Honeymoon in Paris - Hola

Issue number 2106

Translation from Spanish:

Olivia Newton-John's first marriage yes at age thirty-six

The ceremony was held at her Malibu (California) ranch. Olivia Newton-John, a celebrated singer in the world of music, especially since representing Great Britain in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, and an internationally famous actress since, four years later, starring in Grease, a film in which she also shone as a dancer alongside John Travolta, is no longer single. At thirty-six years of age, she recently married actor Matt Lattanzi, eleven years her junior, but like her, British-Australian.

There Is No Age Limit For Love

Olivia and Lattanzi met five years ago while both starring in Xanadu, a musical film in which he played a young Gene Kelly.

At first, they kept their romance a secret, because we wanted to be absolutely sure of our feelings for each other, Lattanzi himself said some time later, after revealing their affair and marriage plans. The age difference isn't a problem, Lattanzi said at the time, adding that, before marrying Olivia, he wanted to have his own financially independent existence.

Olivia Newton-John is very wealthy. She has starred in commercially successful films such as Grease and Two of a Kind, with John Travolta, has sold over one hundred million records, and has won five Grammy Awards (the Oscars of popular music).

I could never bear the thought of anyone considering me living off a woman, Lattanzi said on that occasion.

The recent wedding seems to indicate that Matt has achieved the financial self-sufficiency he so longed for.

A couple of years ago, it was reported that Olivia and Lattanzi wanted to develop a cattle ranch in Australia, where her father was a university professor. Matt Lattanzi has always been drawn to the livestock business.

With Very Few Guests

Olivia Newton-John, although partly frightened by the idea of ​​marriage since her parents' tempestuous divorce when she was only eleven, was already in a certain hurry to get married.

Back in 1979, when rumors circulated about a romantic relationship between her and her manager, Lee Kramer, the singer-actress said: I'm a woman of rigid principles when it comes to love, and I've never excluded the idea of marriage from my thoughts, especially when I feel the longing to have children. I would never want to have them outside of marriage, perhaps because I'm too old-fashioned for that. But that's just how I am, and I'm not willing to wait too long to get married, because the years go by, and it's better for both the woman and the child if one isn't too old.

Olivia Newton-John has now married. Her father, Professor Bryan Newton-John, flew from Australia to attend the ceremony, which was held at her residential ranch in Malibu, California, with a small number of guests in attendance.

For the occasion, the singer wore a traditional white silk and taffeta dress with a lace veil embellished with fine pearls. The bridal gown, created by Davies, taffeta shoes embroidered with pearls and glass beads.

Professor Newton-John escorted his daughter to where the groom awaited, next to the officiant. After the customary vows, Olivia and Matt sat down at the table, and the wedding banquet began. To the sounds of a four-piece band, the newly weds and their guests enjoyed a traditional English meal of turkey and ham and cut the chocolate cake, crowned with a sugar and vanilla decoration and freshly cut wildflowers.

Romantic, isn't it?

And to top it all off, a honeymoon in Paris. Where, naturally, there was a stroll through the City of Lights, and a delicious fish meal near the Ritz. Paris, a city always for lovers. And besides, a whole lifetime ahead of them.

Congratulations. It's clear there's no age limit for love, Olivia.

Photo captions: The couple strolled through the streets of Paris. They looked so in love, radiant, as if age were no obstacle for them. After all, what's an eleven-year age difference...
The wedding was in Malibu and the honeymoon in Europe, in Paris. After the white Californian beaches, came the silvery landscape and rain of the French capital.