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The Super Bowl is still six months away, but it’s never to early for the big time Super Bowl parties to start their planning. Sports Illustrated, Maxim, Playboy, Penthouse, and ESPN already have locations lined up to host their parties.

But wait, there’s more. Matt Leinart is also hosting a Super Bowl party and he has an extremely random co-host.

Vertical Sports will be staging two of the week’s higher-profile fetes at Galleria Corporate Center in downtown Scottsdale. [John] Travolta and Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart team up to host Saturday Night Spectacular, while Electra and other beauties will welcome guests at the fifth annual Leather & Laces party. Both are charity events.

That’s right. Matt Leinart is co-hosting a Super Bowl party with John Travolta. I’ll just let that sink in for a moment.

Ok, there are two questions that immediately come to mind. First, one would think Leinart should not be planning on hosting a party the week before the Super bowl—you know, just in case the Cardinals make it to the big game. Obviously Leinart wouldn’t be involved in the party if the Cardinals actually have a game to prepare for, but the fact that he is planning on hosting an event the week before the Super Bowl might not instill great confidence in his teammates.

Second, and most importantly, how in the world did Travolta end up as Leinart’s co-host? Was Kevin Costner unavailable? Did Dustin Hoffman already agree to host a different party?

I’m not an expert on the L.A. celebrity social scene, but it seems to me like Travolta isn’t really a part of the Leinart–Nick Lachey–Paris Hilton–Tara Reid party scene. My guess is that Leinart’s publicist was drunk one night and thought it would be funny to call Travolta’s agent and tell him Leinart wanted to Travolta to co-host his party. One thing led to another and eventually it became a done deal.

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