A Christmas Romance

Translation from French:

A Great Return To TV

After a two-year absence, Olivia Newton-John returned to CBS television on Sunday night, December 18, with a special entitled A CHRISTMAS ROMANCE.

In this holiday special, Olivia co-starred with Gregory Harrison. “I didn’t think I’d ever want to make movies or record albums,” Olivia said at a press conference in Hollywood.

In 1992, the singer (who was John Travolta’s great love in GREASE) seemed to be living a perfect life, having married actor Matt Lattanzi and given birth to a healthy baby girl (Chloe, now 8 years old), when she learned she had breast cancer. Believing death was near, she retreated to her Australian farm. After a partial mastectomy, chemotherapy sessions, and the fear, Olivia pulled herself together.

She started by writing songs. “I knew I had to set myself small goals,” she says… and from song to song, the small goals became a big project; her latest album (GAIA: ONE WOMAN’S JOUR-NEY) reached the Australian Top Ten.

Returning to the screen in a Christmas romance, Olivia Newton-John had the joy of filming with her daughter.

“Chloe is making her debut alongside me,” the singer-actress added. “She asked me to. Normally I would have refused, advising her not to think about acting until she was 15 or 16.”

“With everything I’ve experienced these past two years, I know the fragility of life. We must take advantage of what is given to us right now,” concluded a very happy Olivia Newton-John.

Editor’s note - photo from A Mom For Christmas but article about A Christmas Romance.