{"id":132579,"date":"2024-12-02T19:57:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T12:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132579"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T12:57:46","slug":"elton-john-says-he-has-lost-his-eyesight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132579","title":{"rendered":"Elton John says he has lost his eyesight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46umvni002g26q9g7h4hv6y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/03\/entertainment\/elton-john-eye-infection\/index.html\">Elton John<\/a> says he still cannot see, months after suffering a severe eye infection.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46uwui3000m356mqnw48lye@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Speaking on stage at a gala performance of the \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada\u201d musical in London on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/28\/style\/elton-john-clothes-ebay-scli-intl\/index.html\">John<\/a> thanked his husband, David Furnish, saying he \u201chas been my rock.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46upbhz000j356mpa8nsa65@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \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 said John, who wrote the score for the show.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46v04lk000u356mgx54g849@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In an interview with \u201cGood Morning America\u201d last week, John said the issue has been affecting his ability to work.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46vrx3q0013356m880zd28r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI unfortunately 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 is not the greatest,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46vslc80018356mm5krt9fs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSo, there\u2019s hope and encouragement that it will be OK, but\u2026 I\u2019m kind of stuck at the moment, because I can do something like this (the interview), but going into the studio and recording, I don\u2019t know, because I can\u2019t see a lyric for a start.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46uxsfl000p356mg9eoaldk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            John, who is 77,  first spoke publicly about his sight problem in September, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C_dmxp1iX4P\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> on his Instagram page that he had been \u201cdealing with a severe eye infection that has unfortunately left me with only limited vision in one eye.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46uoc57000e356mls2kjnf2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI am healing, but it\u2019s an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye,\u201d John wrote, before thanking the \u201cexcellent team of doctors and nurses and my family\u201d for taking such good care of him.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46uoc57000f356mu1920z5k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI have been quietly spending the summer recuperating at home,\u201d he wrote, adding that he is \u201cfeeling positive about the progress I have made in my healing and recovery thus far.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm46uoc57000h356myrht9bo4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While John officially retired from touring in 2023 after decades of performing live, he wrote the music for the musical of \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada.\u201d It is based on the 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger, which was also turned into a movie in 2006.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/02\/entertainment\/elton-john-eyesight-scli-intl\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Elton John says he still cannot see, months after suffering a severe eye infection. 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