'We all have our cancers. Mine is my battle with addiction': Chloe Lattanzi reveals her mother Olivia Newton-John's battle with illness has 'helped her heal' her own battles with depression and substance abuse
Chloe Lattanzi has spoken candidly about her mother Olivia Newton-John's battle with breast cancer.
Speaking to 60 Minutes, the 33-year-old says she learned to be stronger and deal with her own demons in order to be there for her mother.
The dancer said: 'We say we all have our cancers. You know, mine is my battle with addiction.
'We all have our cancers. Mine is my battle with addiction': Speaking to 60 Minutes, Chloe Lattanzi (pictured) revealed her mother Olivia Newton-John's battle with illness has 'helped her heal' her own battles with depression and substance abuse
'I have to keep myself sober the rest of my life and that's a fight and it takes work. And we all have our cancers.'
She went on: 'I'm not trying to make her struggle sound small, I'm trying to say, I think it makes it easier to deal with when you go, 'Oh yeah, everyone has a cancer'.'
Chloe has famously struggled with body dysmorphia and anorexia, at one stage admitting she weighed just 37 kilos.
The dancer said: 'I have to keep myself sober the rest of my life and that's a fight and it takes work. And we all have our cancers'. Pictured on 60 Minutes
The singer said that she put her own problems aside for her mother: 'I wanted to be bright and happy and available and around for my mum when she was struggling with this,' she revealed
On her side: Chloe (right) has been a staunch supporter of her mother (left) since the 70-year-old revealed she is battling cancer for the third time
In 2013, Chloe underwent treatment at a rehab clinic to battle her addiction issues and has also discussed suffering from depression.
Speaking to 60 Minutes, the singer said that she put her own problems aside to help her mother.
'I wanted to be bright and happy and available and around for my mum when she was struggling with this and I thought I was okay but I wasn't, I was still struggling with severe depression and I faced it head on,' she revealed.
She added: 'There's no more running away from your pain. Deal with it, she needs you. I feel it's made me a much better person'.
Struggles: Chloe has famously struggled with body dysmorphia and anorexia, at one stage admitting she weighed just 37 kilos. Pictured with her mother in 2016
Olivia, 70, is currently battling cancer for the third time.
The veteran singer spent her 70th birthday last September undergoing radiation treatment at the centre after her breast cancer returned and metastasised to her lower back in 2017.
The four-time Grammy winner was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, undergoing a partial mastectomy and reconstruction.
She battled cancer for a second time in 2013, but kept the illness private.
Health battle: The four-time Grammy winner was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, undergoing a partial mastectomy and reconstruction. Olivia pictured in 2018
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