Elton John has claimed he was prevented from adopted a 14-month-old orphan from Ukraine in 2009 because of his sexuality.
In an interview with fellow popstar Dua Lipa, the Rocket Man singer said it was his sexuality that prevented he and his husband, David Furnish, from taking in the baby. Speaking on iHeartRadio's new podcast, the star revealed he was "never going to have children" until he visited Ukraine in 2009.
There he spent some time at an orphanage and bonded with a HIV-positive boy named Lev. He said: "I was carrying this little boy around for hours. We had a press conference at the end and they said 'You seem very fond of this little boy. Would you think of adopting him?' and I went 'I'd actually love to.' Of course, not thinking about social media - it went around the world straight away. It was 'Elton John wants to adopt two children'."
