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To be annoyed with Kylie Minogue?

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GumFossil · 05/12/2025 19:11

She’s on the One Show. My son looked up her age as he didn’t believe she could be pushing 60. She looks 30. What the heck?

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Ponoka7 · 06/12/2025 00:22

There's also a level of good genetics. Danni also looks good. However if you see them in natural light, talking, as said, they look like beautiful women in their 50's with good skin/toned faces (obviously through work done), who eat nutritionally, cut down on alcohol etc, exercise and have professional hair and make up done.

moltac · 06/12/2025 00:15

sickofsixseven · 05/12/2025 22:10

I'm sure its been mentioned but something I've noticed is that all these famous women who look great for their age don't have kids -Kylie, Helen Mirren, Kim Cattrell, Debbie Harry, Stevie nicks to name a few. Oh well, it's too late for me now lol

I think there is some truth to this. Pregnancy and breastfeeding do offer health and longevity benefits for example I believe breastfeeding of both breast cancer and diabetes in mothers which is very cool. It also unfortunately seems to speed up aging on a cellular level as a few studies have now shown.

Pregnancy is linked to faster epigenetic aging in young women | PNAS

Motherhood Can Make a Woman's Cells 'Older' by as Much as 11 Years : ScienceAlert

Not fair, not fair at all!

Motherhood Can Make a Woman's Cells 'Older' by as Much as 11 Years

Childbirth inevitably results in significant changes to a woman's mind and body, but the ultimate lifelong consequences of motherhood could be far greater than we ever realised.

https://www.sciencealert.com/having-children-makes-women-s-dna-cells-age-equivalent-11-years-telomeres

exse24Londoner · 06/12/2025 00:04

agree with most here - she looks amazing but definitely doesn't look as though she's in her 30's. Obviously had good quality work done & has taken care of herself. All paid off in comparison to Nicole Kidman who has had a lot of work done & still manages to look her age

Wish Kylie would share her secret to looking her age & at the same time, absolutely fabulous

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 06/12/2025 00:00

JoClogs · 05/12/2025 23:44

Unfortunately that is what is happening.
Women in their twenties getting work done when they don't need it.
So many women who have had a lot of botox end up with frozen faces.

I do wonder sometimes how these young women with the mahoosive lips fillers are going to look when their in their 60s. Surely they can't just pump chemicals into themselves for the next forty plus years.

CandyCayne · 05/12/2025 23:59

GumFossil · 05/12/2025 20:01

I thought you were going to say you were annoyed with her for fucking her face up! I think she looks bloody awful. Her face looks postively plastic.

I’m the first to comment on bad work, but I honestly think she looks completely fantastic. I can’t see anything plastic or fucked-up.

Same.

It really suits some people (like Lulu for example) but it's not for everyone.

It definitely works for Kylie though.

Jeronnemo · 05/12/2025 23:59

FastFood · 05/12/2025 23:29

I really honestly don't think she looks fab.
She looks like a hybrid of a young and an old angry lady. Like Nicole Kidman. I really don't see the appeal in being so tweaked.

I don't think she looks tweaked though. She's clearly had lip filler (her whole adult life), teeth done, botox, face lift and more probably. A few years ago, she looked a bit over-cooked but remarkably now, she looks better than ever. She's got the balance just right.

Funnywonder · 05/12/2025 23:56

I think she is really beautiful. It’s obvious she’s had work done, but she has great bone structure, so the good scaffolding is there to start with! I’m definitely looking at a woman well into her fifties, not her thirties or forties, despite the work. And that’s absolutely fine.

Empress13 · 05/12/2025 23:50

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 22:55

Yes, I know women with children (a few have 4, 5, and even 6, but most have 2 or 3, several have 1) who are in their early 50s to late 60s, and they could pass for 7-8 years younger. And I know some women who have never had children who look 7-8 years older. It's not a given that women who don't have children will look 45 at 60, and women who do have children will look like they're 63 when they're 49. This is a myth often perpetuated by childfree women.

Look at Demi Moore how amazing she looks, and also The Kardashians/Jenners, all look great, (nearly all have kids.) Marie Osmond, Kylie's sister Dannii, Kim Wilde, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jane Seymour, Reese Witherspoon, Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Uma Thurman, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, the list is endless of women who have children who look younger than their age. I know plenty in real life too...

How on earth can you use the Kardashians and Demi Moore as good examples they have had so
much work done! I would love to see these showbiz stars without having had fillers, Botox, facelifts, teeth done etc and I can bet you most will look their true age! Kylie does look incredible but let’s not forget good studio lighting and professional makeup could take years off any of us it’s not true life just saying

JoClogs · 05/12/2025 23:44

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 05/12/2025 19:35

She's the exception that's going to become the rule for aging or you're going to look haggard in comparison. I don't like it but don't know what the answer to it is. I suppose it will be yet another thing dividing us...

Unfortunately that is what is happening.
Women in their twenties getting work done when they don't need it.
So many women who have had a lot of botox end up with frozen faces.

FastFood · 05/12/2025 23:29

I really honestly don't think she looks fab.
She looks like a hybrid of a young and an old angry lady. Like Nicole Kidman. I really don't see the appeal in being so tweaked.

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 23:26

CanYouHereMeRoar · 05/12/2025 23:16

I loved Dannii on the X Factor, glad she's returning to her roots. I thought she handled herself gracefully over the years, all those Kylie comparisons and unflattering comments can't have been easy.

Yes I like her too. She and Kylie are both lovely, and pretty, and talented.

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 23:25

birdsnestinghere · 05/12/2025 23:06

Yes, this is me and my sibling. I have a few kids and look younger than my age. My younger sibling has wrinkles and looks older, with no kids. Everyone thinks she is the older sister by a long way.

The difference is down to speculation but I think there are several factors. First, genetics. My mother was like me and is still relatively youthful looking in her later 70s. Unlike me, my sister smoked for a few years, tanned a lot, and likes a drink sometimes. I have never smoked, never been into lying there soaking up the sun and tanning deliberately (though am very active with full sun protection), and have never been a drinker. I wonder if that makes a big difference?

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Yes I think so. Smoking, and drinking lots of booze, and lots of suntanning (in the sun - and on sunbeds) is very ageing.

quietmagic · 05/12/2025 23:22

(deleted as Mumsnet jumped me into a different thread somehow!)

CanYouHereMeRoar · 05/12/2025 23:16

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 23:04

Talking of Dannii Minogue. She is starring in a new drama/thriller that has Kym Marsh in it itt, starting 15th December on Ch5. The Imposter. Sounds right up my street!

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/theimposter-channel5drama-firstlook2

I loved Dannii on the X Factor, glad she's returning to her roots. I thought she handled herself gracefully over the years, all those Kylie comparisons and unflattering comments can't have been easy.

berlinbaby2025 · 05/12/2025 23:13

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 23:04

Talking of Dannii Minogue. She is starring in a new drama/thriller that has Kym Marsh in it itt, starting 15th December on Ch5. The Imposter. Sounds right up my street!

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/theimposter-channel5drama-firstlook2

Wow - that’s her first acting gig since 1990 when she was in Home and Away! I wonder what motivated her to return to acting?

BundleBoogie · 05/12/2025 23:11

I’m annoyed at having to listen to her utterly dire drivel of a song being played on the radio. She used to be good but that’s terrible.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 05/12/2025 23:09

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 23:04

Talking of Dannii Minogue. She is starring in a new drama/thriller that has Kym Marsh in it itt, starting 15th December on Ch5. The Imposter. Sounds right up my street!

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/theimposter-channel5drama-firstlook2

I saw that advertised earlier and thought I might have to give it a go for the sheer randomness of having Kyn Marsh and Susan Kennedy on screen together!

birdsnestinghere · 05/12/2025 23:06

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 22:55

Yes, I know women with children (a few have 4, 5, and even 6, but most have 2 or 3, several have 1) who are in their early 50s to late 60s, and they could pass for 7-8 years younger. And I know some women who have never had children who look 7-8 years older. It's not a given that women who don't have children will look 45 at 60, and women who do have children will look like they're 63 when they're 49. This is a myth often perpetuated by childfree women.

Look at Demi Moore how amazing she looks, and also The Kardashians/Jenners, all look great, (nearly all have kids.) Marie Osmond, Kylie's sister Dannii, Kim Wilde, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jane Seymour, Reese Witherspoon, Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Uma Thurman, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, the list is endless of women who have children who look younger than their age. I know plenty in real life too...

Yes, this is me and my sibling. I have a few kids and look younger than my age. My younger sibling has wrinkles and looks older, with no kids. Everyone thinks she is the older sister by a long way.

The difference is down to speculation but I think there are several factors. First, genetics. My mother was like me and is still relatively youthful looking in her later 70s. Unlike me, my sister smoked for a few years, tanned a lot, and likes a drink sometimes. I have never smoked, never been into lying there soaking up the sun and tanning deliberately (though am very active with full sun protection), and have never been a drinker. I wonder if that makes a big difference?

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 23:04

CanYouHereMeRoar · 05/12/2025 22:56

Kylie and Dannii have had work done over the years, but at least it's been tasteful.

Talking of Dannii Minogue. She is starring in a new drama/thriller that has Kym Marsh in it itt, starting 15th December on Ch5. The Imposter. Sounds right up my street!

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/theimposter-channel5drama-firstlook2

THE IMPOSTER: FIRST LOOK AT NEW CHANNEL 5 DRAMA STARRING KYM MARSH, DANNII MINOGUE AND JACKIE WOODBURNE

Filming has commenced in Melbourne, Australia on the gripping, new four-part drama series, Imposter.  The limited series will star Neighbours legend Jackie Woodburne like you’ve never seen her before, alongside actress, presenter and singer, Kym Marsh...

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/theimposter-channel5drama-firstlook2

CanYouHereMeRoar · 05/12/2025 22:56

Kylie and Dannii have had work done over the years, but at least it's been tasteful.

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 22:55

iSage · 05/12/2025 22:16

It's no guarantee of youthfulness. I'm childfree in my 50s and if anything I look old for my age. 30 years of working in stressful jobs has left me haggard.

Yes, I know women with children (a few have 4, 5, and even 6, but most have 2 or 3, several have 1) who are in their early 50s to late 60s, and they could pass for 7-8 years younger. And I know some women who have never had children who look 7-8 years older. It's not a given that women who don't have children will look 45 at 60, and women who do have children will look like they're 63 when they're 49. This is a myth often perpetuated by childfree women.

Look at Demi Moore how amazing she looks, and also The Kardashians/Jenners, all look great, (nearly all have kids.) Marie Osmond, Kylie's sister Dannii, Kim Wilde, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jane Seymour, Reese Witherspoon, Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Uma Thurman, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, the list is endless of women who have children who look younger than their age. I know plenty in real life too...

berlinbaby2025 · 05/12/2025 22:55

SpaceRaccoon · 05/12/2025 22:44

Unsurp, the bitchy comments are apparent - no way dies she look in her 50s. Is there projection going on with some of you?

How is that bitchy when she literally is in her 50s? What's wrong with being in your 50s?

There’s nothing wrong with being any age. But she does not look 57.

ChattyCatty25 · 05/12/2025 22:52

She looks good, but she's got that botoxed look. They all have too much expression coming through their noses because it's the only moving part left.

She also has one eyebrow botoxed much, much higher than the other. She thinks it looks characterful but it's just bizarre.

SpaceRaccoon · 05/12/2025 22:44

Unsurp, the bitchy comments are apparent - no way dies she look in her 50s. Is there projection going on with some of you?

How is that bitchy when she literally is in her 50s? What's wrong with being in your 50s?

CypressGrove · 05/12/2025 22:39

I think she looks very happy which is the main thing.