My Wish Was Granted
Translation from French:
The disco craze had died down, and she had disappeared. Now she's back as a singer. And above all, as a mother. A role in life that is a new discovery for her.
A Special Evening Wednesday TF1 Olivia Newton-John
At forty, Olivia Newton-John is back with a new album titled “The Rumour,” but her main focus isn’t music. It’s her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Chloe.
“I wanted a daughter so she could one day wear my wedding dress. My wish has been granted. Now I’m determined to be a present mother. It’s so wonderful to be a mom. Much better than I imagined. I still wonder why I waited so long to have a child.”
Married since 1984 to Matt Lattanzi, an American dancer-actor twelve years her junior, Olivia Newton-John is living a perfect love story, even if their respective professions require some compromises. “We made a sort of pact with Matt. I take care of Chloe, and when I’m working, he takes care of our daughter.”
It’s not easy being a mother and a superstar at the same time! Olivia’s schedule had hardly left her the time to have children.
Since 1972, this granddaughter of a Nobel Prize winner in physics and daughter of the dean of Ormond High School in Melbourne has sold over 50 million records worldwide. It was in England, where she was born, that she began her career by covering a Bob Dylan song. Success!
Olivia set the world on fire. Everything happened quickly. In the film “Grease,” she triumphed alongside John Travolta. With “Xanadu,” she set the whole world ablaze, while her hit “Physical” converted teenage girls to bodybuilding.
Covered in awards of all kinds, this complete artist never separates dance from song. Behind the artist is also a savvy businesswoman. “I opened a chain of stores (‘Koala Blue’) that sells only Australian products, from clothing to food. I already own fourteen stores worldwide. I spent my entire childhood in Australia. I’ve retained a certain fondness for that country.”
Fré dé ric Peguillan