{"id":134216,"date":"2024-12-13T12:19:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/elton-john-says-hes-lost-his-eyesight-unable-to-see-his-own-musical-national\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T12:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:19:13","slug":"elton-john-says-hes-misplaced-his-eyesight-unable-to-see-his-personal-musical-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/elton-john-says-hes-misplaced-his-eyesight-unable-to-see-his-personal-musical-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John says he\u2019s misplaced his eyesight, unable to see his personal musical &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/elton-john\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elton John<\/a> has revealed that he\u2019s bodily unable to see the brand new musical for which he wrote the music, saying that he has misplaced nearly all of his eyesight after struggling an eye fixed an infection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The singer-songwriter attended the opening evening of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/the-devil-wears-prada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Devil Wears Prada<\/a><\/em> in London on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t been able to come to many of the previews because, as you know, I have lost my eyesight. So it\u2019s hard for me to see it. But I love to hear it and boy it sounded good tonight,\u201d he informed the viewers from the stage, whereas thanking his husband David Furnish, \u201cwho has been my rock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In September, John revealed {that a} extreme eye an infection he contracted in France over the summer season had left him with \u201conly limited vision\u201d in a single eye and completely with out eyesight within the different.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t(L to R) \u2013 Shaina Taub, Sir Elton John and David Furnish converse on stage at \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada Musical\u201d charity gala evening in help of the Elton John Aids Foundation at The Dominion Theatre on December 1, 2024 in London, England.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tDave Benett\/Getty Images for The Devil Wears Prada Musical\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am healing, but it\u2019s an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye,\u201d he wrote in an Instagram submit on the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking to ABC News final week in regards to the new Disney+ documentary<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10573309\/tiff-2024-elton-john-doc-amy-adams-horror-comedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elton John: Never Too Late<\/a><\/em>, he was requested in regards to the standing of a possible new album.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National information<\/h3>\n<p>For information impacting Canada and all over the world, join breaking information alerts delivered on to you once they occur.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve done anything, and I just have to get off my backside. Unfortunately, I lost my eyesight in my right eye in July because I had an infection in the south of France, and it\u2019s been four months now since I haven\u2019t been able to see. And my left eye\u2019s not the greatest. So there\u2019s hope and encouragement, and it will be OK, but I\u2019m kind of stuck at the moment,\u201d he informed Robin Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I can do one thing like this [interview], however going into the studio and recording, I don\u2019t know as a result of I can\u2019t see a lyric, for a begin. We\u2019re taking initiative to try to get it higher, however in the mean time, that\u2019s actually what we\u2019re concentrating on. It\u2019s by no means lucky for something like this to occur, and it type of floored me. I can\u2019t see something. I can\u2019t learn something. 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are any similarities between me and Miranda Priestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <em>with information from The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_675c2640b2859-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 4 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_675c2640b2859\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10732434\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" 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