Kylie Minogue says cancer experience 'still with me'

"“Where do I even start? Shock,” the singer said on getting her diagnosis. “You're trying to understand something you've never thought about before. It's a crash course. It's very deep and extended and it's still with me today in many ways.”"

"The Australian pop star, who called London home for three decades, also reflected on the “humiliation” she felt with some media coverage early in her career. The three-part Netflix documentary gave her the opportunity to revisit her life more fully than she had before, she said."

"“When I see some of that footage back, I'm still as confounded as I was even as a 19-year-old,” she said. “Sometimes it felt like just humiliation and having to sit within that frame and handle it.” She said she did not believe such treatment would happen in the same way today, though noted that social media had created different pressures for public figures."

"Minogue said making the documentary had required her to put aside her nerves and revisit moments she found painful. “In the end, I just had to take the plunge and really open myself up a little more,” she said. The singer added that she hoped to return to acting in future, alongside continuing to make mu"

Kylie Minogue said the emotional impact of her breast cancer diagnosis remains with her two decades later. She described the initial shock of receiving the diagnosis as a deep, extended crash course that she still feels. She also reflected on humiliation she experienced from some media coverage early in her career. A three-part Netflix documentary gave her a chance to revisit her life more fully after she resisted making it for years. She found it difficult to watch old footage from her transition from Neighbours to music, describing it as confounding and humiliating. She said she does not expect the same treatment today, though social media creates different pressures. She said making the documentary required taking the plunge and opening up more, and she hopes to return to acting while continuing music.

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