Olivia-Newton John met her first husband, Matt Lattanzi, on the set of the 1980 film “Xanadu.” Newton-John was the star, and Lattanzi was a backup dancer, per AmoMama. There was an age gap, as the Aussie actor-singer was 31 and Lattanzi was just 20 when they met. But according to AmoMama, the couple started a romance soon after they met and tied the knot in 1984. The couple welcomed their daughter in 1986.
People called Newton-John and Lattanzi an “odd match,” but when Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, her niece Tottie Goldsmith told People that Lattanzi took care of his wife as she battled cancer. “He was so supportive of her,” said the singer’s niece. But Goldsmith said Newton-John’s cancer experience highlighted the couple’s differences. “The people she chooses to mix with now are very spiritual,” explained Goldsmith. “She needs to find her equal.” An inside source told People in 1995 that Newton-John and Lattanzi’s relationship was “like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.”
In addition to dancing in “Xanadu,” Lattanzi performed in several of the singer’s music videos, including “Landslide” and “Can’t We Talk It Over in Bed,” according to Celebseek. The outlet reported that Newton-John’s first husband’s acting gigs were mainly supporting roles in “My Tutor,” other 1980s movies, and an Australian soap called “Paradise Beach.”
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