Share

Elton John urges Dolce and Gabbana boycott over IVF remark

Share your Subscriber Article
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend!
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
loading...
Loading, please wait...
Elton John performs in concert during his Diving Board Tour 2013 at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. (Owen Sweeney, AP)
Elton John performs in concert during his Diving Board Tour 2013 at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. (Owen Sweeney, AP)

London - Elton John called for a boycott of the famous Italian fashion house Dolce and Gabbana after the designers called children conceived through in-vitro fertilisation "synthetic" and said they were opposed to gay adoptions.

The legendary British singer and his husband, David Furnish, have two children born to the same surrogate mother.

"How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic,'" Elton John posted on Instagram on Sunday.

Read this for free
South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.
Try our free 14-day trial
Already a subscriber? Sign in
heading
description
username
Show Comments ()
Editorial feedback and complaints

Contact the public editor with feedback for our journalists, complaints, queries or suggestions about articles on News24.

LEARN MORE