Yahoo News Dannii Minogue: Artists warned performing at G-A-Y could kill career
The singer is known for being a big supporter of the LGBTQ+ community
Dannii Minogue has revealed she was once warned that performing at a gay nightclub could “kill” her career.
The Aussie singer, 51, was among the first artists to perform at the popular G-A-Y nightspot in London and has always been a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community.
During an interview on This Morning, presenter Alison Hammond referred to the star as a “trailblazer” and asked if she felt a responsibility.
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Minogue replied: “Over the years I have been asked to do stuff for me that’s just been a no-brainer and that’s been fun and that I’ve loved.
“But then I guess when you link all those together, like the first ever performer to perform at G-A-Y in a time where that was a dangerous thing to do for artists and record companies and management were telling artists, ‘Do not perform there because this is going to kill your career.’
“I was like, ‘You know what? People are going to say whatever they are going to say about me anyway, like they do about everything, so damn it I’m going to go to the club where I love to be with people I want to be with that love the music that I love'.”
Minogue, the younger sister of pop superstar Kylie Minogue, is now set to host new gay male dating show I Kissed A Boy and said it is “ground-breaking” television.
The star said she had wanted everyone involved to come away from the show having had a good experience.
“I was definitely Mama Minogue and I would come on set and they knew that, you know, there will be no funny business, and that I was there to look after them,” she said.
“The crew were great, they were mostly, mostly, the crew were from the community and that made such a big difference because they felt really supported and looked after on set.
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“That was a vibe for the crew as well, it was really ground-breaking in so many ways.”
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