His perfect “Love Song”! Sir Elton JohnAnd David FurnishYou will be able to share an everlasting love story with your partner once you have connected.
“He was very well dressed, very shy,” the “Rocketman” crooner told Parade Their first meeting in 1993 took place in 2010 in the early hours of 2010. “We fell in love very quickly. He was independent. I didn’t need to take care of him. I thought, ‘God, this is new territory for me — someone wants to be with me just because he likes me.’”
After nearly a dozen years of being together, the couple made their relationship official in December 2005 after same-sex civil partnership were legalized in England.
The twosome — who tied the knot in December 2014 — eventually expanded their family, welcoming sons Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John and Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John in 2010 and 2013, respectively.
“For many years we have talked about fulfilling one of our greatest wishes by becoming parents,” the pianist exclusively told Us Weekly December 2010. “And now this wish has been granted to us, we feel so blessed and lucky.”
He continued: “I’ve never felt anything like it in my life [holding Zachary for the first time]. You’re so awestruck. What can you say? It’s all in your head. The feeling, joy, warmth, and sensation of his body, his breath. I will never forget that experience ever.”
While John announced his musical retirement in January 2018, he’s already passed down his interests to the duo’s children.
“They’ve obviously been exposed to a lot of music in their life,” Furnish exclusively told Use March 20, 2022 at the 30th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Observing Party. “They both love music. Elton and I do our best to expose them to as much as possible. We also encourage them to be open-minded, to follow their passions and to love what they do. That’s more important than anything. You can’t tell your kids what to do.”
John — who publicly came out as gay in 1996 — opened up about his journey and meeting the “love of [his] life” in an open letter to Zachary and Elijah.
“Looking back over the past 75 years, there is so much I am proud of, so much I have learned. As you are the two most precious parts of my life, I want to share some of those lessons with you,” the songwriter penned in a Time magazine essay in March 2022. “When I was young, I was told to fit in, to do what others expected even when it didn’t feel right. I now realize that I can only be myself. My voice was found when I was true to me. It helped me face my biggest fears. I’ve forged deep friendships, found the love of my life and became your Daddy. Whoever you grow up to be, just be you — fully and completely you.”
He added: “I know being accepted for who you really are in the world isn’t always easy. And in my 75 years as a gay man, I have seen so much positive social change. It used to be that LGBTQ+ people were seen as ‘wrong,’ or ‘the bad guys.’ We still have a ways to go, but, your Papa and I felt safe enough to bring you both into this world. We believed you would be welcome here, as the children of two daddies.”
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