Olivia Newton-John Would’ve Loved Taylor Swift’s ‘Grease’ Role, Was Big Fan

Olivia Newton-John was apparently a Swiftie — at least that’s what her rep says, telling us the late singer would’ve gotten a kick out of these Taylor Swift‘s ‘Grease’ throwback photos.

Michael Caprio, Olivia’s publicist of 25 years and counting, tells TMZ … Olivia “would be tickled” to see all the childhood pics of young Taylor playing Olivia’s famous character in a school production of the hit musical … which just surfaced earlier this week.

Olivia’s publicist adds … she “had the greatest respect for Taylor as an artist and she was a fan of her talent.” So, the fact Taylor was paying homage to her in her youth is kismet.

As we reported … some old photographs of Taylor in character as Sandy is making the rounds … it’s from June 2000, long before Taylor was the biggest star in music.

Funny enough, Olivia and Taylor actually crossed paths when ONJ was still alive … Michael says Olivia took a group of girlfriends to see a Taylor concert in Miami in 2010, with Olivia raving about Taylor’s performance.

Michael recalls Olivia telling him she thought “Taylor was such a sweet, talented and smart girl.”

Sounds like the feelings are mutual … Michael says Taylor’s got a vintage concert t-shirt from Olivia’s 1982 Physical Tour in her wardrobe. On its face, they were big fans of the other.