{"id":408521,"date":"2025-11-27T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/408521\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:36:11","slug":"i-am-devastated-i-cant-see-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/408521\/","title":{"rendered":"“I am devastated \u2013 I can’t see anything\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir Elton John<\/a> has opened up about his health issues, saying the loss of his vision has left him \u201cdevastated\u201d.<\/p>\n

The music icon has been open about the difficulties he has faced in recent years regarding his health, and opened up in 2024 about how an infection left him blind in one eye<\/a>. This, he shared, came amid him struggling with poor vision in the other eye too.<\/p>\n

He also shared how, although it was impacting his career in music<\/a> as he was unable to \u201csee a lyric for a start\u201d, he was hopeful that things could improve.<\/p>\n

Now, he has spoken to Variety<\/a> in a new interview, and given another update on his wellbeing, adding that the ongoing sight issues have felt \u201cdevastating\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I lost my right eye and my left eye\u2019s not so good, the last 15 months have been challenging for me because I haven\u2019t been able to see anything, watch anything, read anything,\u201d he explained, adding that he still has \u201chope\u201d that the situation will get better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had the most incredible life, and there is hope. I\u2019ve just gotta be patient that someday science will help me with this one. Once they help me with this one, I\u2019ll be fine,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly like the AIDS situation. You mustn\u2019t give up hope, you must be stoic, you must be strong and you must always try and batter the door down to try and improve things.\u201d<\/p>\n

The latest comments come following Sir Elton opening up last year about other health issues he has been facing, and told fans in October 2024 that \u201cthere\u2019s not much of me left\u201d following multiple surgeries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have tonsils, adenoids or an appendix. I don\u2019t have a prostate, I don\u2019t have a right hip or a left knee or a right knee,\u201d he said at the premiere of his career-spanning documentary Elton John: Never Too Late<\/a>. \u201cIn fact, the only thing left to me is my left hip. But I\u2019m still here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the struggles he has been facing, the music legend was able to poke fun at his poor vision when presenting the award for Best Original Score \u2013 Motion Picture <\/a>at the Golden Globes.<\/p>\n

Taking to the stage with Brandi Carlile<\/a>, Elton said: \u201cI don\u2019t know if you know, but there\u2019s been a lot of stories going around about my regressive eyesight. I just wanted to reassure everybody that it\u2019s not as bad as it seems. I\u2019m so pleased to be here with my co-host, Rihanna<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Given the recent struggles, the singer-songwriter confirmed that he would \u201cnot be going on tour again\u201d once his extensive \u2018Farewell Yellow Brick Road\u2019 tour<\/a> ended in July 2023. However, he later said he would perform \u201cthe odd show\u201d, giving fans hope they would be able to see the music icon once more.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

So far, these have included the 50th annual Candlelight Concert in the US last December, the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center<\/a> last summer, at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony where he inducted his longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin<\/a> in 2023, and at the Singapore Grand Prix.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, he was confirmed as the first headliner for Rock in Rio 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always had a fantastic time whenever we\u2019ve played in Brazil. I didn\u2019t manage to get to South America for the farewell tour, so when Rock In Rio asked me to play, I said \u2018yes\u2019 immediately,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my Brazilian fans, they hold such a special place in my heart. The energy these big one-off shows have been giving me since I stopped touring is unbeatable. As a band, we\u2019re playing brilliantly and we\u2019re sounding as good as we ever have, and, importantly, we\u2019re still really loving playing together. I really cannot wait to return to Brazil next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the new interview with Variety, that discussion also saw Sir Elton open up about his efforts to stop the global spread of AIDS, and claim that President Trump could become \u201cone of the greatest presidents in history\u201d if he \u201cended AIDS.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a big war that\u2019s being settled, hopefully,\u201d he said, in reference to the situation in Gaza. \u201cBut there\u2019s another war with people who are suffering from HIV and AIDS that should be able to get their medicine but can\u2019t, because governments won\u2019t let them. It\u2019s inhumane.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump has maybe solved the peace problem\u2026If he wants to go down as one of the greatest presidents in history\u2026 if he ended AIDS, that would really be a feather in his cap.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Elton John has opened up about his health issues, saying the loss of his vision has left…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":408522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,171,4000,983,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-408521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-pop","11":"tag-rock","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115622168742784773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}