John Travolta gets by with a little help from his friend Pitbull.
The actor, 65, told Lena Waithe, who guest-hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday, that it took the encouragement of the “Timber” singer, 38, and his family to finally embrace the decision to go bald.
Waithe, 35, kicked off the interview with Travolta and his daughter Ella Bleu by saying, “Your hair was pretty famous. You had this, like, beautiful mane. And then you guys posted this picture … people kind of went a little crazy, it went viral, were you expecting that?”
“No! It’s just a haircut,” the “Gotti” star replied, adding, “The last time I went this viral was when I mispronounced Idina Menzel’s name at the Oscars” — referring to his much-memed 2014 gaffe as a presenter at the awards ceremony.
Waithe asked if he was nervous to make the change, but the Golden Globe winner explained, “It’s so much easier … I did a movie called ‘From Paris with Love’ [in 2010] and I got used to it. So it wasn’t a total shock.”
Concluded Travolta, “And I became friends with Pitbull — you know all of us guys who do this have got to stick together — and both he and my family encouraged it.”