Interview: Paul Flynn meets Elton John and David Furnish

London Times ^ | November 27, 2005 | London Times

[ejdrapes]

[HiTech RedNeck]

Elton John met David Furnish, then a young advertising executive, in 1993 when gay politicians were still getting married to protect their seats

A better way to protect their, ahem, "seats" would be to keep their pants on.

[Erik Latranyi]

Hey, Elton!

SHUT UP AND SING!

[New Perspective]

Now we are (nearly) married

Them too.

And them.

[LaineyDee]

I tried to read the whole article before becoming nauseous... REALLY I did.....

[DH]

I sure hope they use "protection" on their wedding night. I would hate to see the "bride" get pregnant on the first night.

[Bon mots]

[wolfpat]

I'll never understand. How does a man, especially one who could have almost any woman, look at another man and say, "Hmmm. I wanna get me some of that."?

[Niteranger68]

"SHUT UP AND SING!"

I'd settle for just the "shut up" part.

[Ninian Dryhope]

Poor perverts. I really feel sorry for them.

[Ninian Dryhope]

"David: The dynamic of two men in a relationship is different to that of a man and a woman."

No sh*t, Sherlock!

[sauropod]

See my tagline.

[newzjunkey]

Well to be honest, Elton had a horrible relationship with his father growing up. The 'dad' mentioned in the article is actually his stepdad, the biological one has passed on. It was his now ex-manager, John Reid, who introduced him to homosexuality in the 70's. It wasn't hat Elton hadn't been heterosexual. He obviously had been, one girlfriend tried to get him to marry her by claiming she was pregnant with his child. He ultimately didn't go through with the wedding which is the story behind the classic song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight." She wasn't pregnant anyway. He did get married to a sound engineer, Renee, in Australia back in the 1980's. That lasted a few years. She lives in seclusion and he regrets taking her through that.

I'm sure I'd get "flamed" by the "you're born that way" crowd but I think there is something to be said for men with homosexual inclinations and bad childhood relationships with their fathers. It may not be the whole story, but I think it's an influence.

[SkyPilot]

Elton: And, frankly, I refuse to breast feed [laughs].

These two won't be laughing when they die.

[newzjunkey]

It's an important admission, i think. They don't seem to have any illusions that this is the same as a heterosexual sacramental marriage.

They talk about kids being used as glue when they're not glue in a marriage but that it's more difficult if there are not kids to stay together and worth things out.

[wolfpat]

I've often wondered about homosexual men. I haven't talked with any about things like that. I have talked with a number of lesbians, and they all were sexually abused as very young children (while claiming they were born as lesbians).

[Hardastarboard]

SHUT UP AND SING!

Since everything he did after "Madman Across the Water" sucked, I'd prefer he just shut up.

[johnny7]

I hear they squealed with joy!

[LaineyDee]

Ick