Kylie Minogue explains one thing she does to preserve her sanity
Kylie Minogue has told how she tries to keep her life private for the sake of her sanity.
Kylie Minogue likes to "keep the mystery" about her life for the sake of her sanity.
The Padam Padam hitmaker - whose life and career is the subject of a new Netflix documentary series titled Kylie - doesn't think she would ever feel comfortable sharing every detail about herself and she is thankful her fans are willing to accept the boundaries she has imposed.
She told Britain's HELLO! magazine: "I like to keep the mystery. I am not a kind of 'here it all is…', I don't think I'll ever be that person. And I think for one's own sanity, you need to keep ... I mean, it probably sounds at odds as I’m sitting in front of a documentary poster...
"I think my audience, in general, know there’s boundaries and are happy to exist with me either reading between the lines or knowing that – you've got my heart, but my common sense holds me back a little bit. And I’m happy with that ratio."
In May 2005, Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36, leading her to cancelling a tour and planned appearance at Glastonbury, but she was given the all clear in 2006 after undergoing surgery and chemotherapy.
And the 57-year-old star still finds it hard to talk about.
Reflecting on discussing her health issues in her documentary, she said: "[It was] both cathartic and difficult. You know, I'm talking about it from a vantage point where I’m not in that situation now, so my only struggle with that is I can never really tell that whole story because there’s a lot to it and it doesn’t kind of come and go. It’s something you still have to navigate."
Of her 2023 song Story, she added: "I knew that [the cancer battle] would be part of the story. I just keep going to the song, were you part of my story?"
Kylie got particularly emotional in the documentary when talking about former boyfriend Michael Hutchence, who she dated from 1989 to 1991, and who took his own life in 997.
She said king about Michael, who died by suicide in 1997, was understandably emotional. "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. 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. I think it was good. I think maybe it’s just something that people can relate to."
