STAYING POSITIVE AND ALWAYS BELIEVING IN THE GOOD THINGS
TELLS WHY LOVE IN HER LIFE IS THE BEST MEDICINE OF ALL
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
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he has sold millions of records, won
four Grammy awards, performed for
the Pope, met Diana, Princess of Wales,
been awarded an OBE by the Queen and
famously danced with John Travolta, but
these days it is the peacefulness of her
home life in Santa Barbara, California,
close to nature, that brings Olivia Newton-
John the most joy.
“I’m really enjoying the downtime, which
I probably have never really had in my life,
because I’ve been working since I was 15. So
this is my first chance to take time out and
I’m loving it,” Olivia exclusively tells hello!.
Home has always been a “wonderful
sanctuary” filled with a menagerie of dogs,
horses – “The more creatures on four legs,
the better” – and chickens.
She used to love to fill her days playing
tennis or riding up into the hills on her
beloved horse with her pack of dogs in tow.“Now I’d be content with table tennis
and my miniature horses,” she reveals in
her memoir Don’t Stop Believin’, which she
wrote after she was hit with cancer for the
third time in 2017.
The first time was when her only child,
33-year-old singer and actress Chloe, from
her marriage to Matt Lattanzi, was six years
old; the second was in 2013.
“I’ve had wonderful support from my
darling daughter, who has been by my side,
and from my wonderful husband John.
One of the best medicines is having love in
my life. He is the most loving husband –
even-keeled, mellow, kind. He’s my rock.”
She married John Easterling, chief
executive of Amazon Herb Company, in
June 2008 on a mountain in the Andes in
Peru. She tells us they have the same
outlook on life.
“We’re like peas in a pod. I’ms
Olivia with her Grease co-star
John Travolta in the role that
saw her fame soar. The pair
(left, in 2018) keep in touch82