Elton John jokes about eyesight at Golden Globes
Elton John is just not too critical about his “regressive” eyesight.
On the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, the legendary musician, 77, took the stage alongside Brandi Carlile to current the award for Greatest Authentic Rating – Movement Image.
Earlier than saying the winners, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Challengers, the musician addressed latest issues about his eyesight.
“There’s been a lot of stories going on around about my regressive eyesight, and I just wanted to reassure everybody that it’s not as bad as it seems,” he informed the viewers, providing consolation to his followers.
He added a contact of humour by introducing Carlile as “Rihanna,” earlier than she took over the presentation. Carlile, 43, described a movie’s rating as an “emotional landscape” that creates “a conversation with the audience through the music.”
In a earlier interview with Good Morning America, the musician disclosed shedding imaginative and prescient in his proper eye on account of an an infection he contracted throughout a summer season trip in France in July 2024.
“It kind of floored me, and I can’t see anything. I can’t read anything, I can’t watch anything,” he shared. His left eye, although nonetheless useful, is not in one of the best situation, impacting his skill to learn lyrics or watch media.