At a recent public appearance, Elton John has expanded on his current health situation, revealing that he has “lost all my eyesight”.
Speaking at a recent gala performance for The Devil Wears Prada, a musical adaptation of the novel and 2005 film of the same name, Elton John who was accompanied by his husband David Furnish on stage, announced that he lost his eyesight.
The singer had also worked on this production.
Elton John added: “I haven’t been able to come to many of the previews because, as you know, I have lost my eyesight. So it’s hard for me to see it. But I love to hear it and boy it sounded good tonight”.
Back in September, the music icon revealed that he had been battling an ongoing eye infection over the Summer, which had left him with “only limited vision in one eye”.
“I am healing, but it’s an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye”, the singer had said.
“very distressing”
Recently, Elton John also thanked his family and medical staff for their care and support at this difficult time.
“I am so grateful for the excellent team of doctors and nurses and my family, who have taken such good care of me over the last several weeks”, he said.
The singer had also said that this infection had left him struggling to create new music.
“What’s happened with my eye has been very distressing,” he said at the time. “Because I’m used to getting out in the morning, looking at all the newspapers, looking at the charts, looking at everything, how the world is doing creatively. And I’ve lost that for the time being”.
More on this from Nova here.
