Dannii Minogue has recalled what she said to sister Kylie as she was diagnosed with cancer (Picture: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
Dannii Minogue broke down in tears as she opened up about Kylie Minogue’s 2005 cancer diagnosis and revealed the six words of comfort she gave her beloved sister.
The Spinning Around hitmaker was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 during her Showgirl: Greatest Hits world tour, and Dannii has remembered visiting Kylie, 56, when she was ‘very unwell’ and undergoing chemotherapy.
Speaking on Australian TV show Take 5 with Zan Rowe, she said: ‘My sister got sick with breast cancer in the middle of a tour.
‘I remember her being carried off stage and stuff.
‘When I would go and visit her when she was having chemo and very unwell, I would just jump around to music with her.
‘It was music that kept us going and she was like, “I need to finish the tour!” She’s so professional.’
The sisters both now live in their native Australia after many years in the UK (Picture Don Arnold/Getty Images)
Dannii then recalled what she said to her sister in that moment, revealing: ‘I was like, “We need to keep you alive.”‘
‘And yeah, like, we knew that was her goal. To get back and honour all of those tickets.’
When Kylie was able to resume her tour, she invited Dannii onto the stage, and the 52-year-old singer has fond memories of the ‘unbelievable’ moment.
She said: ‘So cut forward to her being able to get back on stage, it was the homecoming tour, she said, “Will you jump on stage with me?” I said, “Sure, I’d love to.”
‘The joy when we came out on stage, from the audience, was unbelievable.
‘You could hear the roar.
‘We felt that the whole time, like getting her better, we felt their love and support was there. Waves of it.’
Dannii broke down in tears while talking about her sister’s cancer journey (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Dannii’s friend Laura was living with cancer around the same time as her sister, and while Kylie survived, her friend died.
She explained: ‘My sister had cancer, recovered, it was a wild ride for our family. And then my friend Laura had cancer.
‘She was staying with me and said she had a pain in her back – an hour later she was in the foetal position.
‘She went into hospital and she never came out again. It was very hard to see her go through this,’ the Home and Away star recalled.
Kylie lived with cancer for a year – undergoing a a lumpectomy and chemotherapy – before getting the all-clear in 2006.
In 2011 she reflected on the ‘dark, rotten moments’ she experienced during this time while marking five years since being free of the disease.
Speaking to the Sunday Night Programme, she broke down in tears and recalled how the general public didn’t really see her suffering.
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Source:: Metro
