New Aussie comedy-drama about 1970s family life Swinging Safari is full of cringe-worthy moments. But for two of its stars, filming on set could have involved just as many.
That’s because Kylie Minogue and Julian McMahon – who play halves of three bored couples who decide one night to swap partners – used to know each other very well. In fact, they were family. Were being the keyword.
For those who weren’t alive or don’t remember Kylie’s younger sister Danni Minogue and McMahon were married for 18 months during 1994 and 1995.

Making matters worse, it didn't end on the most amicable of terms either. In an interview in 2010, Minogue said the decision to separate was strongly influenced by her ex-husband's mother, Lady Sonia McMahon.
"I was never accepted. It was never made clear to me why things were taken out on me. In my mind, I'd done nothing against her. But simply being with Julian was, in her mind, the wrong thing to do," she told Britain's Glamour magazine.
"It shaped me... it definitely wasn't easy for anyone - not for her, not for Julian, not for me. Nobody was having fun.
"Things really did come to a head. There was an unease that had been going on for a long time, but I caused some kind of explosion."
At the time, Minogue said she was certain she and McMahon were "never going to be friends".
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I'm really looking forward to watching this - lots of quality Aussie stars makes for a great show :)
So nobody is on the record as saying working together was "awkward", in fact, McMahon has said the exact opposite, but you still write an article about how awkward things were. Okay, then.