After years of heartbreak and disappointment, Dannii Minogue is on top of the world as she announces her pregnancy. Here she talks to Nicola Pellagro about her exciting news.
She won a place in Australia’s heart when she starred on Young Talent Time, before progressing to Home And Away and international pop stardom.
But personal happiness has always eluded Dannii Minogue, 38. First her marriage to Aussie actor Julian McMahon ended in tears, then a long series of fleeting relationships made her give up on love.
But no longer. As she faces the rapid approach of the big 4-0, Dannii has suddenly found the love of her life in 31-year-old British model Kris Smith, and is expecting her first child. Now she wants to share her overwhelming happiness with the world; telling fans on her Twitter page “Woo hoo. I’m going to be a mummy!”
You’re starting a family later in life. Was it always part of the plan to settle down and have kids at this stage?
It’s funny. A while ago I went to my doctor for a check-up and he told me I’d got to the stage in my life where I’d have to make decisions about having children. I remember thinking, “Oh God, I’m now that person who is getting too old to have kids”. But I just laughed.
I told him it wasn’t an issue for me because I didn’t have a man, there was no-one on the horizon, and there probably never would be. My life was so crazy – half the year in London, half the year here doing Australia’s Got Talent. I sort of accepted that no man could ever fit in with that.
Things have changed a lot for you in the past 12 months…
I’m totally in love with Kris. I’ve never felt like this before and I honestly never, ever believed this would happen to me. I feel like I’m exploding with happiness. My life has been turned upside down, inside out and everything – I mean everything – is fresh and new and exciting.
My world is a whole new place. This guy has changed everything. He’s changed me and I just feel like the sun is shining every day. It’s amazing! I’ve found The One.
Not so long ago you were struggling with your best friend’s death and Kylie’s recovery from breast cancer. Now that you’re loved up and pregnant, is it weird looking back on that?
I’ve been with Kris for over a year now and I look back at the person I was then and everything is different.
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