Elton John says he misplaced his eyesight following extreme eye an infection

Pop icon Elton John mentioned on Sunday that he struggled to see his new musical, “The Satan Wears Prada” after shedding his eyesight due to a watch an infection.  

John gave viewers members an replace on his situation on the conclusion of the musical’s opening evening at London’s Dominion Theatre, which was additionally a charity gala for the Elton John AIDS basis. 

“I have never been capable of come to lots of the previews as a result of, as you recognize, I’ve misplaced my eyesight so, it is laborious for me to see it,” he mentioned. “However I really like to listen to it and it fairly sounded good tonight.”  

John, 77, revealed in September that he had been coping with a “extreme eye an infection” that left him with “solely restricted imaginative and prescient in a single eye.” He mentioned it was therapeutic, nevertheless it “will take a while earlier than sight returns to the impacted eye.” 

Final week, he instructed “Good Morning America” that there is “hope and encouragement” that he’ll get better, however admits he cannot even see a lyric on the studio. 

“I can not see something, I can not learn something, I can not watch something,” John mentioned.

John retired from touring in 2023, however wrote the rating for “The Satan Wears Prada,” a stage musical based mostly on the 2006 film (which itself was based mostly on the 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger) a few younger journalist navigating the calls for of a style journal and its fearsome editor. Along with the present, he has a documentary, “Elton John: By no means Too Late” about him popping out on Dec. 13. 

The pop legend additionally achieved EGOT standing earlier this yr after profitable an Emmy for excellent selection particular (dwell) for his present “Elton John Dwell: Farewell From Dodger Stadium.”