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Olivia Netwon-John's daughter says the late actress is 'sending her signs' as she paid tribute to the Grease star on Loose Women today.
Chloe Lattanzi, 37, was Olivia's only child and was heartbroken when the star died after losing her battle with breast cancer in August last year. Paying tribute to her 'brave' mum on what would have been her 75th birthday, the singer said she can still feel her presence as she opened up a 'strange occurrence' a week after Olivia's death.
Speaking to the Loose Women panel, Chloe said: “About a week after she passed, my phone went ‘click’ and I’d had a discussion… she said ‘If I can come through to you, show myself to you, I will’. I had a feeling just to look at this photo, I knew there was something special about it."
Olivia Netwon-John's daughter says the late actress is 'sending her signs' as she paid tribute to the Grease star (WireImage)
Chloe was Olivia's only child (Christine Chew/UPI/REX/Shutterstock)Explaining she could see a "blue orb" in the picture, Chloe continued: "I zoomed in, it was a live photo, and I pressed the live button and there was a bright blue orb flying around my dog Jelly’s head. My mum wears this aqua blue stone around her neck. She never took it off, John [Olivia's husband] gave it to her and it was that colour so I feel it was her way of showing me ‘It’s Momma’.” Chloe also said her father had sent her a photo in which a blue orb can be seen flying near his wife, who is a cancer survivor.
Revealing she gave up her career as a singer for a while to care for her mum towards the end of her life, she concluded: “We were together every minute of every day and I would sleep with her at night. I have many precious memories and I’ve never seen anybody that has as much strength as my mum or could endure what she did, with such grace, and humour and dignity. I will treasure that time for the rest of my life.”
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After Chloe spoke about her mum and also thanked her fans for supporting her, Coleen Nolan also paid tribute to Olivia, saying she had met the Australian once before. Telling the audience she was 'beautiful inside and out', the Nolan Sister looked emotional as she remembered the Sandy star.
In August, Chloe admitted she had been "neglecting" herself as she faced heartbreaking health struggles, just a year after her Olivia's death. The singer revealed she had been suffering from memory loss and had found it difficult to get out of bed, as she took to Instagram, admitting: "I have not been okay."
Explaining she was going to "disappear for three weeks", Chloe then told her followers she would see them "at the walk", referencing her mother's annual Walk for Wellness. The event will take place in Melbourne in October to raise funds for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre.
Loose Women airs weekdays from 12:30pm on ITV1 & ITVX