Elton John Calls Out Putin Claim That Russia Has “No Problem” With LGBT People, Cites Rocketman Censorship

Elton John is calling out Russian President Vladimir Putins disingenuous statements about gay rights by noting that Russian film distributors heavily censored Rocketman “by removing all references to my finding true happiness” with husband David Furnish.

In an open letter released by Johns publicist, the iconic rock star takes issue with statements made by Putin in an interview with the Financial Times published today. In the interview, Putin denies that Russia is homophobic but says the Wests embrace of homosexuality is excessive: “Traditional values are more stable and more important for millions of people than this liberal idea, which, in my opinion, is really ceasing to exist.”

Here is Johns response in total:

Dear President Putin,

I was deeply upset when I read your recent interview in the Financial Times. I strongly disagree with your view that pursuing policies that embrace multicultural and sexual diversity are obsolete in our societies. I find duplicity in your comment that you want LGBT people to “be happy” and that “we have no problem in that”. Yet Russian distributors chose to heavily censor my film “Rocketman” by removing all references to my finding true happiness through my 25 year relationship with David and the raising of my two beautiful Read More – Source

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