"They had asked for me because they wanted a younger girl, but Mum asked if she could bring Kylie along because she didn't want there to be any jealously"
About this Quote
Then the quote pivots to the real drama: not the producers, but the household. Mum’s intervention reads protective on the surface, yet it’s also strategic. Bringing Kylie along isn’t only about comfort; it’s damage control. The subtext is that fame doesn’t just happen to an individual, it reorders a family’s emotional economy. If one daughter is invited into the room where futures get decided, the other risks becoming the “left behind” sibling before anyone’s even signed a contract.
The misspelling of “jealousy” as “jealously” (whether in transcription or memory) almost adds to the intimacy: this isn’t polished PR language, it’s domestic logic under pressure. You can hear the quiet panic behind the practicality. The line captures a particularly 80s/90s pop reality: girlhood as a commodity, sisters as both each other’s closest allies and unavoidable comparisons, and a mother trying to keep the machine from turning success into resentment.
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| Topic | Mother |
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Citation Formats
APA Style (7th ed.)
Minogue, Dannii. (2026, January 15). They had asked for me because they wanted a younger girl, but Mum asked if she could bring Kylie along because she didn't want there to be any jealously. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-had-asked-for-me-because-they-wanted-a-143470/
Chicago Style
Minogue, Dannii. "They had asked for me because they wanted a younger girl, but Mum asked if she could bring Kylie along because she didn't want there to be any jealously." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-had-asked-for-me-because-they-wanted-a-143470/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"They had asked for me because they wanted a younger girl, but Mum asked if she could bring Kylie along because she didn't want there to be any jealously." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-had-asked-for-me-because-they-wanted-a-143470/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.



