There was tabloid frenzy when it was announced Jason Donovan was releasing an official autobiography.

The Mail on Sunday announced there would be tell-all details about his relationship with Kylie Minogue, with an unnamed publishing executive claiming: "The chapters about Kylie are absolutely gripping and have every sexy detail."

But Jason himself was left bemused by the reports.

"We are in the midst of mapping out the details," says Jason.

"Anything reported recently is a gross misrepresentation of the truth. I think with something like that, you have to see when it is written before you start writing about what it contains."

There is no doubt that it will be a great tale though, of an Australian soap star who captured the UK's hearts with his on and off-screen relationship with fellow Neighbours star Kylie Minogue.

As he says: "I want to have an element of honesty about the book."

Like Kylie, Jason went on to enjoy a hugely successful pop career as part of the Stock, Aitken and Waterman stable of artists in the late Eighties.

In a three-year period, he chalked up three Number One singles and a further nine Top 20 hits, topped the album charts with his debut Ten Good Reasons and took on the West End in the lead role of the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

However, a tussle with the tabloids over allegations of homosexuality, combined with a drink and drugs problem, damaged his career. "People make mistakes and people learn," he says of that period, having since kicked his habits.

A new career began in musical theatre, with appearances in the Rocky Horror Show, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Sweeney Todd.

But it was a stint in the jungle which really brought him back to public attention.

He finished third in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, losing out to former Hear'Say star Myleene Klass in her white bikini and Busted's cheeky chappie Matt Willis.

"It was a fantastic experience," he says. "I hold it very fondly in my heart and memory.

"There is a lot of criticism of reality shows, especially with someone like myself going in there having had a career, using the opportunity to get exposure. It managed to work in my favour.

"There is something really organic and nice about I'm A Celebrity, it exposes people for what they are, rather than making them into something they are not.

"There was nothing like getting back to your roots in your own backyard, which was another reason why the show was successful for me."

Now he finds himself in quite a happy position, as someone able to explore both his acting talents, having recently appeared in top-rated Australian series, MDA, and being able to resurrect his pop career on tour.

"I'm interested in enjoying my life," he says. "I'm very lucky in my life, I have the job I've always wanted and I get to explore some of my talents.

"We all want to be something we are not, but as long as you haven't got cancer, or something like that, every day is a good day."

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