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In a recent interview John Travolta disclosed details regarding Priscilla Presley’s introduction to Scientology, reports Go Memphis.com.

While trying to pump up his flop Basic, the star disclosed how he apparently recruited Presley into the controversial church.

Travolta said, “After Elvis died, Priscilla Presley wanted to meet me. She was looking for some answers.”

The vulnerable Presley must have been easy prey for any proselytizer at the time.

Now Travolta sees the Presleys regularly at Scientology activities.

He says, “I see Lisa Marie about three times a year, and see her mom about twice a year. Lisa Marie’s kind of like my surrogate daughter. She always asks me about the guys she gets involved with.”

Lisa Marie may now be as gung-ho as her mother’s Scientology mentor.

The Elvis heir said in a recent interview, ”I took to [Scientology] because I found it answered all the questions to my satisfaction, about men, the mind, sanity. It made sense, and it’s kept me grounded,” reports Gannett News.

But Scientology’s answers “about men” and Travolta’s feedback doesn’t seem to have helped Presley that much in married life. She is a three-time loser at 35.

And the “sanity” Scientology somehow provides doesn’t appear to include common “sense.” Consider Presley’s bizarre marriage to alleged pedophile Michael Jackson.

Has the church’s teachings helped Travolta further develop his “sense” for good movie projects? He has made one flop after another and hasn’t had a hit in five years.

And was it “sanity” when the almost 50 former star of Saturday Night Fever turned down the role that won Richard Gere a Golden Globe in the Oscar winning film Chicago?

Does that make “sense”?

Maybe Presley’s right about one aspect of Scientology though.

It just might be keeping both her romantic life and Travolta’s career “grounded.”