Elton John's Mom Hired A Lookalike To Attend Her 90th Birthday Party Since Her And Her Son Aren't On Speaking Terms
Daily Mail- He is one of the world’s most famous stars, but there was one party to which Elton John wasn’t invited to. The singing sensation’s mother, Sheila Farebrother, was joined by the rest of her family and friends as she celebrated her 90th birthday in a converted barn on Saturday. And despite not being on speaking terms with her son, Sheila decided to hire a lookalike artist to entertain her guests on the special occasion. The Ultimate Elton, performer Paul Bacon, took to the stage alongside the real KiKi Dee to sing Elton’s hit Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. Meanwhile, when Shelia was asked whether she had been contacted by Sir Elton during her birthday, she simply replied ‘no’. However, on Wednesday, the music-legend’s spokesman said: ‘Elton is on tour in America but I know he sent flowers. He can’t be there if he is on stage.’ The star’s mother is thought to have not spoken to her son for seven years following a family rift. It is understood that the 67-year-old musician was furious over comments she made that offended his partner, David Furnish. Their relationship soured so much that Sir Elton did not go to the funeral of his stepfather Fred Farebrother in 2010.
RUTHLESS. That’s just ruthless. It’s one thing to be pissed at a family member and not invite them/them not want to come to certain traditional events. Birthday parties, Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. Family rifts happen. They happen all the time and they happen everywhere. It’s happened in my family. The people involved just don’t show up to the events. It’s a passive aggressive way of saying, “Fuck you and your stupid birthday party.” That’s totally fine and well within what’s appropriate to emotionally jab a family member. But to invite a lookalike of your son to attend your 90th birthday party is the meanest thing I’ve ever heard. It really is. Especially when it sounds like she’s the one that fucked up their relationship. “Oh, you don’t wanna come because I said something probably horribly offensive to your boyfriend because I’m from a different time? No biggy. I’ll just replace you with a lookalike.” And don’t even try and tell me she’s just a feeble old lady who wanted to at least pretend her son was there. Fuuuuuck that. Just because she’s old and facing the final curtain doesn’t mean she isn’t calculated. This is to twist the knife on Elton. That’s how Moms are some times.
PS- Bold move on her part to even think to offend Elton John and potentially have him cut her out. Big mistake.
