An emblematic character of the gay music scene, Elton John almost married a woman in his youth. We tell you how the singer avoided this first marriage. Hang on!
In 2019, Elton John was on all fronts: a formidable pop and baroque biopic in dark rooms, Rocketmanand an autobiography rich in crisp anecdotes published in France by Albin Michel editions, Me, Elton John. The interpreter of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road indulges in a number of surprising confidences. At the turn of a chapter, we learn in particular that Elton John was engaged to a young woman named Linda. A platonic relationship supposed to be sublimated by a marriage. A few hours from sealing the union, the young man cannot resign himself to pronouncing the traditional vows and simulates gas suicide in the couple’s apartment. A particularly stupid gesture.
” Someone who truly seeks to kill himself does so in solitude, so as not to be interrupted; he acts in the middle of the night, away from the others “explains Elton John in his memoirs. ” Me, I did it in the middle of the afternoon, in a crowded apartment: Bernie [Taupin, son parolier] was in her room, Linda was taking a nap. ” The stage is set. ” Not only had I put a pillow at the bottom of the oven to rest my head on, but I had taken care to regulate the flow to the lowest level and to open all the windows of the kitchen. The low dose of carbon monoxide prevents the staged catastrophe. “I expected to cause a terrible clap of thunder (…). I only caused a vague perplexity. »
When Elton John Didn’t Know He Was Gay
Another crisp anecdote from these explosive memories, his first encounter with homosexuality. At 19, Elton John, an ingenuous virgin who knows nothing about sex, plays in a blue band led by a certain Long John Baldry, a homosexual singer. ” I had no idea he was gay at all, and I understand in hindsight that that seems unlikely. “, he says. ” Here’s a guy who called himself Ada, talked about other men as “her” and spent his time giving you detailed reports about his sex life: “I have a new buddy named Ozzie, honey, he’s spinning my dick.” Elton is light years away from imagining the orgies he would take part in in the years to come… A tasty anecdote about one of the greatest talents of English pop.
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Elton John shared an apartment with his fiancée and screenwriter Bernie Taupin.
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Elton John faked a gas suicide in the couple’s apartment.
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Elton John made sure to set the gas flow to the lowest to simulate his suicide.
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Elton John made a stupid move to avoid marrying a woman.
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Elton John recounts this anecdote in his memoirs.
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Elton John released his memoir the year his official biopic was released.
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Elton John expected to cause a real thunderclap by simulating his suicide.
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By simulating his suicide, Elton John caused only vague perplexity.
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Elton John tells many crisp anecdotes in his memoirs.
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In his memoirs, Elton John recalls his first encounter with a gay man when he was young, a virgin, and naive.