the shower room. John Travolta must have finished his work out and went home, right? No.Īt this gym, directly across from the showers is the sauna room. Now, the gym floor was empty, and the locker room was empty, so I figured that, except for employees, there was no one around. I finished my run and then headed toward the showers. I figured that was that.ĮDIT3: Story continued. So this goes on for about 45 minutes, and then I hit the treadmill to run a few more miles. But somewhere in the back of my mind, I started to feel like I was being cruised. I mean, I had to imagine that the personal trainer was directing the workout, and not John himself, so why the correlation? I just imagined that since I was doing common lifts, my workout was probably similar to the one prescribed by the trainer. There must be 200 pieces of equipment in the room, but every time I finish with a machine, John Travolta and his trainer use it next. I mean, every time I use a machine, John Travolta uses it next. I may be a fat bastard now, but not back then I was training for the police academy, and I was ripped.) Well, as I complete my workout, I notice that John Travolta is following me around the gym. (Now I want to preface this next part by saying that at this time I was in the best shape of my life. I had about 8-10 lifts on this particular day, so I finished my usual circuit around the gym. Well, the novelty of seeing John Travolta in public wore off quickly (I do live in L.A., after all), so I just went to finish my workout, ignoring him. But he was being led around by a personal trainer, so I figured he was on the mend.
My first two thoughts: Oh my God, that's John Travolta! Followed by, Why the fuck is he so pale? I swear the dude was practically transparent. In all his pale glory, the man himself, Vinnie Barbarino (a.k.a. I turned up, signed in, threw my bag in a locker, stretched the quads a bit, and hopped on the treadmill. On this particular night, however, I wasn't alone. And although the 24-Fitness Sport in Santa Monica, CA is certainly the busiest gym I've ever seen, it was normally as empty as the streets at 3am. Now, 24-Hour Fitness was the perfect gym for my schedule, and 3am was my go-to workout time. 6pm to 6am was my regular shift, so my nights off were often quiet, sometimes lonely, and occasionally weird. I was working nights as a police dispatcher, and my schedule was all out of whack. It was a warm summer night in the year 2000 (August, I think-maybe September).
Myklanjilo doesn't include a photo or any way to verify his story, which reads as follows: Reddit user Myklanjilo writes of an alleged memorable late night encounter with Travolta in the locker room of a 24-hour gym from 14 years ago (emphasis mine). The next story is considerably more steamy. Reddit user deweyredman wrote in the thread that he too was approached by Travolta, at the gym, where they were alone, together: "Happened to me too a while back.super nice guy." Let's start with the most benign of the two tales. Last night, the actor John Travolta surprised one lucky fan when he introduced himself to the man,… John Travolta Introduced Himself To This Guy, Alone, At the Gym, At 3 AM A commenter points out that the original Reddit thread contains a few other stories detailing Travolta's late night gym escapades. It turns out that last week was not the first time that John Travolta has allegedly introduced himself to a male stranger, at the gym, where they were alone, together, at three in the morning.