Nothing 'creepy' about Travolta: Johansson

Scarlett Johansson has come out in defence of John Travolta, saying there was nothing strange or creepy about the way he kissed her at the Oscars.

Scarlett Johansson is defending John Travolta and calls the image of him kissing her on the Academy Awards red carpet "an unfortunate still-frame from a live-action encounter that was totally sweet and totally welcome".

Johansson told Associated Press on Thursday: "There is nothing at all strange, creepy or inappropriate about John Travolta."

She called her former co-star of the film A Love Song for Bobby Long a "class act".

Travolta greeted Johansson at Sunday's Oscars with a kiss and his arm around her waist.

The photo has since been turned into an internet meme.

But Johansson said the image doesn't reflect the moment, calling it "yet another way we are misguided, misinformed and sensationalised by the 24-hour news cycle".


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