Olivia Newton-John made ‘pact with God’ to save daughter Chloe

Olivia Newton-John revealed what happened during her difficult pregnancy with daughter Chloe Lattanzi in a revealing podcast.

Olivia Newton-John told of making a pact with God to save her daughter Chloe Lattanzi before she was born as the Australian superstar suffered complications during her pregnancy.

Newton-John, who died early Monday after a long battle with breast cancer, told Sarah Grynberg’s A Life of Greatness podcast in 2021 she was so worried about losing Chloe she made a deal with God to save her.

I was close to losing her,” she told the podcast.

“I went to bed and asked God to save her and if he did, I would say the Lord’s Prayer every night for the rest of my life and so I have,” she said.

Newton-John also told the podcast she wasn’t afraid of dying, because she believed there was some form of afterlife.

“We all know we’re going to die, but I think we spend our lives in denial. It’s extremely personal, so it’s hard to put into words.

Olivia newton-John made a promise to God to save Chloe Rose Lattanzi. Picture: Sarah Matray

“I feel that we are all one thing, and I’ve had experiences with spirits and spirit life. I believe there is something that happens.”

She continued: “I hope the energies of the people you love will be there. … I think all the love will be there. I’m sort of looking forward to that — not now, but when it happens.

“It’s almost like we are parts of the same computer and we go back to the main battery.”

As her mum faced her final days after a decades-long battle with cancer, Chloe, 36, posted a beautiful photo of her mother from an Australian Women’s Weekly shoot in 2019 at Olivia Newton-John’s health retreat Gaia in the Byron Bay hinterland.

Like every mother and daughter, Olivia Newton-John and Chloe, had their moments, but their close bond was titanium-strong.

Chloe Lattanzi has posted a series of loving images on Instagram in tribute to her mother, Olivia Newton-John.

The pair had a strong bond throughout their various health battles. Picture: Instagram

Olivia Newton-John with Chloe Lattanzi at the 2011 G'Day USA Los Angeles black tie gala at The Hollywood Palladium.

Both were by each other’s side during their respective health battles, Newton-John with cancer and Lattanzi with an eating disorder, body dysmorphia and depression.

Lattanzi has spoken at length about how growing up in Hollywood as the daughter of a famous actor and singer took its toll on her.

“My mum travelled a lot so I think I missed out a lot when I was younger,” Lattanzi said.

“I’ve spent a lot of time alone in big houses. That was hard.”

Olivia Newton-John, with daughter Chloe and former husband Matt Lattanzi in Sydney.

Chloe Lattanzi has told how her mother’s fame took a toll. Picture: Instagram.

Olivia Newton John with daughter Chloe Lattanzi at MovieWorld on the Gold Coast in 2001. Picture: Adam Ward

Despite her own career struggles over the decades, Newton-John was wholly supportive of her daughter’s forays into pop music.

“Be yourself because everybody else is taken,” was the simple mantra she gave her daughter.

Newton-John said: “She doesn’t really need my advice, she gives me advice.

“She’s written most of her own songs, and I started out singing other people’s songs, so Chloe is more aligned with her own music, which I think is wonderful. I’m very excited for her future.”

Olivia Newton-John welcomed daughter Chloe in 1986. Picture: Instagram

A heartbreaking childhood image posted by Chloe Lattanzi. Picture: Instagram

The pair collaborated over the years, most recently releasing the single Window In The Wall in January last year.

“I’d decided I wasn’t going to sing any more – I was just going to hang out and have fun – but I knew I had to record this and I had to record it with Chloe. This song moved me and hopefully it can move other people,” Newton-John told NCA last year.

The pair at a celebration of Stevie Wonder at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles in 2005.

Her daughter shared her philosophy of using music to spread positivity.

“People talk a lot about unity and healing, but only if you think the way I do,” Lattanzi said. “What this song is about is finding the similarities even if people see things differently to you, and showing people love even if they think differently to you.”Despite splitting with Chloe’s father Matt Lattanzi in 1995, the family unit became a close friendship with the former couple and their respective spouses celebrating Christmas and birthdays together.

Like her mother, Lattanzi is an advocate of medicinal marijuana and was farming her own crop in Portland, Oregon. When Covid hit, the pair bunkered down together at Newton-John’s Santa Barbara farm where her husband John Easterling also grew strains of the plant to help treat his wife .

“My fantasy is for all of us to live on the same property. Life’s so short. I want to spend every minute with the people I love,” Newton-John said.

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