Our Kylie is content with a devil she knows

Aussie pop sensation Kylie Minogue. Source: Getty Images

LONG before Jennifer Aniston came along there was our very own Kylie Minogue: an attractive, wealthy and hugely successful woman who, despite her many blessings, is invariably painted as being unlucky in love. In the latter's case it's a situation not helped by the title of a certain song.

If you break into your most important market - in her case the UK - courtesy of a song named I Should Be So Lucky then it's a catchphrase destined to haunt you for the rest of your life.

No amount of assurances from the 44-year-old that she is perfectly content with her life manages to assuage concerns she is destined to end up an old maid.

And yes, people really do still use that label.

But for those seemingly determined to agonise over her recurring singleton status, there's a pretty obvious theory as to why none of Minogue's relationships have survived the long haul.

She goes out with absolute prats.

From famed "love rat" Olivier Martinez to serial cheater James Gooding (who charmingly once noted of his ex "I fear she's going to end up a lonely spinster with only a cat for company"), Minogue has proven to be a magnet for every two-timing gold digger in town.

Now she's involved with Spaniard Andres Velencoso, 34, a five-year relationship the actress-turned-singer-apparently-turning-actress-again has described as the most fulfilling of her life.

And unlike the commitment-phobes who toyed with her throughout her 20s and 30s, Velencoso appears to be devoted to Minogue, recently professing his love in an interview with Spanish Vanity Fair.

But even fans eager to believe Minogue has finally found her perfect match must be wondering what to make of his curious remarks regarding the ! perils of fidelity.

"They are on their knees," he said of the beautiful women who apparently throw themselves at him at every available opportunity.

"I'm going to Miami next week and they will be waiting for me at the airport, in bikinis," he continued. "(But) if you know what you want and who you are, then nothing will distract you."

Huh?

As difficult as it must be to stay faithful when you are forced to navigate a crowd of swimsuit-clad beauties as you make your way through the arrivals gate, must he really share this dilemma with the world?

Even if it's true - and that's a pretty big if - surely it's a complaint he might have kept to himself.

Despite the pitying headlines that have now dogged her for years, it is highly plausible Minogue is comfortable with never getting married.

If, like many suburban girls, she grew up with dreams of a lavish white wedding then surely they were realised when she donned a lacy meringue to tie the knot with her then real-life beau Jason Donovan on Neighbours?

From her apricot-attired bridesmaids to the tear-jerking accompaniment of Angry Anderson, the 1987 nuptials provided the bride with all the frivolity of a ceremony without the responsibility of "till death do us part".

So let's not feel sorry for Minogue - all signs are she's at peace with her life choices.

But on the off chance she is holding out for a relationship that sees out the decade, then a man who gloats about having difficulty locating the baggage carousel because of all the suntanned bodies blocking his view is probably not her best prospect.