John Travolta was criticized for his bizarre episodes at the Oscars on Sunday, both for sneaking up on an unenthused Scarlett Johansson on the red carpet and getting too touchy feely with Idina Menzel onstage.
However, the Grease star’s rep is trying to do some damage control on both incidents.
As we previously reported, Travolta was introduced by Menzel – who he introduced as Adele Dazeem last year – as Glam Dezingo. It was a cute bit, which allowed Menzel some revenge.
But Travolta’s touchy feely-ness went above and beyond and it looked as if it was improved by the actor.
His rep told the LA Times, however, "the entire bit was rehearsed."
No one seemed to get that memo. Even Neil Patrick Harris joked at the end of the show – for those who stayed up that late - "John Travolta will be back next year to apologize to Idina for all the face-touching."
Travolta's rep also tried to do some damage control with the Johansson debacle, saying there was "nothing out of the ordinary" going on there.
"They're just two friends greeting one another on the red carpet," the rep said.
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