Pop icon Kylie Minogue held back tears on The One Show as she shared the poignant reason behind her duet with pop legend Madonna. The Aussie pop sensation appeared on the BBC One show's couch on Friday (September 27) to discuss her global tour, with tickets already being snapped up by eager fans.
The conversation shifted to Kylie's recent collaboration with Madonna, where they performed a rendition of Gloria Gaynor's classic I Will Survive in June in Los Angeles. However, Kylie revealed there was a deeper emotional motive for the cover - namely Madonna wishing to acknowledge the Aussie star's recovery from breast cancer.
Show host Alex Jones quizzed the pop superstar: "Now, earlier this year, you duetted with Madonna. What was that like - because for us, it's like, oh my gosh, the Queen and the princess together".
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In response, Kylie said: "For a 14-year-old me just the jaw - I mean, can't get to take it off the floor. It came about really organically."
"The request came through her manager. I've known him for many years, and I just presumed when I was asked to join her on stage, it would be her Vogue section, where she has a different guest every night that holds up the card. It's like 10 out of 10. It was to do a cover of 'I Will Survive'."
Pausing while holding back tears, Kylie went on: "And her reasoning for that was twofold - one which she sadly lost her mother to breast cancer, and she knew about some of my story, and also just being two women who survived in the industry, and so it was just really amazing moment, and also some people going 'Oh, is this really happening? '".
"I have some friends who will not forgive me (and said) - 'Why didn't you tell me? ' I just kept it as a surprise".
She quipped: "I may have lost some friends but I did get to sing with Madonna! ".
Kylie Minogue, the Australian pop icon, revealed in 2005 that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, prompting her to postpone her concert tour for treatment. By January 2006, she had completed her treatment and was given the all-clear.
Kylie Minogue joined Greg Davies and Alex Horne from Taskmaster, and space scientist Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock on The One Show sofa.
