Didi is mom to son Daniel, whom she adopted at birth, and has been a spokesperson for Autism Speaks following his autism diagnosis at age 3.
“It’s been 100 percent of my heart and soul and brain into it,” Didi said on a 2020 episode of the Purple Roads podcast of her parenting journey. “My son is 28 years today. He’s living on a farm and working there and doing things that I never would’ve thought he could do.”
And even though it’s been nearly five decades since Grease’s release, there will always be a part of her that will be (sing it today) hopelessly devoted to the movie.
“Every May 19, my darling friend, Barry Pearl who played DOODY in GREASE takes the time to get in touch with the whole cast of GREASE to celebrate the fact that 44 years ago, on this very day, our agents called us with the news that we were cast in the film!” Didi wrote on Instagram in 2021. “I love him soooo much. It’s great to be reminded of one of the happiest days of your life!”
If you’ve got chills—and they’re multiplying—just thinking about the movie, keep reading for behind-the-scenes secrets about Grease.
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