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Kylie Minogue has revealed that in early 2021 she was diagnosed with cancer for a second time, after diagnosis and successful treatment for breast cancer in 2005.<\/p>\n
The pop star discussed the previously unannounced diagnosis in a new Netflix documentary entitled Kylie, available from today. \u201cMy second cancer diagnosis was in early 2021. I was able to keep that to myself \u2026 Not like the first time,\u201d she said, referring to her highly publicised first treatment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThankfully, I got through it. Again. And all is well. Hey, who knows what\u2019s around the corner, but pop music nurtures me \u2026 my passion for music is greater than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minogue said that after her treatment, she struggled \u201cto find the right time\u201d to announce it publicly, including after the huge success of her Grammy-winning 2023 single Padam Padam.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t feel obliged to tell the world, and actually I just couldn\u2019t at the time because I was just a shell of a person,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to leave the house again at one point. Padam Padam opened so many doors for me but on the inside I knew that cancer wasn\u2019t just a blip in my life. And I really just wanted to say what happened so I can let go of it. I\u2019d sit through interviews and every opportunity I thought, \u2018now\u2019s the time\u2019, but I kept it to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said her 2023 song Story, from her album Tension, refers to that period of her life, with lyrics such as \u201cI had a secret that I kept to myself \u2026 Turn another page, baby take the stage.\u201d Minogue said of Story: \u201cI needed to have something that marked that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In promotional materials accompanying the documentary, Minogue said it was \u201cmy choice to share\u201d the information, and that she was diagnosed after a routine check up. \u201cThere will be someone out there who will benefit from a gentle reminder to do their check ups \u2026 Early detection was very helpful and I am so grateful to be able to say that I am well today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minogue, 57, was 36 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2005. She cancelled the remainder of her Showgirl greatest hits tour, and withdrew from her Sunday headline slot at the Glastonbury festival\u2019s Pyramid stage, to undergo treatment in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
Supporters rallied around her including Elton John, fellow pop star and cancer survivor Delta Goodrem, and prime minster John Howard, who said: \u201cI think all Australians feel for her and wish her well.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Minogue was subjected to intrusive media attention, prompting Steve Bracks, premier of the Australian state of Victoria, to remind paparazzi and journalists of legislation around harassment, and of \u201cstrong laws, privacy laws around medical records, about access to details, about treatment: these are private matters between the clinician and the patient\u201d.<\/p>\n
After treatment, Minogue was given the all-clear. In 2008, she said that she had originally been misdiagnosed: \u201cMy message to all of you and everyone at home is, because someone is in a white coat and using big medical instruments, doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they\u2019re right \u2026 I am in the very best of hands now, but it is a fact that my initial diagnosis was that I was alright, and had nothing to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minogue returned to music with the 2007 album X, which produced three UK Top 10 singles: 2 Hearts, Wow and In My Arms. She finally got another shot at playing Glastonbury in 2019, a performance described as \u201cabsolutely phenomenal\u201d in a five-star Guardian review.<\/p>\n
Thereafter she has remained a pop-cultural mainstay, especially after the huge success of Padam Padam, which returned her to the UK singles Top 10 for the first time since 2010 and won her a Grammy for best pop dance recording. In 2025 she added a Christmas No 1 to her list of achievements, with her song Xmas, and the accompanying festive album Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) also topped the charts \u2013 drawing her level with David Bowie and Eminem in the list of all-time album chart-toppers.<\/p>\n
The new Netflix documentary is in three parts, and directed by Michael Harte, who edited Netflix\u2019s successful four-part documentary on David Beckham. As well as Minogue, it features interviews with her sister Dannii, and former duet partners Jason Donovan and Nick Cave, among others.<\/p>\n
Minogue added in the promotional materials accompanying the launch: \u201cThere are so many people for whom cancer is part of their life and, I get it; you just want to move on and put it in the past or park it to the side. But, check-ups are incredibly important. It can be daunting and triggering but please be mindful of just how vital they are – and reach out for help if you need it, you\u2019re not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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