Kate Gudinski, the daughter of Michael Gudinski, has opened about her childhood with the late music industry legend.
Appearing on Channel 10'sThe Project on Friday the 36-year-old described her years growing up in the house of the famed Aussie music mogul and concert promoter as 'hectic' and 'colourful'.
Michael rose to fame in the 70s as one of the founders of Mushroom Records and was known to host stars like Sting, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman at the family home in Melbourne.
Asked about her most memorable brush with fame as a kid, Kate shared how she once convinced visiting American superstar Madonna to give her a 'piggyback'.
Kate, born in 1988, said she first encountered the Into the Groove star when she was about five years old during a country getaway.
At the time Michael was promoting Madonna's tour Down Under.
Kate explained: 'I really had no idea who she was at that point.
'I was running around the garden, which was hilly and I couldn't be bothered running up the hill and I said [to Madonna] ''excuse me can you give me a piggy back up the hill?''
Kate Gudinski, the daughter of Michael Gudinski has opened about her childhood with the late music industry legend and revealed a wild tale about meeting Madonna for the first time. Pictured: Kate Gudinski on The Project
'And she just looked at me and one of her backing singers said, ''come on Madonna give the little girl a piggyback''.
She said that eventually Madonna, who was not yet a mother then, eventually gave her a ride up the hill.
'And mum and dad were going, ''what is she doing on Madonna's back?''
Elsewhere in the chat Kate related a cringeworthy yarn about meeting U2 lead singer Bono.
Asked about her most memorable brush with fame as a kid, Kate shared how she once convinced visiting American superstar Madonna to give her a 'piggyback' when the Aussie was just five-yers-old. Pictured: Madonna performing live
After greeting the Aussie singer backstage, the Irishman told Kate: 'Nice to me you', to which she replied: 'You too.'
'And I said [to myself] did I really do that?'
Kate is currently promoting a new podcast, 'Gudinski' which explores the extraordinary 40-year career of her father.
As well as Kate, Gudinski was father to a son, Matt, who he shared with wife Sue.
Kate's own music career began when she signed to her father's label, Liberation Music, in 2004.
Her third single, All I Hear, was an ARIA top 10 hit in 2006.
Gudinski died in his sleep while at home in Melbourne at the age of 68 earlier in 2021.
In October that year the mogul's death in March was revealed to be not just from a heart attack as initially reported.
Kate described her years growing up in the house of the famed Aussie music mogul and concert promoter as 'hectic' and 'colourful'. Both pictured
Instead, the man behind hit acts including Kylie Minogue died from ingesting a cocktail of drink and drugs that proved too much for his disease-riddled heart.
A post-mortem examination revealed 12 drugs including cocaine, oxycodone and morphine in his system, according to a death certificate lodged with the Supreme Court of Victoria.
That certificate revealed Gudinski was also suffering cirrhosis of the liver and ischaemic heart disease, and had recently fractured his spine.
Gudinski's death was met with deep grief in the Australian music industry and beyond, with tributes coming from stars including Bruce Springsteen, Ed Sheeran, and Madonna.
