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Published November 26, 2025 7:42am
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Musical legend Sir Elton John continues to navigate life with ‘devastating’ sight loss (Picture: Getty)
Sir Elton John has revealed he’s endured a ‘challenging’ 15 months since losing sight in his right eye.
The 78-year-old star contracted an eye infection while in France in the summer of 2024, which left him blind in his right eye – a situation he’s described as ‘devastating’.
However, Sir Elton is determined to remain optimistic about his long-term prospects.
‘It’s been devastating. Because I lost my right eye and my left eye’s not so good, the last 15 months have been challenging for me because I haven’t been able to see anything, watch anything, read anything,’ the music icon told Variety.
But he added: ‘I’ve had the most incredible life, and there is hope. I’ve just gotta be patient that someday science will help me with this one. Once they help me with this one, I’ll be fine.
‘It’s exactly like the AIDS situation. You mustn’t 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.’
The star refuses to ‘give up hope’ though (Picture: Getty)
David Furnish, Elton’s husband, has also retained an optimistic outlook and is hopeful that a scientific breakthrough could prove to be crucial for the chart-topping star.
He revealed that ‘there’s been some improvements in his left eye’ with treatments they’ve pursued as they continue to explore options but ‘because there’s damage to the retina in his right eye, retinas don’t heal naturally, so it’s an area of emerging science’.
Sir Elton also shared how his celebrity pals have kept his spirits lifted – including Sir Paul McCartney, who FaceTimes him – alongside his ‘wonderful family’.
‘The love I’ve received from him and from Pete Townshend and Mick Jagger and people like that have been amazing. Or you get an email from Keith Richards saying, “Hello, darling, how you doing? You know we love you,” and that’s it, but it just makes my day.’
His husband David Furnish reveals that they’ve been pursuing treatments as doctors have reached out, hoping to help (Picture: Getty)
He also pointed out that he’s ‘still been able to play, I’m still singing’, including a gig at the Singapore Grand Prix in October – his biggest show since retiring from touring in 2023.
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Sir Elton previously insisted that he feels ‘lucky’, despite his health troubles.
He told the Guardian newspaper: ‘I’m an optimist permanently.
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‘I’ve got bad eyesight at the moment. There have been days where I’ve been miserable, but then I think about how lucky I am.’
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