I thought the only person who liked to offer up personal anecdotes about getting all up in Kylie Minogue’s guts whenever he had something to flog was Jason Donovan, but I was very, very, very wrong. Pauly Shore’s heading Down Under to perform at the Melbourne Comedy Festival this year, and he has cleverly managed to interest the Australian press in his daft antics for the first time in fifteen years by admitting to having an affair with Our Kylie™.

From the Herald Sun:

US comedian Pauly Shore has revealed he had a secret fling with Kylie Minogue. “I remember it good,” Shore said. “I am sure Kylie remembers it bad.”

At least he’s honest.

Shore and Minogue met on the set on their 1997 film, Biodome, and dated for six months. Minogue has since said the movie was her worst career move. But, despite the box-office stinker, Shore said their love flourished with romantic dinners and getaways.

“I fell in love with her big-time,” Shore said. “I didn’t know who she was and she didn’t know who I was and we just had a great time together. I just fell in love with her personality. I’m like, ‘Oh my God, this girl’s adorable’.”

Shore said he took the Aussie star to Las Vegas for the first time and they had a holiday in the Bahamas.

“Kylie was amazing. I got to know her better than most people as far as one-on-one. We had a good time,” Shore said. “We would always go to dinner in LA. I took her to Vegas for the first time. She had never been to Vegas. We had a wonderful time in the Bahamas together. Kylie was a good friend, a nice person.”

Awww. I suppose as far as shameless publicity-grabbing revelations go, Pauly Shore’s is rather complimentary and polite.

So where did it all go wrong for the pair?

Shore said they split after Minogue returned to her base in London. They attempted a long-distance relationship, but the singer soon fell for model James Gooding.

“She broke my heart,” Shore laughed.

Poor Pauly. Oh, and it’s interesting to note that obviously enough time has passed for the Australian papers to stop putting the words “love rat” in front of James Gooding’s name when writing about Kylie. The tabloids are finally over that break up!

No word yet as to whether a fresh nug like Minogue The Elder is all edge cos Pauly’s been wheezing on her reputation, but Kylie seems like a fairly reasonable person so I’m sure she won’t tax Pauly’s gig so hard-core cruster when she hears about him oversharing to the press…. buuuuuuuddy.

- Story by Jess McGuire for Defamer