Jason Donovan has admitted his romance with Kylie Minogue was “complete” and that the pop princess was his first real relationship.
The couple, who met at a young age while starring in the soap opera Neighbours, dated for 5 years before divorcing in 1989.
The 55-year-old actor cherishes the memory of his time with the 55-year-old pop star. Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday.
“I had several relationships before I got married. The first real one was with Kylie Minogue from 1984 to 1989,” said Jason.
“It was for completely obvious reasons,” he added.
Jason Donovan says his romance with Kylie Minogue was his first real relationship. The couple, who met as teenagers while filming soap opera Neighbours, dated for five years before splitting in 1989. They were photographed together on the set of Neighbors last year.
“It was amazing and we created magic together on screen – we were boyfriend and girlfriend next door – and off screen. We are good collaborators though.
The pair reunited last year for the final episode of Neighbors, reprising their iconic roles as Scott and Charlene Robinson.
in 2012 Jason revealed that he still can’t discuss their split with Kylie after their on-screen romance was taken off screen.
He admitted it was “quite a blow” when the Locomotion singer dumped him for INXS frontman Michael Hutchence.
“It was an extremely painful farewell to the knees and it took me a long time to recover from it, no doubt,” he advised A mirror.
“I had several relationships before I got married. The first real one was with Kylie Minogue from 1984 to 1989. It was for completely obvious reasons,” he said. Pictured together in 1990
“It was amazing and we created magic together on screen – we were boyfriend and girlfriend next door – and off screen. We’re still good friends,” he said. The former couple are pictured in 1990
“It was bad enough that she ran off with anyone, but she just ended up in the hands of the biggest rock god of the day, the very man I secretly wanted to be.”
He added that he and Kylie never talked about their split, which would make headlines, claiming they were just “not close enough to get into it.”
Jason previously revealed he felt like a ‘little lost boy’ when the couple split in 1989.
That’s when he suggested Telegram of the day he did not see that the break was coming, and that he was completely upset when he discovered that she was infatuated with the rocking horse.
Jason admitted it was “quite a blow” when the Locomotion singer dumped him for INXS frontman Michael Hutchins. Kylie and Michael pictured together
‘I didn’t count on that. God, I used to be a huge Michael Hutchence fan,” he said.
“He was the epitome of an Australian rock god and extremely cool. It made me look at myself and go, ‘Who am I?’
Michael died in 1997 after being found dead in his Sydney Lodge room.
Jason has been married to director Angela Malloch since 2008, so they have two children, daughter Gemma and son Zach.
Meanwhile, Kylie moved on from British GQ boss Paul Solomons earlier this year after 5 years together and has since moved from the UK to Australia.
The pair reunited last year for the final episode of Neighbors, reprising their iconic roles as Scott and Charlene Robinson.
