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Elton considering adopting
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 14 September 2009
Hey, if you thought Madonna’s recent dabblings with the whole adoption game garnered some media criticism, wait and see what happens here. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Elton John and David Furnish wouldn’t be great parents, but throw the whole gay couple thing into the debate about millionaire celebrities adopting foreign kids and some critics will start spinning. Though at least Elton and David’s proposed adoptee does seem to be an actual orphan.
Yes, Elton has admitted he and his other half are considering adopting a child, a toddler from the Ukraine called Lev whose parents died of AIDS. It seems that it’s Furnish who has a long held ambition to adopt, with Elton claiming he’d been reticent of the proposal until meeting Lev.
He told reporters: “David always wanted to adopt a child and I always said ‘no’ because I am 62 and I think because of the travelling I do and the life I have, maybe it wouldn’t be fair for the child. But having seen Lev today, I would love to adopt him. I don’t know how we do that but he has stolen my heart. And he has stolen David’s heart and it would be wonderful if he can have a home. I’ve changed my mind today”.
Elton added that the previously reported death of his chief keyboardist Guy Babylon had also had an role in bringing about his change of heart. He continued: “It broke my heart because he was such a genius and so young and has two wonderful children. What better opportunity to replace someone I lost than to replace him with someone I can give a future to”.
Quite what the Ukraine’s policies are regarding international adoption, let alone adoption by gay couples, who the hell knows, and John admitted bureaucracy may prevent him and Furnish from caring for Lev. But presumably the couple’s legal people will investigate every possible route first.
