“Irremediavelmente apaixonados” um pelo outro: a história de amor de Olivia Newton-John e seu marido, John Easterling

Out 20, 2026 by apost team

A querida atriz e cantora superpopular Olivia Newton-John faleceu no dia 8 de agosto de 2022, aos 73 anos, deixando sua família, amigos e muitos fãs de coração partido. Ela deixou uma filha, uma irmã e um irmão, sobrinhas e sobrinhos e o “amor da sua vida”, seu marido,John Easterling. Os dois tinham uma ligação única e se tornaram parceiros na vida, no amor e no ativismo.

Newton-John nasceu em 26 de setembro de 1948, na Inglaterra, antes de se mudar com a família para a Austrália quando tinha 5 anos. Ela começou sua carreira no mundo do entretenimento como cantora no início dos anos 1970, lançando discos que tiveram sucesso suficiente para que alguns de seus singles chegassem perto do topo das paradas musicais, mas não o suficiente para torná-la um nome conhecido por todos. 

O estrelato chegou quando ela foi escalada para o musical“Grease”, de 1978, contracenando comJohn Travolta. A interpretação de Newton-John como uma inocente estudante australiana apaixonada por Danny Zuko, personagem de Travolta, foi um sucesso, quebrando recordes na época do lançamento e garantindo sucesso de crítica e de bilheteria. Esse sucesso se deveu, em parte, à trilha sonora do filme, que incluía várias músicas com a Newton-John, como “Hopelessly Devoted To You”, “Summer Nights” e “You’re The One That I Want”. 

Depois veio“Physical”. O álbum, junto com a faixa-título de mesmo nome, explodiu em 1981, em parte por causa da letra provocante e do videoclipe que acompanhava o single. Apesar da mudança na sua imagem certinha, o público continuou a adorá-la e ela gravou mais álbuns com vários graus de sucesso.

Embora sua vida amorosa tenha passado por altos e baixos, assim como sua carreira, ela acertou em cheio no amor com seu segundo marido, Easterling.

In 1984, Newton-John married actor Matt Lattanzi, whom she had met while filming “Xanadu,” and the couple had a daughter, Chloe Rose, in 1986. 

After the pair divorced in 1995, Newton-John met cameraman Patrick McDermott, and the two were coupled up for nine years. However, in June 2005, McDermott went missing while on a fishing trip off the coast of Los Angeles, and his body was never found. Rumor later spread that the cameraman had faked his death and moved to Mexico. Newton-John described the ordeal as “traumatic,” but that falling in love with Easterling helped her move on.

Newton-John and Easterling had been friends for years but only fell in love after a trip to the Amazon. They went public with their relationship in 2007. A year later, they were married on a Peru mountaintop in a secret Incan ceremony before returning to the U.S. for another secret beachfront ceremony in Florida on June 30, 2008. They then shocked friends and family with the big marriage reveal during a July 4th barbeque.

“My family was surprised,” Olivia told PEOPLE, “but my daughter knew – I told my daughter,” she said, adding the reason for all the secrecy was because “it was the one thing I could keep private. That’s how we wanted it because my life is so public.”

Eight years later, she was still gushing about her husband, saying: “He’s incredibly smart and compassionate. He says yes to everything, he says yes to life!” As for finding her soulmate in her later years, she added, “I’m very lucky I have a wonderful, beautiful husband who is just so loving and fantastic. I always tell my friends you’re never too old to find love. I found the love of my life at 59 going on 60! I’m grateful.”

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At every public appearance, Newton-John and Easterling appeared very much in love. They were seen on the red carpet regularly with old friend Travolta as well as at charity events. For the lovebirds, the match was one of minds and heart, particularly as Easterling was a natural health businessman and Newton-John was struggling with her own health battles.

In 1992 at 42 years old, Newton-John was first diagnosed with breast cancer. “I draw strength from the millions of women who have faced this challenge successfully,” she said in a statement released on July 14, 1992. After defeating it, she discovered it had returned in 2013. In 2017, the cancer had progressed to stage four and spread to Newton-John’s bones.

Newton-John credited Easterling with helping her fight the disease, saying in 2019: 

“My husband hands me all these herbs every morning and makes me a green algae drink.” 

He also gave her medicinal cannabis that “he grows … and makes … into liquid for me. I take drops maybe four to five times a day.”

With a shared interest in more holistic medicine, the duo would found the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund in 2020, aimed at supporting research into plant medicine to treat cancer. This was in addition to the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Center that opened in Melbourne, Australia, in 2008, for which she helped raise funds to build. 

Just days before her passing, Newton-John had posted a photo of the two of them in a sweet embrace on Instagram, captioned only “#flashbackfriday” followed by a heart emoji.

In announcing his wife’s death, Easterling described Newton-John as “a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years” before urging the public to donate to her cancer research cause. Because he knew that’s what she would have wanted.

What do you think of Olivia Newton-John’s inspiring journey? How great is it that she was fully supported by the man she loved throughout it? Let us know, and pass this on to family and friends.