Kylie Minogue has battled to hold back tears when recalling her breast cancer diagnosis.
The Australian actor, 55, was diagnosed with cancer in 2005 at the age of 36 and underwent a lumpectomy as well as eight months of chemotherapy.
At the time, she was in the midst of her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour, which had to be postponed due to her treatment.
Also cancelled was a Glastonbury performance.
Now, some 20 years later, the pop diva has been emotional when discussing the ‘horror’ she went through.
Kylie talked about her current sellout Las Vegas residency and the highs and lows of her 35-year career during an interview with CBS News to publicise her latest album Tension.
In it, she was asked by interviewer Seth Doane if what she underwent was ‘still raw’.
‘You have to get on, you have to get on with stuff, but…’ she said, pausing as she started tearing up.
‘Is it fear that’s coming through?’ he asked of her reaction.
‘It’s trauma, and any trauma resides within you,’ Kylie said as her voice shook.
‘The experience of a cancer diagnosis will live in me. It was difficult. It was also amazing.’
When asked how she felt the diagnosis had been ‘wonderful,’ she said, ‘Amazing in that you are very aware of your body, of the love that’s around you, of your capability, all sorts of things.’
Kylie has already spoken about the impact of her cancer diagnosis, including the toll it caused on her fertility.
In a 2019 interview with The Sunday Times, she disclosed that her life-saving cancer treatment prevented her from having children.
‘Realistically, you’re getting to the late side of things. And, while that wasn’t on my agenda at the time, it changed everything,’ she explained.
‘I don’t want to dwell on it, obviously, but I wonder what that would have been like.
‘Everyone will say there are options, but I don’t know. I’m 50 now, and I’m more at ease with my life. I can’t say there are no regrets, but it would be very hard for me to move on if I classed that as a regret, so I just have to be as philosophical about it as I can.’