Among the many presenters on the 2025 Golden Globes have been Elton John and Brandi Carlile for the Movie Rating award. (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross received for Challengers.) And earlier than attending to the class and the nominees, John took a second to talk out about his latest well being points.
“It’s a really particular evening for me to be right here,” he mentioned earlier than sharing that, for individuals who may not have recognized, there have been tales going round about his eyesight. “I simply wished to reassure all people that it’s not as dangerous because it appears,” he mentioned, earlier than joking, “So I’m so happy to be right here with my co-host Rihanna.”
It was in September 2024 that John shared his eye points in a put up on Instagram. “Over the summer season, I’ve been coping with a extreme eye an infection that has sadly left me with solely restricted imaginative and prescient in a single eye,” he wrote. “I’m therapeutic, however it’s an especially sluggish course of and it’ll take a while earlier than sight returns to the impacted eye. I’m so grateful for the superb crew of docs and nurses and my household, who’ve taken such excellent care of me over the past a number of weeks. I’ve been quietly spending the summer season recuperating at residence, and am feeling constructive concerning the progress I’ve made in my therapeutic and restoration up to now.”
Then in November, he mentioned on Good Morning America, “I misplaced my eyesight in my proper eye in July as a result of I had an an infection within the south of France. And it’s been 4 months now since I haven’t been in a position to see. And my left eye’s not the best. So there’s hope and encouragement that it is going to be okay.”
He continued, “We’re taking an initiative to try to get it higher … I can’t see something, I can’t learn something, I can’t watch something.”