Sir Elton John struggled to hide his grief as he watched the footage of Princess Diana’s funeral on a TV special but claimed she had been an “airy fairy” with her true friends.
The singer spoke about his late friend Diana, his gay experience and his relationship with Renate
Emotional Sir Elton John struggled to hide his grief as he watched the footage of Princess Diana’s funeral on a TV special but claimed she had been an “airy fairy” with her true friends.
A show promising Sir Elton “talking more candidly than ever before” also saw him open up about his battle with drugs and confusion over his sexuality.
Sir Elton said, “In the end, Diana trusted the wrong people. She didn’t trust her true friends.”
Sir Elton found out about Diana’s death through a fax sent by a friend offering condolences. He said, “Me playing at the funeral of Princess Diana was one of the most surreal things I have ever done. I didn’t show any emotion.”
“What was going through my mind was, ‘Don’t sing the wrong note. Be stoic. Don’t break down and just do it to the best you can possibly do.’ My heart was beating quite a lot, I have to say. This is an unreal experience and I hope I never have to do it again.”
Sir Elton admitted his struggle with drug addiction in the late 80s. That had almost killed him before he cleaned up his act. He said, “I was quite a shy person. It made me more verbose and I relaxed. I was too much into alcohol and drugs.”
Sir Elton said he broke his own rule of never performing under the influence of drugs or booze. But he claimed that he became the chairman of his beloved Watford Football Club in the ’80s and that saved him.
He said, “With Watford it gave me discipline at a time when I desperately needed it else I would have gone completely off the rails if I hadn’t had the football club. It saved my life.”
His ultimate turning point came in 1990, when he checked into a Chicago hospital for six weeks. He said, “I knew that this was the time I would either have to make the decision I was going to get sober or I was going to die and I didn’t want to die.”
Sir Elton told how he had his first gay sexual experience in a San Francisco hotel at the age of 23 and admitted his guilt and regret over his ill-fated marriage to Renate Blauel. He said, “I had never had sex. It was the first time I really had sex, let alone with a man.”
Sir Elton said of Renate, “She is the classiest woman I have ever met and I do love her desperately, but it wasn’t to be. I was living a lie.” He spoke of his regret over the heartache he caused her.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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