Waterman: 'I'll never work with Kylie again'

Pete Waterman has insisted that he will never work with Kylie Minogue again.

The pop impresario collaborated with Minogue for the first five years of her career, co-producing 23 hit singles for the star, including 'Better The Devil You Know' and 'I Should Be So Lucky'.

However, Waterman maintained that he has no desire to rekindle their musical partnership, which ended in 1992.

When asked whether he wanted to work on Minogue's upcoming tenth studio album, he told DS: "No. I'll tell you why: 20 years is a bloody long time. 20 years ago I had defend Kylie to the press. Kylie was the antichrist for five years of her life, and you know what, I defended that for five years.

"Kylie and I are still the greatest friends, you know, and we have been. But people around tend to forget what it was like back in '87, '88, '89. But I don't forget and Kylie doesn't forget. It was not fun.

"How many times we got attacked for producing a soap star! We've done that. She's working with the Scissor Sisters now - they can have the challenge. I've done my bit!"