Sir Elton John 'very isolated' over poor vision as pal gives health update

Sir Elton John's person Janet Street Porter has fixed an update connected her person aft helium admitted precocious that helium was struggling with his vision

Sir Elton John was attending a accumulation of The Devil Wears Prada connected London's West End, alongside his hubby David Furnish, when, during a code pursuing the production, helium admitted to the audience: "I've mislaid my eyesight and cannot spot the stage."

The oculus corruption caused him to suffer the eyesight successful his close eye, and helium besides admitted his near oculus is not bully either, confessing helium felt "stuck" astatine the moment. Now Janet Street-Porter has opened up connected Loose Women astir Elton's health.

Speaking connected the show, Janet said: "It's precise tough. He's been connected the telephone astir it, he's called me. I deliberation it truly affected him due to the fact that helium suffers from glaucoma and helium had 1 oculus that was OK and different oculus which is simply a anemic eye.

"I deliberation the microorganism got him successful the bully oculus truthful I deliberation its near him with precise very mediocre vision. It's intolerable for him to read, and it's precise very difficult. It's made him consciousness precise isolated and he's a precise arrogant person."

Admitting Elton wouldn't person wanted to stock the diagnosis, she added: "He would not person wanted to stock that due to the fact that helium wouldn't privation radical to pity him. He doesn't privation our sympathy, it's a conflict he's got to combat himself. Nothing we tin bash for him but nonstop him our emotion and support. When helium started telling maine astir it, I could spot however distressed helium was and it truly got to me.

"The crushed partially is due to the fact that I've got glaucoma successful my close oculus and precise very mediocre show successful my close eye. I could spot what had happened to him and the mode helium sought each these antithetic remedies and thing has worked truthful far, but he's inactive optimistic."

Over the weekend, Elton explained astir his oculus information and however it had affected his beingness and work.

He told theatregoers: "I've mislaid my eyesight and cannot spot the stage. As immoderate of you whitethorn cognize I person had issues and present I person mislaid my sight. I haven't been capable to spot the show but I person enjoyed it. To my hubby who’s been my stone due to the fact that I haven’t been capable to travel to galore of the previews... it's hard for maine to spot it but I emotion to perceive it and it sounded bully contiguous OK.

"It's been a portion since I've done anything, and well, I conscionable person to get disconnected my backside. I unluckily mislaid my eyesight successful my close oculus successful July due to the fact that I had an corruption successful the southbound of France and it’s been 4 months present since I haven't been capable to see, and my near oculus is not the greatest. So there's anticipation and encouragement that it volition beryllium OK, but it's... I'm benignant of stuck astatine the moment, due to the fact that I tin bash thing similar this (an interview), but going into the workplace and recording, I don't know, due to the fact that I can't spot a lyric for a start."

*Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm connected ITV1 and ITVX.