Kylie Minogue on relationship with Michael Hutchence in 1995
Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan became the nation’s sweethearts after their on-screen romance in Neighbours transcended into real life.
The Australian stars were in a relationship for three years from 1986, during which they released their number one single Especially for You and wed on-screen as Scott and Charlene.
However, their fairytale romance would come crashing down when Kylie, now 55, met and fell for INXS frontman Michael Hutchence.
The Spinning Around singer met the heartthrob after one of his gigs in 1989 when she was invited to an afterparty,
Speaking in 2014, Kylie said that the chemistry between them was palpable after he approached her saying: “I don’t know what we should do first, have lunch or have sex.”
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In a matter of months, Kylie dumped Jason over the phone while he was in New York and she was in Japan.
Discussing the brutal call, the Two Many Broken Hearts singer told the Mirror in 2016: “It was an extremely painful parting of the ways and, without a doubt, I took a long time to recover from it. Years, definitely.
“It was bad enough that she’d run off with anybody but she happened to run into the arms of the greatest rock god of the period, the very guy who I secretly wanted to be. That was a pretty big punch to take.”
The 55-year-old said seeing Kylie holding hands with Michael at the premiere of her film, The Delinquents, “rubbed his nose” in her new relationship.
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Kylie and Michael were an item for 18 months before his attentions turned to supermodel Helena Christensen.
He dated the model for a few years before becoming romantically involved with Paula Yates. Their daughter, Tiger Lily, was born in 1996.
One year later, Michael was found dead in his hotel room from suicide.
Following his heartbreak, Jason found love with Angela Malloch and they married in 2008. They now share three children.
Kylie has never been married and recently separated from her partner of five years, Paul Solomons.
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