Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe says she’s ‘disappearing’ for three weeks to work on
Chloe Lattanzi, the daughter of the late Olivia Newton-John, is taking some time off to focus on her health.
In an Instagram video posted Sunday, Lattanzi, 37, revealed that she had lately been struggling with her mental and physical health.
In particular, she said she had been ‘neglecting’ her ‘mind’ and ‘body’ following her mother’s tragic death just over one year ago at age 73 from a protracted battle with cancer.
In her video, Chloe — who is Olivia’s daughter from her first marriage to Matt Lattanzi — faced the camera with an elegantly made-up face and a striking key lime green tube top.
‘Real talk. In order to take care of others, you must first start with you. This is a universal truth, a universal law,’ she began her caption.
Recovery: Chloe Lattanzi, the daughter of the late Olivia Newton-John, said in a video on Sunday that she was taking a three-week break to take care of her mental and physical health
Heartbroken: Lattanzi, 37, is the only child of Newton-John, who died on August 8, 2022, after a long bought with cancer. Chloe said she had been ‘neglecting’ her health since her mother’s death
‘I look forward to coming home to my power. I will see you at the walk!’ she continued, referencing her mother’s Walk for Wellness, which is marking its 10th event to raise funds for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre.
The organization provides cancer treatments and is involved in research against the disease, but it also focuses on providing holistic wellness support to patients, which can include acupuncture and massages, as well as musical therapy.
The next walk is being held in Melbourne, Australia, on October 8.
‘I look forward to health and wellness again,’ she continued. ‘We never know what someone’s inner world really looks like. Please take care of you, and your capacity for healing others and being more powerful than you ever could have imagined will follow. Take it easy. Take it slow. Easy does it darlings.’
But in her video, Chloe spoke on more personal terms about the impact her mother’s death had apparently had on her health and well-being.
‘Since my mom’s passing and the year and a half with her going through cancer, I have not been OK,’ she admitted.
She apologized for not returning calls and then said she had been suffering from ‘extreme memory loss’ and had had ‘difficulty getting out of bed.’
‘I’ve stuck to my commitments but I have been neglecting myself,’ she said.
Focusing on herself: Chloe said she suffered from ‘extreme memory loss’ and had had ‘difficulty getting out of bed’ recently, and she added: ‘One of my mom’s biggest messages was “take care of you”‘
Fundraiser: She plans to take a break after the Walk for Wellness on October 8. The event benefits the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre
‘One of my mom’s biggest messages was “take care of you,”‘ Chloe continued. ‘If you don’t take care of you, you cannot give your full capacity of love, wisdom, kindness and power to everyone else.’
She added that she planned to ‘disappear’ from the public eye for some time after the walk as she focused on getting well.
‘After the walk I’m going to disappear for about three weeks, just to honor my mind, body and spirit because I’m developing a little bit of health issues in my mind and my body,’ she said.
Chloe concluded her video with a somber apology to those closest to her.
‘I just wanted to say to anyone who I have been inconsistent with, I’m so sorry. I haven’t been consistent with myself and I haven’t been taking care of myself,’ she said to wrap things up.
‘So in the spirit of my mother and the spirit of the Wellness Walk, I’m going to take a month to do that so that I can be of complete service to everyone else.’
Lattanzi made it clear just last week that her mother was still on her mind when she wore an Hervé Léger dress on Thursday to the LA premiere of the new film Deltopia.
She previously wore the same item in 2016 when she attended a premiere in LA with Olivia.
Sweet: Lattanzi made it clear just last week that her mother was still on her mind when she wore an Hervé Léger dress to an LA film premiere after wearing it earlier to a 2016 premiere with her mom
Lost icon: Newton-John died over a year ago at her Southern California home after her third bought with breast cancer. It spread to her bones and progressed to stage IV; seen in 2019 in Beverly Hills
The iconic singer and actress died on August 8, 2022, at her home in Santa Ynez, California. Her death was announced on social media by her husband John Easterling.
Olivia fought several brave battles against cancer. After first being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, she was successfully treated and went into remission.
However, she later revealed that the cancer returned in 2013, though she once again recovered from it.
Her final bought with the disease began with a 2017 diagnosis of its recurrence. This time, the cancer developed to stage IV — the most advanced — and spread to her bones.