Kylie Minogue reveals intimate details on fiery fling with Michael Hutchence
Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has shared intimate details of her intense relationship with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence between 1989 and 1991 for the documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence.
The film shows love letters from the young couple sent to eachother by fax while touring, as well as never before seen footage of the two sharing intimate moments.
Minogue spoke about the moment Hutchence broke her heart, just as she knew he would.
“The room was dark, the curtains were drawn, he was on all fours on the floor, crying,” she said of the moment.
“Was it work, was it the drugs? I don't know. He was like a broken man.”
While the heartbreak took a long time get over, the pop princess says she knew it would happen even when the pair were loved up and sending each other secret love letters while in different parts of the world.
Both touring consistently, the couple would fax one another from their hotel rooms using the aliases Gabby Jones and Swordfish.
“Jones was my mother's maiden name and Gabby was my dog. He was swordfish, well, just because.”
They hoped the secret code names would prevent receptionists and hotel staff from reading their love letters.
“Sex, love, food, drugs, music, travel, books, you name it, he wanted to experience it,” Minogue said of their insense relationship.
“As his partner I got to experience a lot of that as well. If you're a sensual being, all of your senses need stimulation. He definitely awakened my desire for things in my world.”
The documentary featured never-before-seen footage of Hutchence and Minogue during their few years together.
One clip showed the pop star naked along with others of the pair on a boat during a romantic holiday.
Minogue said the public perception that she was a “pure, good girl dating this dark, bad boy” was accurate, but despite it all, she felt “safe with him”.
“I felt protected. He had insatiable curiosity, all the good things in life and some the bad.
“He opened up a whole new world for me. A lot of it was based around pleasure, let's face it.”
The whirlwind romance, Kylie says, was never built to last.
“It felt loving, yet sad and probably doomed. We talked through things and I couldn't give you an actual reason [as to why it happened].
“I left pretty confounded and destroyed and I knew that was...that was it. Yeah, he broke my heart. I have to confess, the hurt stays for quite a long time,” she said.
After the breakup, Minogue went on to have a series of high profile relationships with actors and stars.
Hutchence also went on to find love with British television personality Paula Yates.
Together the couple had a daughter, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily in 1996.
Sadly, just one year later, Hutchence was found hanging by his snakeskin belt in his Sydney hotel room while on holiday in Australia.
Three years later, on September 17 2000, Yates was found dead in her home. She died of an accidental heroin overdose while Tiger Lily was at home with her.
Scroll through the gallery to see Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence during their whirlwind romance.