Grease star Olivia Newton-John almost passed on her iconic 1981 single “Physical” because of the song’s sexually explicit nature. John Mason—the late star’s lawyer, who represented Newton-John for five decades—wrote a 2025 memoir titled Crazy Lucky where he recounted his longtime client’s trepidation about the song. Mason shared that when the actress initially read the lyrics, she said, “John, I simply cannot do it. I can’t sing the lyrics… Please!” Mason told Fox News Digital that Newton-John “always had what she called a ‘goody-two-shoes’ persona,” in large part because of her star-making turn as Sandy Olsson in the hit 1978 musical-comedy Grease. Mason believed the “edgy” song was the perfect vehicle to help her shed that innocent image. According to Mason, “Physical” was first offered

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