1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: This is jam Nayson. 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 2: We da well. 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Yesterday the world worked to the news that Olivia Newton 4 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: John had passed away, and there was such an outpouring 5 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 1: of love. Our next guest describes Olivia as her Earth angel. 6 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: Mel de Zeldi has had not only her own cancer 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: battle journey, but she's fighting modeor ner own disease too. 8 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: We're friends of Mel as well, but in her corner 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: cheering her on was none other than Olivia Newton John 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: and Mel wrote a fabulous article about this for Mamma 11 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: Mia last night. 12 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,319 Speaker 2: Mel, Hello, hello, beautiful friends. How are you good? 13 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 3: Thanks, we're going well. 14 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: How did your friendship with Olivia begin? 15 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: Oh? It was just amazing? And speaks volumes about Olivia. 16 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 2: She was talking to a mutual friend of ours and 17 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 2: Meghan Catherine, and she was telling Olivia all about me. 18 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: And this is before m indeed, I just had the 19 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 2: cancer then, and Olivia said she'll I give her a call, 20 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 2: and she did, and that's how it was started. 21 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 3: So you're just there and then all of a sudden 22 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 3: you just get a call from Olivia and John. 23 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: I got a little bit of heads up, but you know, 24 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: it was like Olivia's going to call you, mel and 25 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 2: she didn't it. Yeah, each other for like half an 26 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 2: hour was beautiful. 27 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: But she didn't just chat to you that once. She 28 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: followed up time and time again to check in with you. 29 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a few years ago, and she checked 30 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: in with me very regularly, and even just recently, when 31 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 2: I stopped getting answers to my messages, I sort of 32 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 2: knew something was happening. She still made sure that she 33 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 2: got a message through task. How I was. 34 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: You wrote in the article about some of the life 35 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: lessons that she shared with you that helped you take 36 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: us through some of those Look. 37 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 2: I think so many things. She was just pure life, 38 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: Olivia wasn't she? And she just radiated love wherever she went. 39 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: So I definitely learned that to show up fully, to 40 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: not focus on sickness, to focus on well and also 41 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: her she was an advocate for natural therapy, so we're 42 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 2: talking vitamins, plant based medicines, you know, to seek those 43 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: out instead of reaching for appeal every time. So that 44 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: held me a lot. 45 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: You you haven't spoken about your friendship with Olivia before this. 46 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: Was it something you chose to keep private? 47 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was so special. She never asked me to 48 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 2: do that. But I just felt it was something very 49 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 2: special just for me. So I no, I haven't And. 50 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: So it must have been a tough day for you yesterday. 51 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 3: Mail. 52 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 2: Well, I've stopped crying today, Amanda. I think I cried. 53 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: I couldn't speak yesterday. As you can hear, i've got 54 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 2: a bit of emotion. You're into these accent going on. 55 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 2: But I couldn't speak at all yesterday. Very upset. But 56 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 2: you know, I really just now visualize her feeling all 57 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: the love, the outpouring of love with the entire world. 58 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's it, isn't The giant umbrella of love Olivia provided, 59 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 3: not just through singing, not that light that you got 60 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: from her singing or her movies, but the support she 61 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 3: gave to people like yourself. 62 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: What a legacy. 63 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure there's many more people like me. I'm 64 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 2: sure of that. 65 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 3: Well, good on you, Mel. Thank you for joining us, 66 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 3: and you can read the full article at mmamea dot 67 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 3: com dot a. Mel Dezeldi, thank you, thank. 68 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 2: You so much. 69 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: Take care, Mel, talk to you soon.