Kylie Minogue delighted fans and bosses with her Ghosts appearance (Picture: BBC/Comic Relief/PA Wire)
Kylie Minogue went above and beyond to make sure she appeared in the epic Ghosts sketch for this year’s Red Nose Day broadcast.
The Comic Relief special saw the I Should Be So Lucky hitmaker visit Button House while Alison and Mike were busy planning a music festival on the grounds of the manor.
In a brilliant twist, it turns out she can also see ghosts – but it turns out that’s not the best thing about the skit.
Comic Relief executive Peter Davey wrote on LinkedIn: ‘Less well know is that it was planned for last year but Kylie had to pull out last minute when she contracted Covid. It was a devastating blow for us at the time but both Kylie and her management INSISTED she would do it this year.
‘However as we all know talk is pretty cheap in TV and we feared the worst when – in the intervening year – Kylie moved her main base from Europe to Australia. So we weren’t hugely optimistic when we went back in with the request at the start of this year.’
However, the Beeb needn’t have worried, as the former Neighbours stare pulled through in a big way.
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Peter continued: ‘But Team Kylie were INSISTENT on honouring her word. Not only did she fly in on the Thursday and endure a full 12 hour filming day (6am start) on the Sat, she complied with every photograph, social media request and message we asked with huge grace, charm and patience.
‘And then every cast/crew selfie – of which there were loads as everyone fell a little bit in love with her…..
‘Kylie did this because: 1. She is a massive and genuine fan of Ghosts.
Kylie is a huge fan of Ghosts (Picture: BBC/Guido Mandozzi)
‘2. She has always been a hugely committed supporter of Comic Relief over the years.
‘3. But possibly most relevant to me – Kylie honours her word. She said she was going to do it 12 months ago and then went out of her way to deliver for all of us.’
Kylie was determined to honour her commitment (Picture: BBC)
He added: ‘We are all hugely grateful to everyone at Team Kylie and want to applaud her/their integrity and collaboration.’
Peter’s post was shared on Twitter by presenter Greg Scott, and fans were delighted by the way Kylie conducted herself behind the scenes.
‘Least surprising news ever – @kylieminogue is fabulous,’ replied one fan, while a second viewer added: ‘This is why we love @kylieminogue’.
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Another person wrote: ‘Just the Queen being our Queen and keeping her word….we ❤️ her!!’
And a fourth tweeted: ‘I thought @kylieminogue appearing on Ghosts for Comic Relief was fantastic. Then I read this and now think she is even more lovely…’
Ghosts is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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