John Travolta recently offered his feelings about how he’s been at the center of gay rumors for years and is now facing a lawsuit from a former pilot who alledges to have had a romantic affair with him.

John Travolta Addresses Gay Rumors

Travolta, 60, addressing the Douglas Gotterba’s claim that he and Travolta had an affair, implied that the reason for the lawsuit was simply the reality that he’s a celebrity and that people are keen to try to make a quick buck off of a celebrity. A tell-all book about an alleged gay affair with a Hollywood A-lister, in Gotterba’s case, could be a big moneymaker.

“This is every celebrity’s Achilles heel,” Travolta told The Daily Beast. “It’s just about people wanting money. That’s all. It happens on many levels.”

“Also, I don’t care that much about it. Other people may attack it back more than I do, but I let all the media stuff go a long time ago because I can’t control it,” said Travolta, answering to the suggestion that he’s the target of gay rumors more often that your average actor. “I think that’s why it persists, to some degree.”

While Travolta claims to be more tolerant than most when it comes to rumors about his sexuality, the actor – who is married to actress Kelly Preston – found it hard to stomach when rumors emerged that interwove his alleged homosexuality with his son Jett’s tragic death.

"I found it most offensive with the loss of my son," said Travolta, who was accused of having an affair with the male nanny who found Jett. "I felt like that was the lowest I’d ever felt. Sex stuff is always going to be interesting to somebody, but you stay away from family. You really should. With that, I always felt like the media—not all of the media, but parts of it—went too low there."