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The nicest insult Olivia Newton-John ever received
And then there was the time Barbara Bush told Olivia Newton-John she was “ugly” — but calm down, political animals, it was a joke.
Newton-John told me this story after I asked her to name the most famous fan she ever met.
She went back in time to the day she was in the company of then-President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush.
“President Bush said to me, ‘Oh, it’s so lovely to see you again, we had dinner.’”
Newton-John thought, “I don’t remember that,” which may have seemed odd, of course, except it turned out they had met when Bush was merely vice president, a more forgettable position, perhaps, to an Australian singer.
“So I go to his wife, and I said to Barbara, ‘I can’t believe that your husband remembered me from a dinner,’” Newton-John said.
Barbara Bush told Newton-John, “It’s because you’re so ugly, dear,’” Newton-John recalled and laughed.
“I’ve loved her from that moment on. She was gorgeous,” Newton-John said.
The Flamingo headliner and nephew Emerson Newton-John are promoting Pink and Blue wine bottles sold at Center Cut Steakhouse and in the hotel gift shop because a portion of proceeds goes to her Australian hospital, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre.
She is a cancer survivor, so her main concern is persuading women to get breast checks and men to get prostate exams.
Her nephew suggests love partners schedule exams together.
“When you hit 40, and you know it’s time to do the prostate exam, if you can get out of going, you probably will,” he said. “But if your significant other is saying, ‘Hey, it’s time, you need to do this,’ you will probably get him in there and have it done.”
By the way, Olivia, mother of a German shepherd and a kitten, is enjoying Las Vegas and nearby hiking spots very much.
“It’s been great,” she said. “We take our dog out there to hike all the time.”
By Doug Elfman, Las Vegas Review-Journal
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