Vanessa Amorosi cuts short her live interview on Sunrise upon news of Olivia Newton-John’s death

Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi became overcome with emotion on Tuesday after Olivia Newton-John’s death, during a live interview on Sunrise. 

The 41-year-old was chatting to hosts Natalie Barr and David ‘Kochie’ Koch about performing at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham when she was asked about her memories with late Grease star Olivia. 

Towards the end of the chat, Vanessa called time on the interview as she broke down in tears after a picture of herself, Olivia and Tina Arena flashed up on screen. 

‘We know it’s a sad day for you and so many people, but we wanted to show this photo from quite a few years ago of you, Olivia Newton-John and Tina Arena,’ Natalie said. 

‘Can you talk us through those memories, that time, Vanessa?’ 

Vanessa replied: ‘Both of these women are women I have looked up to since I was a kid… I don’t know. I’m actually very sad about Olivia, to be honest. It’s…’ she trailed off before raising her hand to signal the end of the interview. 

The picture showed the trio at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Earlier at the start of the chat, live from Birmingham, Vanessa said she walked off stage to the sad news and hadn’t had time to ‘process’ it yet. 

‘I don’t particularly want to think about it, because I’ll get very emotional,’ Vanessa said. 

‘I just literally had one of the highest endorphins that just happened out there [at the closing ceremony], to being extremely sad coming offstage and checking my phone. I don’t think I’ve really processed it yet,’ she said.