Invited to walk the red carpet at the premiere of his musical “The Devil Wears Prada” this December 1, Elton John revealed that he had gone blind. Loss of vision following an infection caught on vacation this summer.
Heartbreaking confessions. This Sunday, December 1, Elton John spoke on stage at the Dominion Theater in London, where he was a guest. On the occasion of the premiere of the musical “The Devil Wears Prada”, which he himself directed based on the iconic 2006 film by David Frankel, the British singer was at center of attention. After posing in front of the camera, Elton John made a speech to the West End audience, in which he made some astonishing revelations.
Microphone in hand, Elton John returned to his recent health problems: “As some of you may know, I have had problems and now I have lost my sight. I didn't get to see the performance, but I enjoyed it. » If we are used to seeing the songwriter behind his atypically designed glasses, no one expected that Elton John had actually gone blind.
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The pianist and keyboardist then thanked his husband, cinematographer David Furnish, whom he married in 2014. “To my husband, who has been my rock. I haven't been able to go to many previews because, as you know, I lost my sight, so it's hard for me to see it, but I love hearing it.” The latter also escorted him on stage and was present throughout the evening to accompany his loved one. Support that the 62-year-old Canadian also provides to Elton John in his everyday life.
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An infection caught on vacation in the south of France
In an interview with ABC News a few weeks earlier, Elton John admitted to having suffered an eye infection while on vacation in the south of France this summer. “I unfortunately lost the sight in my right eye in July […] I haven't seen him for four months now. And my left eye is not at its best,” he said before sharing his optimism for the future: “ I have hope that everything will be okay, but I'm a bit stuck at the moment. »
Eye problems had hampered the writing work of Elton John, who was at that time in full production of his next album. “I can’t go into the studio and record, I can’t see the lyrics to begin with,” he said. With the singer then forced to take a career break, this infection also radically changed the “Sacrifice” singer's daily habits: “It's never a chance that something like this happens. It sort of paralyzed me, I couldn't see anything, I couldn't read anything, I couldn't look at anything,” he finally finished.
