He says he continued to support her financially, but they stayed estranged.
“And that’s when she said it: ‘You care more about that f-ing thing you married than your own mother.’ We didn’t speak for seven years after that phone call.” But the most hurtful moment, John claims, came when she took a swipe at Furnish. Farebrother was “livid” when she heard the news, saying that he had always been more of a son to her than John ever had. The final straw came when John fired his longtime assistant, Bob Halley, who had always been close to his mother. By the time Zachary was born in December 2010, John says that he had “started actively avoiding” his mother and they “weren’t speaking at all.” The rift would continue to grow deeper over the years. The bad feelings continued at the reception, where she apparently complained about her seating placement (“You might as well have stuck me in Siberia!”) and verbally fought off anyone who approached her with social niceties.Įlton John and David Furnish | Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan/Getty When the time came for the witnesses to sign the license, she signed her name, snapped: ‘It’s done, then,’ slammed the pen down and stormed off.” “When David and I exchanged our vows, she started talking very loudly, over the top of us, rattling on about how she didn’t like the venue and couldn’t imagine getting married in a place like this.
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RELATED: Inside Elton John’s Long-Running Feud with His Mother - and How They Made Amends Before Her DeathĪware that they were in full view of the world press, John says he remained on his best behavior, striving at all costs to avoid a public spat with his mother.įarebrother, meanwhile, is said to have remained sour. “The most important day of my life and one of Mum’s moods appeared to be upon us.” “There, Mum announced she wouldn’t be joining the convoy of cars setting off for Windsor nor would she be coming to the private lunch afterwards.” Things quickly deteriorated from there.
“Despite various entreaties to come into the house, they just sat there, stony-faced,” writes John. “And that was the moment my mother turned up, in character as a raving sociopath.”Īccording to the book, John knew that something was amiss when Farebrother and his stepfather, known affectionately as “Derf,” arrived at his Old Windsor home and refused to leave the car. “I was as happy as I could ever remember being,” John writes of the special day. In an excerpt published by the Daily Mail this week, he describes how his mother tried to stop him from celebrating his union with Furnish, 56, with a civil partnership in 2005. John further details his relationship with his mother in Me, due out on Oct. David Furnish, Elijah Furnish-John, Zachary Furnish-John and Elton John | Michael Kovac/Getty
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