Kylie in a sweat over Mathew Horne gift

Kylie in a sweat over Mathew Horne gift
Kylie in a sweat over Mathew Horne gift

Kylie Minogue found herself lost for words when Mathew Horne presented her with a sweatshirt adorned with an image of herself from her Neighbours era. The pop princess - who rose to fame in the Australian soap as her screen alter-ego Charlene Robinson - was given the wrapped present by the Gavin And Stacey star at the launch of Tous' new flagship store on London's Regent Street. She unwrapped it hesitantly, only to find the polyester vintage top with a screen print of her, complete with bouffant hair. Breaking out into a broad grin, she joked to the crowds: "Feel the quality." Mathew, who was DJ for the night, was overheard calling Kylie 'Min' and told guests that he has a huge crush on the superstar since they met at the Brit Awards in 2009. Tess Daly, Tara Palmer Tomkinson and Tamara Ecclestone joined party host Ms Minogue, whose eleventh studio album Aphrodite will be released next month.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.