In an interview with Gayle King on CBS Sunday Morning, Olivia Newton-John wore the iconic black leather outfit that she wore in Grease’s final number and talked about her long battle with breast cancer.
She was just 28 when she first wore the outfit and now almost 40 years later, the 71-year-old slipped into the skin-tight outfit.
Newton-John explained that she had to get her pants stitched every time she wore them on during the shooting of Grease. She said, “I was a pretty skinny girl and they were the perfect fit for me except the zip was broken, so they would stitch me into them.”
The “Summer Nights” singer has been putting the iconic outfit and many of her costumes up for auction. She said some of her proceeds will go to her foundation – Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Center in Melbourne, Australia, which she invented while battling breast cancer.
Newton-John is now fighting breast cancer for the third time, expressing that the pain is ‘really bad.’
She said “Crying pain, tears pain,” revealing her marijuana plants, which she has been growing to relieve her chronic pain and discomfort.
The “Physical” singer was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992. She overcame cancer again in 2013, but she was told that her cancer had metastasized to bones in 2017.
Nevertheless, she is very optimistic and told King she does not like to linger over the statistics of the condition. She said, “In my opinion, if they give you a percentage, or you know, ‘These many women get this and they live this long,’ you can create that and make it happen.”
“It’s almost like I think I know what the statistics are. And if, and, but I put them away. But I’m gonna live longer than that. I’ve made that decision,’ added Newton-John. “And I don’t buy into the statistics ‘cause I think they can make you really nervous.”
When asked about how she copes with her condition, she jokingly said. “Denial is really healthy.”
“It was consuming by day, and after some time I went, ‘You know what? I don’t know what my time is, but I need to enjoy my life, so I’m gonna eat a cookie if I want it and I’m gonna have a cup of tea if I want it, and I want to have a little bit of wine then I’m gonna do that.’” She concluded, “The joy of life and every-day living has to be a part of that healing process as well.”
