Elton John reveals he has lost his sight after a serious infection

Elton John’s eye problems have gotten worse.

At the charity gala premiere of his production “The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical” on Sunday evening, the 77-year-old musician announced that he had lost his eyesight after an infection.

“As some of you may know, I’ve been struggling and now I’ve lost my sight,” John told the audience on stage at the Dominion Theater, according to the Daily Mail.

“I didn’t get to see the performance, but I enjoyed listening to it,” the EGOT winner added.

John was joined on stage by the cast of the musical as well as his husband David Furnish, who reportedly helped John get off the stage.

During his speech, John thanked Furnish, 62, saying: “To my husband, who is my rock because I couldn’t come to a lot of the previews because, as you know, I lost my eyesight, so is “It’s hard for me to see it, but I love hearing it.”

“And, boy, it sounded good tonight!” John added. “Okay, thanks for coming!”

John wrote the score for The Devil Wears Prada, which didn’t make much of a splash at the Chicago tryout in 2022. At the time, Post theater critic Johnny Oleksinski called the musical “a big mess.”

The West End production opened on October 24th. Vanessa Williams stars as Miranda Priestly.

Sunday’s charity event was in support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Lily Collins, Elizabeth Hurley, Donatella Versace and Anna Wintour were among the stars of the gala.

John has spoken openly about his challenges with his vision in recent months.

In September, he revealed on Instagram that he was suffering from a severe eye infection that had resulted in “limited vision” in one of his eyes.

“I am healing, but it is an extremely slow process and it will take some time before the affected eye can see again,” John said.

During a “Good Morning America” ​​interview last month, the “Rocket Man” singer said he could no longer see out of his right eye.

“Unfortunately I lost my vision in my right eye in July because I had an infection in the south of France,” he explained to Robin Roberts. “It’s been four months since I couldn’t see anything. My left eye isn’t the best.”

“There’s hope and encouragement that it’s going to be good,” John continued, “but I’m kind of stuck right now because I can do something like that, but going into the studio and recording, I don’t know.” Because at first I “Can’t see any text.”

The music superstar added: “It kind of blew my mind and I can’t see anything. I can’t read anything, I can’t see anything.”

John also had problems in his professional life. His $25 million Broadway show “Tammy Faye” announced its end date just five days after its premiere. The show will reach its final climax on December 8th.