Published: 09:50 AM, 21 May 2026
Kylie Minogue reveals she was diagnosed with cancer again in 2021
Pop icon and actor Kylie Minogue has shared that she has been quietly battling cancer since 2021 after being diagnosed with the disease for a second time, nearly two decades after overcoming her first cancer scare.
The 57-year-old pop sensation opened up about the previously undisclosed diagnosis in her new self-titled Netflix documentary, which premiered on Tuesday.
"My second cancer diagnosis was in early 2021. I was able to keep that to myself … Not like the first time. Thankfully, I got through it. Again. And all is well. Hey, who knows what's around the corner, but pop music nurtures me … my passion for music is greater than ever," Kylie said, referring to her highly publicised first treatment.
She added that after her treatment, she struggled "to find the right time" to announce it publicly, including after the huge success of her Grammy-winning 2023 single Padam Padam.
Kylie shared, "I don't feel obliged to tell the world, and actually I just couldn't at the time because I was just a shell of a person. I didn't want to leave the house again at one point. Padam Padam opened so many doors for me but on the inside I knew that cancer wasn't just a blip in my life. And I really just wanted to say what happened so I can let go of it. I'd sit through interviews and every opportunity I thought, 'now's the time', but I kept it to myself."
