[who_would_fardels_bear]

Elton John was a rentboy.

He hints at it in his song "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".

[packagingguy]

Wow, lookie here:

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/eltonjohn/goodbyeyellowbrickroad.html

Never had any idea what the song was about, but now that you point it out it really makes sense.