Elton John made a rare announcement about his health while appearing on the red carpet for the premiere of “The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical” at London’s Dominion Theater on Sunday night.
He was joined by his husband David Furnish as he publicly shared an update on stage a week after revealing a recent illness had affected his eyesight.
The singer-songwriter explained: “Some of you may know that I’ve had problems and I’ve lost my eyesight now. I couldn’t watch the show but I enjoyed it.”
After his speech, Elton received help from his husband as he walked off the stage.
He also thanked Furnish and sobbed, “To my husband who has always been my support because I couldn’t go to many previews… it was hard for me to see it but I loved listening to it and tonight Now it sounds great. Thank you for coming!”
In a recent interview with ABC News discussing his latest documentary “Never Too Late,” John revealed that during a summer in France, he lost vision in his right eye, causing he cannot see, read or watch.
The 77-year-old music icon expressed uncertainty about his future, admitting that his health is his primary concern.
John revealed: “It’s been a while since I’ve done anything. I just needed to get off my back. I unfortunately lost the sight in my right eye in July because of an infection in the South of France.”
The Goodbye Yellow Brick Road hitmaker also confessed: “It’s been 4 months and I can’t see anything anymore. And my left eye isn’t the best either. So there’s hope and encouragement that everything is going well.” It’ll be fine, but I’m kind of stuck at the moment.”
“Because I can do things like this, but going into the studio and recording, I don’t know, because I can’t see the lyrics to begin with,” he continued. “It’s never bad luck when anything like this happens. And it made me dizzy and I couldn’t see anything, I couldn’t read anything, I couldn’t watch anything. “
Despite the challenges, Elton maintains an optimistic outlook by expressing appreciation for his life, saying he considers himself extremely lucky and feels he is the luckiest individual on the planet This.
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