{"id":458226,"date":"2026-05-20T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/458226\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:50:09","slug":"minogue-reveals-she-had-second-cancer-diagnosis-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/458226\/","title":{"rendered":"Minogue reveals she had second cancer diagnosis in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kylie Minogue has revealed she had a second cancer diagnosis in 2021, saying: “I was a shell of a person.”<\/p>\n

The Australian singer, known for Can’t Get You Out of My Head and Spinning Around, revealed she had a second diagnosis in her new three-part Netflix series, titled Kylie.<\/p>\n

She reassured fans in the documentary that she had “got through it again, and all is well”.<\/p>\n

The 57-year old previously was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in May 2005, aged 36, and underwent a lumpectomy and chemotherapy in Paris.<\/p>\n

Coverage of her diagnosis caused an unprecedented increase in bookings for mammograms, referred to as the “Kylie effect”.<\/p>\n

Nearly two decades after she received the all-clear, the star opened up about her second, more private, battle with cancer and how she struggled to find the “right time” to tell her fans.<\/p>\n

She said: “My second cancer diagnosis was in early 2021.<\/p>\n

“I was able to keep that to myself and go through that year not like the first time.<\/p>\n

“(I\u2019ve) been trying to find that the right time to say it.<\/p>\n

“I 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.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t want to leave the house again at one point.”<\/p>\n

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Minogue released her hit comeback single Padam Padam in 2023 which went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording.<\/p>\n

She added: “Padam Padam opened so many doors for me, but on the inside I knew that cancer wasn\u2019t just a blip in my life.”<\/p>\n

Appearing emotional, Minogue revealed that her song Story, from her 2023 album, Tension helped her mark that time by writing “something that said what I wanted to say”.<\/p>\n

She later is seen singing part of the song: ‘I had a secret that I kept to myself, yeah\/ I had a one-way ticket that was goin\u2019 nowhere.\u2019<\/p>\n

Minogue added: “I really just wanted to say what happened so I can let go of it.<\/p>\n

“Thankfully I got through it again and all is well.”<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,
\nJason Donovan, Kylie Minogue and Dannii Minogue attend the launch event for the Netflix documentary series Kylie<\/p>\n

Minogue said the first time she was diagnosed with cancer she postponed her chemotherapy in order to try and get pregnant.<\/p>\n

She said: “There is so much more to cancer than just, \u2018you had it, you got through and you\u2019re fine \u2013 you\u2019re fine for now\u2019.<\/p>\n

“I postponed my chemotherapy to try which was quite scary at the time because you just want it out, gone.<\/p>\n

“I did try a few times with IVF.<\/p>\n

“It was such a thread of hope. But I couldn\u2019t not try.<\/p>\n

“If it had happened it would have been just shy of a miracle. but it didn\u2019t work out that way. So this was a letter to what might\u2019ve been.”<\/p>\n

\"Undated
\nKylie can be streamed on Netflix from Wednesday<\/p>\n

She read out: “Distant child, my flower, are you blowing in the breeze? Can you feel me as I breathe life into you?”<\/p>\n

Dannii added: “She\u2019s just amazing with kids. she\u2019s always been good with kids, just naturally incredible.<\/p>\n

“I never saw myself as a parent and she always did, and that is heartbreaking.”<\/p>\n

The docuseries follows Minogue\u2019s rise to fame from her early days starring in the Australian soap Neighbours through to her journey becoming one of pop\u2019s biggest stars.<\/p>\n

Created by the team behind Netflix\u2019s David Beckham documentary, Beckham, the documentary features archived footage as well as interviews with friends and family including her former Neighbours co-star, Jason Donovan, sister Dannii and musician Nick Cave.<\/p>\n

Kylie can be streamed on Netflix from Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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