PRANGKAHANG magpahayag ng opinyon si Elton John, at panayam sa kanya ng Rolling Stone, ipinaalam niya ang kanyang saloobin tungkol sa pagtatanghal ng mga kapwa niya mang-aawit.
“I say what I feel,” paliwanag ng 68 taong gulang na musikero. “I probably went too far with Madonna [publicly calling her out for lip-synching], and I got very personal and I wrote her — she was very gracious.… You know, f–king music magazines writing a review of Janet Jackson saying, ‘This is the greatest show — four and a half stars.’ It’s f–king lip-synched! Hello! That’s not a show! I’d rather go and see a drag queen. F–k off.”
Matatandaang nag-duet sina John at Jackson, 49, sa 1999 hit na I Know the Truth.
Ang taklesang singer at pianist ay hindi rin nangiming sitahin ang kanyang touring partner at matagal nang kaibigang si Billy Joel.
Nagkaroon sila ng public feud ngunit nagkabati rin pagkaraan ng dalawang taon.
“He’s one of the great American songwriters. But I know when people used to say to me, ‘You’re wasting your life,’ I’d go, ‘F–k off!’ and I wouldn’t speak to them for two years,” ani John. “Billy was pissed [about my public comments], and I understand. But does it mean I don’t love him? No, of course not.”
Gayunman, sa kabila ng mga masasakit na salita, napanatili ni John ang kanilang matibay na pagkakaibigan. At noong Marso 2015, nagkaroon din ng iringan si John at sina Domenico Dolce at Stefano Gabbana ng Dolce & Gabbana kaugnay sa kanilang pananaw sa “gay adoptions” at IVF.
(Si John and at kanyang asawa na si David Furnish, ay may dalawang anak, sina Zachary at Elijah, na nabuo via IVF).
“The only family is the traditional one,” pahayag ng fashion designers sa Panorama magazine. “No chemical offsprings and rented uterus: life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed.… I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Rented uterus, semen chosen from a catalog.” (US Weekly)
