Kylie Minogue has hit back at the brutal media treatment she received as a teenager, asking critics how they would have felt if it were their own daughter.
Kylie Minogue at a public appearance.
Kylie Minogue has hit back at the brutal media treatment she received as a teenager, asking critics how they would have felt if it were their own daughter.
The singer, who became famous while still a teenager, described coverage that scrutinised her appearance, voice and choices with a harshness that would draw immediate condemnation today.
Her comments add to a wider reassessment of how young performers, particularly women, were treated by press and television in the 1980s and 1990s.
Minogue said the experience shaped how she manages her public life now, and how she talks to younger artists about the pressures they face online.
The remarks landed with a generation of fans who grew up alongside that coverage and are only now recognising how normalised it was.
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