Why Olivia Newton-John turned down a part in ‘Grease Live!’

Watching Olivia Newton-John star in Grease inspired Jenny McCarthy to move to Hollywood — so she had to ask what the O.G. Sandy thought of Fox’s live musical and Julianne Hough’s performance.

“I think they did a really good job,” Olivia Newton-John said Monday on The Jenny McCarthy Show. “I mean, it’s not an easy thing to re-create something that is so beloved, but I think they did it differently enough and I think it was good. I enjoyed it. It was fun.”

Critics agreed: Grease Live! — watched by 12.18 million viewers — won five Emmy awards.

“Did they ask you to be part of it?” McCarthy asked.

“Mmmm … yes,” Newton-John demurred with a laugh. “But I decided I was left in the original and left as it was. You don’t try it, not for me. It didn’t work.”

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