John Travolta isn’t gay. He just kisses all male friends on the lips.

Travolta’s lawyer Martin Singer has rushed to explain the kiss in an effort to end reports Travolta’s new cross-dressing role as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray have turned the actor gay. Singer says, “As a manner of customary greeting and saying farewell, Mr. Travolta kisses both women and men whom he considers to be extremely close friends.”People who are close to Mr. Travolta are aware of his customary, non-romantic gesture.”