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UPDATE: Model Kris Smith and singer and Australia’s Got Talent judge Dannii Minogue have confirmed the end of their relationship, via Twitter.

Kris tweeted:

Screen shot 2012 04 04 at 10.48.10 AM Celeb news: Dannii Minogue and Kris Smith confirm split.

And Dannii tweeted:

Screen shot 2012 04 04 at 10.49.27 AM Celeb news: Dannii Minogue and Kris Smith confirm split.

Dannii Minogue Twitter

 

The pair have a 21-month-old son, Ethan, together.

Earlier today, the media was reporting speculation about the relationship’s demise after Kris Smith changed his Twitter profile to read:

Screen shot 2012 04 04 at 9.02.13 AM Celeb news: Dannii Minogue and Kris Smith confirm split.

The Herald Sun said Dannii and Kris have been living very separate lives over the past few months.

News.com.au reported Smith, 33, had moved out of the couple’s home in Melbourne. The news comes a year after they denied rumors of a split over reports of Kris’ infidelity.

Dannii Minogue and Simon Cowell

 

This from the Herald Sun:

Minogue, 40, and Smith, 33, started dating in August 2008 after meeting at a nightclub on the Spanish party island of Ibiza.

They quickly became one of Australia’s most in-demand A-list couples, juggling frenetic work schedules.

Minogue announced that she was pregnant in January 2010. They welcomed Ethan in Melbourne on July 5 of that year.

The pair, who used to converse regularly on Twitter, have barely mentioned each other for months, and have not been seen in public together since October.

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47 Comments so far

  1. murphyslaw

    Found the actual content of this article a whole lot less sad than reading the many, many judgemental comments posted.

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  2. Alessia

    Kris may have played up, but as they say, out of sight, out of mind. Dannii a lesson learnt. Spending time with your family should have been a priority.

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  3. Em

    Oh well, whatever about the plastic surgery etc. I always liked that newborn baby pic they posted on Twitter. Danni looks like a new mum, scrubbed face and hair back. Ready for her new job. Always sad when a relationship fails.

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  4. Kate

    Some of the comments immediately placing all the blame on Dannnii for this relationship split seem quite mean spirited. People separate for many different reasons, most of which not even those closest to them know about. This is probably the saddest time in both of their lives and as such they both deserve respect and privacy.

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  5. Elizabeth

    What is it with the rich and famous? I don’t understand why these people brake up so often, is it due to the amount of temptation? attention? It’s sad!

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  6. Louisec

    It’s sad, as are all relationship breakups esp w children involved.

    But I wonder now that she’s in her 40′s w a beautiful baby and a lovely man why is she so incredibly work focused? Sure it’s great to have a career, but she has been working since a very young child. She’s achieved considerable success.

    You’d think that she’d be happy to keep working but not to the extreme that she does. ANd really relish time to herself and her bub.

    I’m not saying she should give up work completely of course but she’s so driven. There is so much more to life than work and being famous.

    Both the MInogue girls are dogmatic and relentlessly chase celebrity which I find slightly curious.

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    • K

      I actually am perplexed as well. I thi k they are frightened of the day that it all comes to an end. Kicking & screaming ,clinging onto fame with every inch of their life. Unfortunately someone younger, prettier & talented will take heir place. Dannii should have had the priorities around the other way. She may regret plenty when she is older. Family should always come first.

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  7. rene

    I just bought Danni’s “My Style” book (a signed copy too – ohh la la!) and I have been reading it over the past few days and LOVING it but feeling very jealous of how gorgeous she looks in every picture. (Obviously they are all heavily photo shopped but she still looks stunning).

    This is yet another reminder to me that the grass is not always greener over the fence. I may not be as glamorous as Danni but I have a husband who loves and adores me even wearing his T shirts and no makeup and in a foul mood.

    That is more than most celebrities will ever have. Money really cannot buy happiness.

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    • K

      2words .. Plastic surgery …

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      • rene

        You are TOTALLY right K! My husband and I were looking at all of the photos of herself from her YTT days and she looks NOTHING like that anymore! She appears to have a completely different nose and mouth!

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  8. Anonymous

    First Heidi and Seal now Kris and Dannii! Two couples that I thought were pretty solid have split!

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  9. @damealana

    That’s a bit harsh. Especially coming from someone who does not know what happened. Maybe he doesn’t love her anymore???

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    • Anonymous

      Agree… Thinking he would have found the light

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  10. Joy

    A little bit unfair with the criticism against Dannii. We don’t know what happens behind closed doors. Just because we don’t see her playing with her son at the park does not mean she is not devoting any time for him.

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  11. Sailorgirl

    Noooo… I love Danni… and it makes me sad especially because they just had a little boy…
    My name is Dani and my BF’s name is Chris.. so I really liked them as a couple!!

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  12. Jess

    Sad news…they appeared so happy. I wish them all the best. Break ups with toddlers aint easy. As usual I’m glad to be anon housewife in the suburbs.

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  13. Mimi

    oh what a shame! :( feel sorry for the child having parents seperated……..i like Danni she seems very down to earth…

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  14. My heart bleeds

    Please spare me hearing about their “hectic work schedules”…..because people in the “real world” just sit around on their arse every day, right?

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    • Anonymous

      Having been partnered with someone in that industry for nearly a decade, I can tell you that “hectic work schedules” means a very different thing than having a partner working 9/5. I regularly didn’t see my partner for a month or months at a time because he’d be OS filming things. And if I wanted him to come to family funerals, my birthday, etc? Too bad. If he was working (and had millions of dollars and hundreds of people relying on him) then there wasn’t a chance he could be there.

      You might not feel sorry for K and D, but (having done both) trust me when I tell you that a media industry work schedule can test even the best relationship to it’s limits!

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      • Laws for Clouds

        Plenty of people work difficult hours, or are away for months at a time. Hectic work schedules are not a reason to split up, it’s a reason to assess your priorities.

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        • Daisy

          Absolutely! Again, it is all about choices.

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      • Jen

        Ever thought they might be making that bit up? Whenever I hear breakups over “hectic work schedules” I think “bullshit”. Maybe its true but I think there would probably be much more to it than that eh.

        Makes me sad for them and also for their little boy :-(

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      • Cait

        Try having a military partner who risks their life overseas for 9 months a year, then add weeks or months away on training exercises. People make things work when they have priorities in the right place.

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      • Anonymous

        I’m sure that all that money makes it a little easier to deal with.. Unlike say us mere mortals who never see each other cause work just lets up pay the bills and that’s about it.. x

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      • Louisec

        But it’s a choice. You choose your career knowing full well the affects it has on your lifestyle and that of your partner, relatives and friends.

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  15. freckles

    I call dibs on Kris

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    • roserusso

      Damn! Beat me to the punch. He is definitely easy on the eye… ;)

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  16. jen

    News these days isn’t celeb couples splitting up – it’s if they are still together after oh, say 10 years. THAT’s surprising news to me, rather than this, unfortunately :/

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  17. Sarah

    This news made me very sad, for some reason! Never really thought much of Dannii but have grew to like her, after seeing her on TV over the last few years – and always sad when a couple with a child break up.

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  18. KK

    Were these guys married??

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  19. Not Elle MacPherson

    I don’t know why celebrities bother.

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  20. Big Red

    Hearing this makes me unreasonably sad :(
    Good luck to them both.

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  21. Anonymous

    Sad, I hope they can sort it out and it is just a trial split. Good luck to the both of them.

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  22. Anonymous

    whoa slow news day

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  23. Lu

    They seemed like a lovely couple. But I read her book and she is a workaholic, and when that work involves travelling all over the world all the time, maintaining a relationship would be very difficult.

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    • Free

      Certainly not having a go at you Lu, but this made me think. Why is that workaholic men who travel the globe for their job can often keep a relationship going but if it’s a woman doing it, then ‘too hard’?

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      • Em

        Maybe because men don’t put up with it? I’m married to a workaholic and eventually the non-workaholic (funnily enough working very very hard herself) is keeping it together, riasing the children, putting in all the effort, ideas and hard slog of maintaining a one sided relationship person gets Tired.

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  24. Emeri

    They’ve both just confirmed split via Twitter :(

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  25. sharons

    I hate to say this but I never saw this relationship lasting.

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    • MissJean

      Do you know them? Otherwise how did you know it wouldn’t last?

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    • Guest

      I said the same thing about Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries and we all know what happened there!

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  26. Judgy McJudgepants

    How often do we hear about couples like this splitting? Her star shines more brightly and for whatever reason it causes a rift *sigh* The kid deserves happy parents and if splitting means they’re all happier in the long run then they’re putting Ethan first. Good luck to ‘em

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  27. Perth Girl

    Very sad if this is true. They seemed so very happy together in the beginning and this would be so very sad for Ethan. I adore Dannii. I hope it’s just a vicious rumour.

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    • Natasha

      Perth girl, how cannot be a rumour if she has written a statement confirming it. He has too. Seriously more like a publicity stunt

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  28. SK

    Shame… seemed like a nice down to earth couple. *sigh*

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