Making contact with his fans for the first time since the death of his beloved 16-year-old son Jett, John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston have released a statement through his Web site on Sunday (January 4).

“We would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has sent their love and condolences. Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered,” the couple wrote, alongside their 8-year-old daughter Ella.