Australian pop superstar Kylie Minogue is finally ready to expose all about her much-discussed love life.
In a new Netflix documentary, “Kylie,” the star will open up about her infamous relationships with Jason Donovan and Michael Hutchence.
Jason Donovan Dropped Some “Clangers” In His Interviews, Says Minogue
While Minogue was thrilled to have the participation of ex-boyfriend Jason Donovan, at times his interviews were surprisingly candid, she told Hello! Magazine.
The couple first starred together on Australian soap opera “Neighbours,” playing on-screen sweethearts Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell. Bringing their romance off-screen and into reality, the couple dated from 1986 to 1989.
During his documentary interviews, Donovan opens up about his feelings for Minogue, admitting he thought they would get married and start a family. He also jokingly described his frustration that even after all these years, he’s constantly asked by “cab drivers” about the pair’s romance.
“There’s some clangers!” Minogue told Hello!, laughing. “It’s just unreal. I just thought that’s quintessential Jason Donovan. Maybe all of us, as we kind of go through life, become [bigger] versions of ourselves. I just thought that’s so JD. Swearing, telling it how it is.”
“So I love seeing how he felt at ease enough to be really truthful, even when it was a painful conversation,” she continued. “I appreciated it so much.”
One of the ‘painful conversations’ Minogue refers to is when Donovan brings up the Minogue’s relationship with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, saying “I could tell something wasn’t right.”
“I could tell. I could smell it,” he says.
Speaking About Hutchence Was “The First Time I Cried On Camera In The Interviews,” Reveals The Pop Star
Minogue admitted that speaking about Hutchence was the first time she was brought to tears during the documentary. She dated the rock frontman from 1989 to 1991, and the pair remained close until Hutchence died by suicide in 1997.
“I’m like, I know I’m going to cry at some point in this [expletive] documentary. When’s the point going to be? But I also knew that I was holding on to a lot of stuff,” Minogue said to The Times.
When asked if Hutchence was the love of her life, Minogue replied, “Yes, probably.”
“I’ve had lots of relationships, some were love, some were not. My relationship with him, or our relationship at the time, was not for that long, but it had a profound effect on me,” she revealed.
“That was the first time I cried on camera in the interviews. I was like ‘uh oh, uh oh, uh oh’, I knew it was gonna happen and here it comes,” she said to Hello!.
“I didn’t think it would be about that conversation. But when I really think about him and talk about him, I can often just feel his presence and think about that time.”
“In the conversations about Michael, I was really trying to put myself back in the moment, so I would become more emotional, which was interesting,” she continued. “I think it was good. I think maybe it’s just something that people can relate to.”
“Kylie,” directed by Michael Harte, will stream from May 20 on Netflix.
