Some of you may be aware of the row between Elton John and gay Italian fashion designers, Dolce & Gabbana – the former calling for a boycott, and sparking a social media campaign, after Domenico Dolce’s denunciation of IVF and “chemical children, synthetic babies”.
It’s a disgrace to insult innocent children in this way. Moreover, how stupid is Dolce?
One presumes, with some confidence, that Dolce & Gabbana clothes are much admired by gay people. Therefore it’s a bit rash to criticise IVF, and the children it produces – since, as is the case with John and his husband David Furnish, this is how many gay couples manage to have families.
On the other hand, who anointed John “King of the Gays” – he who must be obeyed and feared?
In the past, I’ve been highly amused by his stance as a one-man rehab clinic for any fellow celebrity who he and Furnish feel has gone off the rails. I’ve watched with glee their attempts to rescue the rebellious likes of George Michael and Robbie Williams “from themselves”! Come to think of it, it was only when John started having children that he stopped trying to force his hard-won sobriety on others.
Now here is John, telling Dolce what he can and cannot say. I agree with John – I just don’t agree with his overheated reaction to being disagreed with.
Doesn’t this need to calm down? Dolce came out with some sad dated voodoo tripe that nobody sane could take seriously for a moment. So what? What happened to having differences of opinion, even a gobby row? I’m sure we’d all survive.
Certainly there seems no need to take it further, with social media campaigns or boycotts. Sometimes even Elton John has to be reminded that it’s not all about him.
