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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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SweetnsourNZ · 05/12/2025 21:47

ThePoshUns · 05/12/2025 19:47

How did I not know about JCVD? Although I prefer Mh myself.
Kylie is just gorgeous

Whose JCVD?

mjf981 · 05/12/2025 21:43

CombatBarbie · 05/12/2025 20:33

Pretty much the same as Jennifer Aniston, no kids etc. Although Jennifer seems to be ageing more sympathetically to her actual age than Kylie. There's reasons they both have huge gay and fem crush fan bases.

I don't agree about JA. Have you seen her face in Morning Wars? She could barely move her mouth - it looked like it was frozen. I actually found it really distracting.

EmeraldRoulette · 05/12/2025 21:42

I don't often want a down vote button, but there's a couple of comments here that warrant it

FlamingoFloss · 05/12/2025 21:37

XiCi · 05/12/2025 21:20

A bit shorter? Isn't she 4ft 11? I met her back in the 90s in the VIP section at Cream. At 5ft 4 and 7 stone I felt like a giant beside her. She was absolutely tiny, about the size of a 7 year old child.

She’s 5’1 - ever so slightly taller than me lol

FlamingoFloss · 05/12/2025 21:35

Dontlletmedownbruce · 05/12/2025 19:26

I watched an audience with her a year or so ago. Teen ds came in and watched for a minute and I said i was her original fan, her debut album was my first album. He did a double take then asked me how many years old the recording was. I said it was current and he was gobsmacked. He kept repeating how can SHE be older than YOU, I eventually got annoyed with him and told him to stop going on about it.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

englishrosi3 · 05/12/2025 21:35

I aged about 10 years when my daughter when through a rebellious stage between 15-18. I barely slept and comfort ate. Kylies never had that anguish. Although she may have wished for children we will never know. She may have swapped places with many of us. I still love her as I’ve grew up through all stages of my life with he ( she’s a tiny bit older than me) I wish I had a tiny bit of her money too! It would help.

Otterseatpuffinsdontthey · 05/12/2025 21:30

Haven't read many of the posts.
Had good tickets - seen Kylie, up close, in Glasgow - start of the "Showgirl Tour". This was at the time of her breast cancer being discovered.
Absolutely fantastic show!. Great performer. She looked like a beautiful, perfect China doll.

LemonDrizzleKay · 05/12/2025 21:29

jbm16 · 05/12/2025 20:48

If you have to explain it, it's not a joke...

Or some people don’t ha e a sense of humour.

XiCi · 05/12/2025 21:20

TroysMammy · 05/12/2025 19:46

I'm the same age as Kylie, just a bit shorter and petite. I've never had kids or fillers and on a good day don't look my age (I've been told). I can't sing though and I doubt it's our Welsh genes either.

A bit shorter? Isn't she 4ft 11? I met her back in the 90s in the VIP section at Cream. At 5ft 4 and 7 stone I felt like a giant beside her. She was absolutely tiny, about the size of a 7 year old child.

LadyKenya · 05/12/2025 21:18

lifeonmars100 · 05/12/2025 19:53

You are not going to see Kylie battling it out at the yellow sticker fridge in Asda! Part of her job is to look as good as possible and given her resources she will have the best of everything. I really like her, not her music especially but her whole personna. I wish she would write her autobiography, she has an interesting life.

Oh that is surprising that she has not released an autobiography. I agree that it would be an interesting read. She has had a long, successful career, after all. She does come across as very likeable, she reminds me in a way of Judy Garland. Nice.

Doggielovelouie · 05/12/2025 21:18

Maia77 · 05/12/2025 21:16

She's obviously had work done, but it's subtle.

Omg I thought she looked like Reagan from the exorcist in first photo that came up

the thick inch make up making her eyes set back

in real life I’m sure she’d look very plastic

Maia77 · 05/12/2025 21:16

She's obviously had work done, but it's subtle.

Maia77 · 05/12/2025 21:16

She's obviously had work done, but it's subtle.

Muffsies · 05/12/2025 21:14

I'm not a fan of Kylie's music, but I think there's far more to her than any of us can see or judge.

She's clearly a very clever and accomplished person, with a very rich life she finds satisfying. She only ever gives us tiny glimpses of who she really is. She manages to navigate fame with ease, she never gives very much away. We see the odd wild move, or exciting affair, or battle with cancer - which she owns - but she gives us no explanations, no exposes, no drama. How does she do that in a culture that demands everything must scrutinised and laid bare? Yet we love her, she respect us, and she gets it back. The odd person trys to tell us she's 'horrid', but nothing sticks. Something Madonna, Bey, Mariah and Myliee would be jealous of, I recon.

Beachtastic · 05/12/2025 21:13

Australia has a very Body Beautiful culture... it's how I imagine California (used to live in Oz, never been to Cali). This helps a lot, I think - plenty of exercise and a super healthy diet. It's partly because you are more often likely to have to appear in public wearing a bikini! We can rely on hoodies to hide things here!

JudgeJ · 05/12/2025 21:09

Dontlletmedownbruce · 05/12/2025 19:26

I watched an audience with her a year or so ago. Teen ds came in and watched for a minute and I said i was her original fan, her debut album was my first album. He did a double take then asked me how many years old the recording was. I said it was current and he was gobsmacked. He kept repeating how can SHE be older than YOU, I eventually got annoyed with him and told him to stop going on about it.

Back in the early 90s my daughters had been to see Ghost and were drooling over Patrick Swayze, I had seen something about him in one of their magazines so was able to point out that he was four years younger than me so I had a better chance than a couple of young teens!

SpaceRaccoon · 05/12/2025 21:08

I mean she's clearly had a massive amount of cosmetic intervention.

Pavementworrier · 05/12/2025 21:08

Op - point out how old various amazing successful young men are Vs him

BatchCookBabe · 05/12/2025 21:07

gucciandscandal · 05/12/2025 20:37

Having been to her most recent tour I’d have to disagree. She’s clearly worked very hard on her vocal training and it showed.

This. See also Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and Lady Gaga. If you listen to them doing very early perfomances, they were a bit pitchy, and their voice(s) weren't very strong. I saw a recording of Taylor performing the song 'Fifteen' at the BBC when she was about 19, and she was average at best. Still good, and talented, and you could see a big star in the making, but she wasn't very good.

Same story for Ri and Gaga.

I think all 3 are amazing now. Taylor has a lovely, strong voice, and Ri and Gaga sound much more powerful.

Kylie is a bit like this. She was average when she first started, and sang a bit off key live, but she got good fairly quickly and her live singing is very good now.

There are some singers who have been amazing since they were 10! Like Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Hayley Williams, and so on, but for some others their singing talent had to be nurtured and honed.

For some the good live singing never came. Madonna is not brilliant live, and Katy Perry is terrible. Kim Wilde I have always liked, and I love most of her songs, but her live singing is quite poor. In fact when Kim is performing live she actually has her niece singing with her most of the time. as a 'backing' singer.

Madonna actually admitted herself once that her singing is not brilliant, but she said she enjoys performing on stage, and dancing, and she enjoyed writing songs, and let's face it, she is a great performer, and always has been, and she has made some brilliant pop songs!

One of the best singers - on 'record' and live IMO is Carol Decker from T'Pau. Brilliant voice!

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Pusstachio · 05/12/2025 20:56

Wildbushlady · 05/12/2025 20:47

She looks absolutely fantastic.

But she looks like a 50 something year old woman who ahs had some touch ups, definitely not in her 30's.

Yes I just googled her to see- she does look spectacular, she’s nearly 20 years older than me and I definitely look a lot more tired! It’s also really hard to keep weight off if you’re a shorty as you get older so wild kudos.

However I have to agree she doesn’t look 30. She looks very well maintained but I guessed 45-50 before I checked (something I’d be delighted with at 57!)

jbm16 · 05/12/2025 20:48

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 05/12/2025 20:21

Do some people really not understand that the OP is joking? Note to self put LIGHT-HEARTED in your thread title to save all the 🙄 coming your way next time @GumFossil .

If you have to explain it, it's not a joke...

MintTwirl · 05/12/2025 20:47

She definitely doesn’t look 30, maybe very late 40’s/early 50’s but she looks great and has a lovely figure which she must work hard to maintain. She also seems really nice and like she would be good fun.

Wildbushlady · 05/12/2025 20:47

She looks absolutely fantastic.

But she looks like a 50 something year old woman who ahs had some touch ups, definitely not in her 30's.

awaynboilyurheid · 05/12/2025 20:45

LemonDrizzleKay · 05/12/2025 19:35

Is it my ears or does her voice sound bad? (I can't bitch about her looks, I've got to bitch about something!)

She’s never been able to sing ,nasally whining at best , talentless and good PR

EasternStandard · 05/12/2025 20:45

OrangeOzzy · 05/12/2025 20:42

Just looked her up on instagram. She does look fantastic! I was a young child when she first became really famous and now she looks younger than me.

Looked at her IG. Yep she looks great. Some good help but also face structure.