Olivia Newton-John’s Daughter Chloe Carries ‘Piece of’ Late Mom in Her Voice: She’s ‘So Proud of Me’

Two years after her mother Olivia Newton-John’s death, Chloe Lattanzi is still mourning. In an intimate new interview, the pop and country singer opened up about her memories of her famous mother and musical mentor, who died at 73 of breast cancer in August 2022, as well as her hopes for her own future and the challenge of carrying on the Grammy winner’s work to support cancer patients. Asked what she misses most about her mom, the 38-year-old gets emotional.

“That we didn’t get to talk more,” she exclusively tells Life & Style. “I just want more.”

Born in 1986, Olivia’s only child was her daughter with then-husband Matt Lattanzi. The couple had met on the set of Xanadu and wed in 1984; they divorced in 1995. Chloe says her mom, who took time off from performing to raise her, encouraged her musical ambitions.

“We have different voices, but there’s so much of my mom in my voice,” says Chloe. “It’s like I carry a piece of her in there.”

The pair sometimes worked in the studio together, and Olivia was thrilled with their re-release of her hit “You Have to Believe (We Are Magic),” which rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 2015.

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To honor what would have been her mother’s 76th birthday September 26, Chloe released her own song, “Phoenix,” telling Life & Style, “Both my mom and I have gone through a lot in our life and I wanted to write a song to make a promise to her that I would be happy, that I would speak my truth, that I would focus on myself, that I would shine the light that is so powerful and always there.”

She feels her mother’s presence even when she’s not singing. Olivia was first diagnosed with cancer in 1992, the same weekend her father died. By 2017, it had come back for a third time, metastasizing to her bones. As she faced death, she told her daughter she would never leave her.

“She was like, ‘If I can show up for you in a way that you’ll recognize me, I will,’” says Chloe.

Adding that she’d shared her interest in the paranormal with her mom since she was a kid, Chloe admits that she was still surprised when, a week after Olivia’s death at her California ranch, she received what she says is a sign.

“I was walking around the property and my phone just took a picture and my hair stood up,” she recalls. “I knew there was something to it.”

A blue orb — a perfect match to the aqua necklace Chloe had put on after her mom wore it as she passed away — appeared on her screen.

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“I was blown away,” she marvels. “That blue orb has shown up in my photos probably about 20 times. I was the first person she contacted.”

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The pair were extremely close, even as Olivia had a nine-year on-off relationship with Patrick McDermott, who mysteriously vanished during a 2005 fishing trip off California, and wed John Easterling in 2008.

“My favorite thing to do was crawl into bed with her even when I was, like, 20 years old,” remembers Chloe. “When she was back from tour, we would stay up all night and just watch movies in bed because I would just want to soak up as much time with her as I could. So, our thing was snuggling in bed and watching movies together.” (Netflix’s Bridgerton was also a favorite.)

Before her death, Olivia founded the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Australia, which offers a multidisciplinary approach for patients with cancer, as well as supportive care for families. On October 6, Chloe stepped up to lead Olivia’s Walk for Wellness.

“This is about all of the people who are going through what my mom went through and people who have lost loved ones to cancer,” she says. “And I can feel that my mom is so proud of me.”