Sir Elton John's mother: 'I've been cut off'

Sir Elton John's mother has opened up about her three-year feud with the star.

Speaking to the The Sun, Sheila Farebrother declined to reveal the cause of the falling out but confirmed that it was "something" to do with an alleged incident during which John's partner David Furnish "went ballistic".

"He has cut me off completely. It happened three years ago this June. He has had nothing to do with me since then," she told the paper. "I don't want to go into what caused it. It is a painful subject. My son cut me out of his life for good."

The 86-year-old denied that she sold off a collection of her son's memorabilia due to the row.

"That has nothing to do with it," she insisted. "I moved into a smaller place and had nowhere to keep all that stuff."

Farebrother also admitted that she has not made any plans to meet John and Furnish's new son Zachary, adding: "I have no particular interest really. You will have to ask them about that."

However, she declined to comment further on the singer, who continues to support his mother financially, telling the paper: "I'd rather not. I don't want to start mudslinging. It was very painful.

"But I've got a lot of good friends so I don't have to be bothered with it all."

A spokesperson for John commented: "I have never had a conversation with him about whether he talks to his mother. She is a lovely lady but she is 86 and she is frail and old."

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