{"id":306229,"date":"2025-12-09T03:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/306229\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T03:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T03:28:09","slug":"sir-elton-john-hits-back-at-criticism-of-his-dirty-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/306229\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Elton John hits back at criticism of his ‘dirty’ kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sir Elton John<\/a> has hit back at fans who commented on the state of his oven in a recent festive video he posted on TikTok<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Rocket Man hitmaker, 78<\/a>, is busy getting ready for Christmas<\/a> festivities, and seemingly feels somewhat reluctant to Step Into Christmas this year.<\/p>\n

The legendary musician \u2013 who lives in a sprawling Berkshire<\/a> country house with husband David Furnish and two sons, Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12 \u2013 was filmed making his way around his sage green kitchen, and screaming comically on opening each appliance, as doing so made his hit song Step Into Christmas blast out the speakers.<\/p>\n

\u2018If you can\u2019t escape it, you might as well Step Into Christmas! Who\u2019s ready?\u2019 said Sir Elton, who wore a Gucci tracksuit for the video. <\/p>\n

Fans in the comments section reckoned Sir Elton\u2019s shocked reaction on opening his appliances was justified when it came to the star\u2019s oven, with many calling it dirty and offering to give it a festive scrub. <\/p>\n

\u2018I just love that Elton John struggles with the inside of his oven too!!\u2019 said iseneff2.0, while MamaNaaf said: \u2018Can I just say, the comfort I get seeing that Sir Elton John\u2019s oven is not sparkling clean gives me\u2026.makes me feel better about mine!\u2019 <\/p>\n

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\n\t\tSir Elton John cleaned his oven in response to fans calling out its dirty door (Picture: Elton John\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThe Rocket Man hitmaker seemed to see the funny side of it (Picture: Elton John\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

\u2018Elton, your oven needs scrubbing. Gimme your deets and I\u2019ll handle it for you,\u2019 offered This Philogynist as Tyronnysaurus-Rex said: \u2018It\u2019s that time of year you clean the oven maybe?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018That oven needs some TLC before 25th,\u2019 agreed kishtok, while susanflorian said: \u2018lol, the pictured covered fridge and dirty oven shows he lives like us!\u2019<\/p>\n

Seeing criticisms cooking in the comments section, a few weeks later Sir Elton has now returned to social media<\/a> to face his fans.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hello people. It\u2019s Elton John here. A couple of weeks ago I did some videos in this kitchen about how crazy Step Into Christmas was driving me and it got an incredible response, which I was quite startled at,\u2019 he began. <\/p>\n

\u2018But a lot of the response was quite negative about how dirty my oven was, my oven door, my oven window. I can assure you, I don\u2019t have anything dirty in this house. I\u2019ve never had anything dirty. I\u2019m not a dirty person, so to prove I don\u2019t have anything that\u2019s dirty, I\u2019m going to do something to show you.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Sir Elton then cut to him wearing fabulous pink, fluffy cleaning gloves, before he got to work on the oven window, scrubbing away the grime. <\/p>\n

\u2018Look at this,\u2019 Sir Elton said, as he opened the oven door and Step Into Christmas blasted out, making the musician wince as he sprayed the glass and wiped it clean. <\/p>\n

\u2018Scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub!\u2019 Sir Elton exclaimed, observing: \u2018I\u2019ve got the cleanest oven window in Windsor!\u2019<\/p>\n

He then rolled his eyes to the ceiling, and fans loved his pointed response in the comments section. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\tSir Elton seemed in good spirits, which was a relief for fans after his recent health issues (Picture: Kevin Kane\/Getty Images for RRHOF)<\/p>\n

\u2018Never thought I\u2019d say this, but: Sir Elton John, will you please show us what your oven cleaning product is? asked AMH1493, while Carrion Winklesworth added: \u2018Superb, I didn\u2019t know, the thing I needed most in the world was seeing Sir Elton John in pink fluffy marigolds, cleaning his oven! Made my day, truly!\u2019 <\/p>\n

It\u2019s good to see Sir Elton so playful, as fans have worried about his health<\/a> of late after the Your Song hitmaker revealed he\u2019s gone blind in his right eye.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s been devastating. Because I lost my right eye<\/a> and my left eye\u2019s not so good, the last 15 months have been challenging for me because I haven\u2019t been able to see anything, watch anything, read anything,\u2019 the music icon told\u00a0Variety<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n

But he added: \u2018I\u2019ve had the most incredible life, and there is hope. I\u2019ve just gotta be patient that someday science will help me with this one. Once they help me with this one, I\u2019ll be fine.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s exactly like the AIDS situation. You mustn\u2019t give up hope, you must be stoic, you must be strong and you must always try and batter the door down to try and improve things.\u2019<\/p>\n

While science is emerging Sir Elton said his spirits have been lifted recently by his rockstar pals including Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards and Sir Paul McCartney, who keep in touch to check on him. <\/p>\n

Despite his health issues, Sir Elton still performs with enthusiasm, as he did at the Singapore Grand Prix in October, and at the Los Angeles Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, where he paid tribute to the late Beach Boys star Brian Wilson.<\/p>\n

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