Kylie Minogue has spoken candidly about her relationship with the late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence in her forthcoming Netflix documentary series, admitting she has spent years searching for a similar love but has not found it. The pop icon, now 57, described their two-year romance as having a 'profound effect' on her and said she still feels his presence nearly 30 years after his death.
In the documentary, simply titled Kylie, she reveals that Hutchence was the first man to inspire her to discover her authentic self. 'We were good together,' she said. 'You go on and live your lives but it was definitely an amazing point in time and I have probably been looking for something like that ever since and I haven't got it.'
The couple were together between 1989 and 1991 after meeting at a party, shortly after Minogue's relationship with Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan ended. Minogue recalled the challenges of maintaining the romance due to Hutchence's touring commitments with INXS, saying they exchanged video messages in an effort to stay connected. 'It became more and more difficult,' she said.
Minogue described the end of the relationship as devastating. 'He was the first in so many ways. And of those firsts was heartbreak. I was devastated.' She added that Hutchence was 'a rock star which doesn't just mean that he needs to have many women in his life but he needed to go where he needed to go.'
Following Hutchence's death by suicide in 1997 at age 37, Minogue fled to Paris to escape her grief. 'I didn't know what to do,' she admitted. 'I didn't want to be in London or Australia and so I went to Paris. I was feeling heartbroken and was escaping my feelings.' She attended his funeral in Sydney and recalled the overwhelming outpouring of love for him.
The three-part documentary series, which also revisits her romance with Jason Donovan, will be released on Netflix on May 20.
