Posted on 06/15/2010 1:13:08 PM PDT by rface
Add Elton John to those who were not expecting him to get an invite to Rush Limbaugh's wedding.
"To put it in Elton's exact words, when he got the invitation, he was 'a little surprised,' " his partner David Furnish told PEOPLE on Sunday at the Tony Awards in New York. "And then, when it turned out to be a genuinely sincere invitation … Elton said, 'Life is about building bridges, not walls.' "
John also saw it as another opportunity, in his words, "to go where people wouldn't expect me to go."
"And maybe if I can make a great impression," Furnish quoted him as saying, "people might change their perspectives on life."
Furnish was in Europe and couldn't attend the wedding. But John told him it was a beautiful event and Limbaugh and his bride "were incredibly gracious and very welcoming and very sweet and very appreciative."
"Elton, during the performance made a lot of cracks: 'I suppose you all wonder why I'm here tonight?' " says Furnish. "But ultimately, it's a bit like an olive branch, I guess."
By all accounts, John and the couple got along well. "I wasn't there, but from everything Elton told me, he said Rush and his bride were incredibly charming and welcoming. And they have said they want to come and have dinner with us in England, if they pass through in their travels."
The tentative offer was welcomed. "We have to bring the world together, not apart," said Furnish, who produced Next Fall with Sir Elton on Broadway.
No, probably not. Since there is only roughly 5% of the population that is really gay, you would have to have a shipload of friends to have any who are gay (whether we know it or not)...and of course, if they were, in fact, friends, we would know.
We are two peoples separated by a common language.
*snort* That is funny! I bet now that you came out that you will find there are many other male lesbians too!
My thoughts exactly. Marriage No. 4? (Yawn).....Sure Rush. We are excited too. (Double yawn....)
I read somewhere that Elton is a spendthrift. He has spent rather freely most of the millions he made. So he may indeed need the money, at least to support the lifestyle of the super rich that he is used to.
I think it depends on where you live. Certain areas have higher gay populations than others thus a higher probability of stealth gay contact.
Ah, the "can't beat 'em, join 'em usage?
Just because it's accepted & everyone says it, doesn't make it a correct usage.
I love Rush but just feel kind of embarrassed for him.
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I agree too! Besides, I heard him gush and gush and gush over Marta all those years ago. We all expect him to be happy right now, but it was just a tad over the top.
Well some of us may have friends who are “kind of gay” or “a bit gay” or “bisexual” as opposed to “REALLY Gay” so that ups the percentages! ;-)
You left out the Lumberjacks...
Well, it must have been one heck of a honeymoon. ;o)
“I bet now that you came out that you will find there are many other male lesbians too!”
Yes. Much to my pleasant surprise, I’ve found several other FReepers who are male lesbians as well!
We should satart a group of conservatives who are male lesbians. Maybe call them “3 Bedroom Split Level Contemporary Conservatives.”
And I got yelled at for saying the same thing!
But this time, it’s for real. (Pfffft. Show biz people!)
I take it you’re not the Disney Music type of fellow....
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LOL.
Not so much. Although maybe they could make Ry Cooder’s My Name is Buddy into an animated feature film. I’d watch that.
I did my time with Disney with my daughters, the youngest of whom is now 18.
That ship has sailed, Reginald.
It is there at which I am? At where I am? There am I?
Fixed it.
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