Elton John, the visionary “Rocket Man” and “Tiny Dancer” pop icon, says his eyesight has deteriorated.
The 77-year-old singer-songwriter made his newest well being revelation Sunday throughout opening night time of “The Devil Wears Prada” musical in London. John, who wrote the rating for the stage adaptation, informed the viewers that he struggled to expertise the West Finish present in its full glory due to his deteriorated imaginative and prescient.
“I haven’t been able to come to many of the previews because, as you know, I have lost my eyesight,” the Grammy Award winner stated, including, “So it’s hard for me to see it, but I love to hear it, and, boy, it sounded good tonight.”
Earlier than Sunday’s London displaying, “The Devil Wears Prada” musical — primarily based on the favored 2006 movie of the identical title — initially debuted in Chicago in 2022.
John shared new particulars about his imaginative and prescient loss after revealing in September {that a} extreme eye an infection from the summer season left him with “limited vision in one eye.” In a press release shared to Instagram, the EGOT winner stated his restoration had been an “extremely slow process” and he informed followers that it will take a while for him to regain sight in his impacted eye. On the time, he stated he felt “positive” about his therapeutic progress.
The entertainer, whose musical bonafides embody stage productions of “The Lion King” and “Billy Elliot,” additionally mentioned his eye well being in a November interview with “Good Morning America.” He informed host Robin Roberts final week that his proper eye was contaminated in July whereas he was within the south of France and that he hasn’t been capable of see out of it for months. “My left eye’s not the greatest,” he added on the time.
The musician informed Roberts he felt “stuck,” sharing that his situation has negatively impacted his skill to report new music, in addition to his skill to learn or watch something. Nonetheless, he stated he feels grateful for his life, which is the topic of the latest documentary “Elton John: Never Too Late,” which is co-directed by his husband, David Furnish, and documentarian R.J. Cutler. The documentary shall be out there to stream on Disney+ beginning Dec. 13.
“I’m the luckiest man in the world,” he stated on “GMA,” additionally praising his household and himself. “I’m proud of my attitude towards myself and what’s going on. I’m just very lucky.”
Instances employees author Nardine Saad and the Related Press contributed to this report.