{"id":11650,"date":"2019-09-03T20:26:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T20:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=262255"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:09","slug":"john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john-as-she-battles-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john-as-she-battles-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"John Travolta Supports Olivia Newton-John As She Battles Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262259\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/dyr-travolta-newton-john\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"522\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262259 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn1-600x313.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn1-768x401.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doyouremember.com\/102614\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doyouremember.com\/102614\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">John Travolta<\/a> worked with Olivia Newton-John in the classic film <em>Grease<\/em>. Many years later, they are still friends, and John is sharing his support as Olivia battles cancer. He was recently asked about Olivia while he was on the red carpet for <em>The Fanatic<\/em>.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/john-travolta-very-proud-of-olivia-newton-john-cancer\/amp\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a><\/em>, John said, \u201cShe looks incredible. She doesn\u2019t look any different than [she did] years ago, and I\u2019m very proud of her.\u201d<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><em>Grease<\/em> isn\u2019t the only movie that they starred in together either. They were both in the 1983 film <em>Two of a Kind<\/em> as well. Over the years, they stayed close, and John said that they still text each other.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">John supports Olivia and discusses their special bond<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262260\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/dyr-travolta-newton-john\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"524\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262260 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn2-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn2-768x402.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doyouremember.com\/102614\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Photo: Paramount Pictures<\/a><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">John continued, \u201cWhen you share that kind of meteoric success\u2014and nothing has been able to exceed it\u2014you share a bond. I\u2019ve been through her having a child, getting divorced, losing her sister. She\u2019s been through my getting married, having children. It\u2019s wonderful and full of shared memories.\u201d<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262261\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/dyr-travolta-newton-john\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"523\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262261 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn3.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn3-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn3-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn3-768x402.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doyouremember.com\/102614\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">In addition, in a past interview, Olivia chimed in about their friendship. \u201cWe did something life-changing, making that film. [At the premiere] you got the feeling from the energy that something was happening. It was a huge response. I feel grateful to be a part of that and to have worked with him. We\u2019ve stayed friends ever since.\u201d<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Olivia speaks out about her cancer<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262262\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/dyr-travolta-newton-john\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"524\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262262 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn4.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn4-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn4-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn4-768x402.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doyouremember.com\/102614\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Photo: Wikipedia<\/a><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Olivia is currently battling cancer for the third time. This time she has <a href=\"https:\/\/doyouremember.com\/102614\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">stage 4 breast cancer<\/a>. Instead of feeling sorry for herself though, Olivia admits her diagnosis has helped her live life to the fullest. She says she is lucky that she has been through it three times and is still alive. How great that John is supporting her!<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262263\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/dyr-travolta-newton-john\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"524\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262263 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn5.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn5-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn5-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn5-768x402.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doyouremember.com\/102614\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/john-travolta-very-proud-of-olivia-newton-john-cancer\/amp\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">60 Minutes Australia<\/a><\/em>, Olivia said, \u201cWe know we\u2019re gonna die at some point, and we don\u2019t know when it is. When you\u2019re given a cancer diagnosis or a scary honest diagnosis, you\u2019re suddenly given a possibility of a time limit. The truth is, you could get hit by a truck tomorrow. So every day is a gift, particularly now.\u201d<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Olivia tries to live life to the fullest<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262264\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/dyr-travolta-newton-john\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"524\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262264 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn6.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn6-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn6-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TravoltaNewtonJohn6-768x402.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doyouremember.com\/102614\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019m living with,\u201d she continued, speaking about her cancer. \u201cI see it as something in my body I\u2019m getting rid of. I don\u2019t talk about a battle or a war, because I think that sets up that kind of feeling in your body like you\u2019re battling something strange inside you. [I] let it go and tell it to leave and talk to my body to heal itself and don\u2019t try to make it that. Because that takes up your whole life and your whole being.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cI kind of have a way of dissociating and compartmentalizing it. Otherwise, you become a victim, which I don\u2019t want to be and am not. Or you become a slave to it and talk about it all the time, which I try not to do either.\u201d<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">It is so great to see John and Olivia stay close and support each other after all of these years!<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><span>This story originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/doyouremember.com\/102614\/john-travolta-supports-olivia-newton-john\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Do You Remember<\/a> by Lauren Stewart.<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/dyr-travolta-newton-john\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Wikimedia CommonsJohn Travolta worked with Olivia Newton-John in the classic film Grease. Many years later, they are still friends, and John is sharing his support as Olivia battles cancer. He was recently asked about Olivia while he was on the red carpet for The Fanatic.According to People, John said, \u201cShe looks incredible. She doesn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44441,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650\/revisions\/44441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}