Elton John: “I lost my sight” – unhappy musical premiere in London | EUROtoday

Elton John wrote the music for “The Devil Wears Prada” – however due to his poor eyesight, the British pop star can’t watch the musical himself.

“As some of you may know, I had problems and have now lost my eyesight,” British media similar to “The Sun” quoted the 77-year-old as saying on the premiere in London. “I didn’t get to see the performance, but I enjoyed it.”

Sir Elton made it public in September 2024 that he now not had the sight in his proper eye since a watch an infection that he mentioned he had contracted in France in July. He just lately mentioned in an interview that he additionally had “limited vision” in his left eye.

The Guardian, in its newest report, quoted an announcement the singer shared on social media over the summer season: “I am recovering, but it is an extremely slow process and it will take some time for vision to return to the affected person eye returns”. It continued at the time: “I am so grateful to the excellent team of doctors and nurses and my family who have looked after me so well over the last few weeks.”

“I’m still here,” he says confidently

The singer was also hopeful in his most recent statement. “I have no tonsils, no adenoids and no appendix,” Radio Times quoted him as saying. “I don’t have a prostate. I have no right hip and no left knee and no right knee. In fact, the only thing left of me is my left hip. But I’m still here.”

His husband David Furnish, 62, led John off the stage, the reports said. The singer praised his partner as a “rock.”

Furnish also directed the documentary “Elton John: Never Too Late” about the musician’s life (“Rocket Man”). In it, John says of their sons Zachary (13) and Elijah (11): “I would like to see our children get married. But I don’t think I’ll live to see that.”