Pop star Kylie Minogue has said she would have turned gay for the late screen star Tallulah Bankhead.

“I’d go gay for her. She was a fascinating and exotic woman. There was so much to admire about her,” Minogue said.

Bankhead, who died in 1968 aged 66, was an acclaimed actress and TV host but her career was tarnished by her sexual exploits.

Minogue told the Sun newspaper that she uses Bankhead as an inspiration.

“She lived life to the full, maybe a little too fully. I want to release the inner Tallulah in me", she said.

"God knows I can’t get a man — so maybe I should cross over."

(by Jason Gregory)