John Travolta looked blissfully happy in a slew of photos uploaded to his Instagram account on Sunday as he marked his 70th birthday.
In a sweet video montage from the festivities, the star was seen sitting at the head of a dinner table blowing out the candles on his cake as his family cheered him on.
The footage then pans to him receiving a sweet kiss from his beloved pup, Peanut, as he held a plate of a partially eaten birthday cake.
‘Birthday kiss from Peanut,’ the Grease star captioned the post, adding a dog and birthday cake emoji.
The Pulp Fiction actor revealed that he spent his special day on a ski trip, and posted a video of his son Benjamin, 13, flying down the hillside on his skis with Lynryrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird playing in the background.
The proud dad shared a video clip of Ben on Instagram and captioned it: ‘This was my favorite birthday gift today. Seeing my son Ben ski to a new level! I’m so proud of him.
Travolta’s daughter Ella Bleu, 23, shared a sweet tribute to her dad on his special day.
She posted a throwback photo of herself with her dad from her childhood. In it, she had an adorably grumpy look on her face.
‘Happy Birthday to the man who is always by my side and who is always bringing light and beauty into this world. I love you to the moon and back❤️, ‘ she wrote.
John shared Ella and Benjamin with his late wife Kelly Preston, who died in 2020 after a secret battle with breast cancer.
The couple were also parents of Jett, who suffered seizures and was autistic and died in 2009 after hitting his head on a bathtub mid-seizure.
The Saturday Night Live star’s longtime friend Jamie Lee Curtis, 65, shared a touching tribute to her co-star in 1985’s Perfect.
‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY @johntravolta. We have been friends and colleagues for a long time and we share a passion for our art and children and rescue pups!,’ she captioned her Instagram post.
In her post, she shared a photo from the movie with him and a current snap of the two hanging out nearly 40 years later.
The Everything Everywhere All At Once also shared a shot of a Rolling Stone cover they appeared on together.
Jamie Lee also shared a side by side of the photo of them now and a pic of Travolta holding a cute, small dog.
In the photo she references the work the two celebs do for a dog rescue foundation called Paw Works.
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