Olivia Newton-John and her sister Rona Newton-John had a difficult relationship, Rona’s son claimed.
Emerson Newton-John, 49, opened up about the tense brothers in a new interview, with the US-based racing driver saying there was “resentment” between the pair.
“As much as Rona and Olivia loved each other, had a close relationship and would have done anything for each other, there was definitely resentment and on many levels,” Emerson said. Mental food.
“It wasn’t just the way her parents treated Olivia compared to Rona, but it was no secret that my mother also had aspirations to be a star, whether as an actress or a singer, or both,” she continued. .
And I think it could have been. I don’t think Olivia was more talented than her, but one had that stroke of luck and the other didn’t. She is a hard pill to swallow.”
Olivia Newton-John and her sister Rona Newton-John had a difficult relationship, Rona’s son claimed. Olivia and Rona are pictured in 2008.
Emerson says Rona mocked Olivia by calling her “Pollyanna,” something Olivia “absolutely hated.”
She claims that Rona saw her sister as “Snow White with goody two shoes”, while Rona was “the naughty schoolgirl who had a lot more fun”.
Olivia died at age 73 at her home in Santa Ynez, California, on August 8, 2022, after a 20-year battle with breast cancer.
She fought several brave battles with cancer and after being first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, she was successfully treated and went into remission, but then returned in both 2013 and 2017.
Emerson Newton-John, 49 (right), opened up about the tense siblings in a new interview, with the US-based racing driver saying there was “resentment” between the pair.
“As much as Rona and Olivia loved each other, had a close relationship and would have done anything for each other, there was definitely resentment and on many levels,” Emerson said.
Olivia’s death sparked an outpouring of public grief and heartfelt tributes from those close to her, including Grease co-star John Travolta and Victorian Premier Dan Andrews, who held a state funeral in her honour.
Rona also died of cancer in 2013 at the age of 70.
Emerson is an American-based professional racing driver known for his career in NASCAR, and his father is Graham Hall.
Her half-siblings are songwriter Brett Goldsmith, 62, and model Tottie Goldsmith, 61, Rona’s children from her ex-husband, nightclub magnate Brian Goldsmith.
Meanwhile, Olivia had a daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, 38, a singer and actress based in the United States.
Olivia died at age 73 at her home in Santa Ynez, California, on August 8, 2022, after a 20-year battle with breast cancer.