Hopelessly devoted: Olivia was the queen of my childhood - Sydney Morning Herald

Like every Australian daughter of the 80s, I worshipped Olivia Newton-John.

Olivia Newton-John pictured in 1978 at a press conference to promote Grease.Credit:Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

Journalist Jordan Baker with Olivia Newton-John.

But Olivia was the only one we cared about.

We weren’t the only ones who knew Olivia was an angel.

As an adult, my dream of meeting Olivia came true when I flew to Las Vegas to profile her for a magazine.

Meeting one’s idols is usually a bad idea, but Olivia was exactly as I had imagined her.