Kylie Minogue reveals she secretly battled breast cancer for second time in 2021 & tried to have kids via IVF in new doc
POP singer Kylie Minogue tried to have children via IVF and secretly battled breast cancer for a second time in 2021, she has revealed.
She uses her self-titled three-part Netflix docuseries to speak candidly about struggling to conceive after a fight with cancer in 2005.
Kylie, 57, says in the show, which is out today: “It was always with such a thread of hope but I couldn’t not try.
“I did try IVF a number of times. If it had happened it would have been just shy of a miracle. But it didn’t work out that way.”
Poignantly, she adds: “One can’t help but wonder what it would have been like.”
Kylie’s singer sister Dannii, 54, has one son, as does her brother Brendan, 55.
Dannii said of Kylie: “She is amazing with kids. Just naturally incredible. She is amazing with her nephews.
“I never saw myself being a parent and she always did. And that is heartbreaking.”
The lyrics of Kylie’s 2012 song Flower dealt with the pain of not having children.
It includes the line: “Distant child my flower, are you blowing in the breeze?”
In another revelation, Kylie said she secretly battled cancer for a second time after being diagnosed with primary breast cancer in early 2021.
Kylie said: “I was able to keep it to myself and go through that year.
“I didn’t feel obliged to tell the world and actually I just couldn’t at the time as I was just a shell of a person.
“I didn’t want to leave the house again at one point.
“Thankfully I got through it again, and all is well.”
Kylie now has the all-clear and hopes that speaking out will encourage women to go for early screenings.
She said: “I know there will be someone out there who will benefit from a gentle reminder to do their check-ups.”
FIRST REVIEW
★★★★★
THIS went far beyond anything I thought she’d say.
Revelations on struggling to find love, cancer battles and heartbreaking attempts to conceive via IVF are here.
For someone who’s hardly spoken of life away from the stage they are jaw-dropping.
It is one of the most genuine and honest celebrity documentaries I’ve seen.