Aussie pop sensation Kylie Minogue. Source:
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The Daily Telegraph reports
Long before Jennifer Aniston came along there
was our very own Kylie Minogue: an attractive, wealthy and hugely successful
woman who, despite her many blessings, is invariably painted as being unlucky
in love. In the latter's case it's a situation not helped by the title of a
certain song.
If you break into your most important market - in her case the UK -
courtesy of a song named I Should Be So Lucky then it's a catchphrase destined
to haunt you for the rest of your life.
No amount of assurances from the 44-year-old that she is perfectly
content with her life manages to assuage concerns she is destined to end up an
old maid.
And yes, people really do still use that label.
But for those seemingly determined to agonise over her recurring
singleton status, there's a pretty obvious theory as to why none of Minogue's
relationships have survived the long haul.
She goes out with absolute prats.
From famed "love rat" Olivier Martinez to serial cheater James
Gooding (who charmingly once noted of his ex "I fear she's going to end up
a lonely spinster with only a cat for company"), Minogue has proven to be
a magnet for every two-timing gold digger in town.
Now she's involved with Spaniard Andres Velencoso, 34, a five-year
relationship the actress-turned-singer-apparently-turning-actress-again has
described as the most fulfilling of her life.
And unlike the commitment-phobes who toyed with her throughout her 20s
and 30s, Velencoso appears to be devoted to Minogue, recently professing his
love in an interview with Spanish Vanity Fair.
But even fans eager to believe Minogue has finally found her perfect
match must be wondering what to make of his curious remarks regarding the
perils of fidelity.
"They are on their knees," he said of the beautiful women who
apparently throw themselves at him at every available opportunity.
"I'm going to Miami next week and they will be waiting for me at
the airport, in bikinis," he continued. "(But) if you know what you
want and who you are, then nothing will distract you."
Huh?
As difficult as it must be to stay faithful when you are forced to
navigate a crowd of swimsuit-clad beauties as you make your way through the
arrivals gate, must he really share this dilemma with the world?
Even if it's true - and that's a pretty big if - surely it's a complaint
he might have kept to himself.
Despite the pitying headlines that have now dogged her for years, it is
highly plausible Minogue is comfortable with never getting married.
If, like many suburban girls, she grew up with dreams of a lavish white
wedding then surely they were realised when she donned a lacy meringue to tie
the knot with her then real-life beau Jason Donovan on Neighbours?
From her apricot-attired bridesmaids to the tear-jerking accompaniment
of Angry Anderson, the 1987 nuptials provided the bride with all the frivolity
of a ceremony without the responsibility of "till death do us part".
So let's not feel sorry for Minogue - all signs are she's at peace with
her life choices.
But on the off chance she is holding out for a relationship that sees
out the decade, then a man who gloats about having difficulty locating the
baggage carousel because of all the suntanned bodies blocking his view is
probably not her best prospect.
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