Kylie Minogue: Happier Single After Narcissist Experience

has opened up about her love life as she discussed dating narcissists and how she feels happier single ahead of the release of her documentary.

The Australian singer, 57, who dated the late  in the early nineties, also spoke about the profound effect their relationship had on her.

Kylie revealed she is currently single and realised after the end of her last relationship that she was comfortable on her own. 

Kylie told the Sunday Times' Style magazine: 'I don't have a boyfriend. I was in a relationship, and when that ended, I realised I was OK on my own. 

'I'm getting pickier. Narcissists... I've dated one and I'm grateful I now have that knowledge. That's my red-hot 'no'.'

In her upcoming documentary, Kylie, the star admits she 'hasn't found the same' kind of love since her relationship with Michael, who died aged 37 in 1997.

Revealing she has been looking for the same ever since in episode two, she said: 'I haven't quite got it. I've probably been looking for something like that ever since.

'He was a first for so many things and one was heartbreak. I was devastated. He was a rock star, which doesn't just mean that he needs many women in his life, but he needed to go where he needed to go. But I know from people in his circle that he talked of me and thought of me. We were good together.'

Shrugging off the emotion, Kylie adds: 'Shoulda, woulda, coulda — whatever. But it was an amazing time. The memories make me feel good, even if I'm getting teary. It was good to have someone, to feel like you were a good team. 

'I'm fortunate. The emotion and the memories I have with that time — I just felt protected, nurtured, valued, and believed in.'  

Michael was the hedonistic frontman with rock band INXS and once described as 'the sexiest man on earth'.

The showbiz world was stunned when, in 1989, squeaky clean Kylie embarked on a relationship with Michael.

Back then she was known for her infectious, bubblegum pop songs including I Should be So Lucky and The Locomotion, while Michael was famous for his womanising, partying and electrifying stage performances.

In the new three part series Kylie opens up about her life with the man she met when she was 21 years old and about whom she once said 'sex, love, food, drugs, music, travel, books, you name it, he wanted to experience it... as his partner I got to experience a lot of that as well.'

Michael broke up with Kylie in 1991 and died by suicide six years later, but more than three decades on she says she still 'always feels he's with me', even though the pain of the breakup left her shattered.

The relationship became 'more and more difficult' due to the prolonged time apart while INXS were on the road, which made it 'really hard' for them to see each other.

Visibly emotional while talking about her former love she says she is very aware that the 'emotion and the memories I have with him and with that time might seem disproportionate', adding she 'just felt protected and nurtured and valued and believed in' by Michael who wrote the hit Suicide Blonde about her and the night he accompanied her to the premiere of her movie The Delinquents, where she donned a peroxide pixie cut wig.

Kylie wasn't the only one to have her heart broken by Michael. When she first met the singer, feeling an instant chemistry, she was dating Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan

After their split, Michael began dating Danish supermodel Helena Christensen before moving onto TV presenter Paula Yates, with whom he had a daughter, Tiger Lily, now aged 29.

Kylie had a string of high-profile relationships herself including a reported fling with rock star Lenny Kravitz shortly after things ended with Michael.

Most recently, she was in a relationship with media executive Paul Solomons, which ended in 2023. She's been single ever since and says she is happy spending time alone