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At the time of Elton John’s wedding to Renate Blauel, John self-identified as bisexual. He came out in a 1976 interview with Rolling Stone. Those in John’s inner circle were reportedly convinced that the musician was gay, and so were many members of the public. The Australian even went so far as to describe the 1984 wedding like this: “It was Valentine’s Day, and Elton John was making one last attempt at being heterosexual.”
John met Blauel, a German-born sound engineer, while working on an album. He proposed 18 months later, and they married at a church in Australia. Blauel called him “the nicest guy I’ve ever met.” John had previously hinted that he wanted to settle down with a woman. He’d told Rolling Stone, “I’d rather fall in love with a woman eventually because I think a woman probably lasts much longer than a man.” After the wedding, he also told reporters that he wanted to be a “family man.”
Their union attracted a lot of speculation. Tabloids claimed it was a cover-up for John’s homosexuality and that he and Blauel slept in separate bedrooms, per Biography. Some outlets even reported that John met male lovers at hotels, per Page Six.
John and Blauel divorced after four years. Shortly after, John revealed that he was gay rather than bisexual. He then started dating his current husband, David Furnish.
Written by: Nicki
