Sir Elton John reportedly shocked the staff of a shoe store in Nice, France, by relieving himself into a bottle while on a recent shopping trip. He reportedly visited Sugarkikz in France on Monday with his two sons and bodyguards in tow. According to Ryan Sukkar, the store owner, Elton asked whether there was a public bathroom in the vicinity he might use.
When he was told that there wasn’t, the iconic musician is said to have asked his bodyguards for a bottle. According to reports, he then stepped away from the other customers and began to pee into the bottle. Outside of an illustrious career in the music industry, the Candle in the Wind singer , 77, is known for his love of shopping and his occasionally eccentric behaviour – but this is particularly strange, even for him.
According to TMZ , who broke the story, the Crocodile Rock singer then asked his security for a towel to clean up the splash back he’d left on the floor. Ryan revealed that he had no idea who the British pop star was, with Elton responding ‘I’m Elton John,’ when asked about what he did for a living. After quickly looking up his customer, Ryan realised that he was something of a big deal.
The shopkeeper described feeling ‘shocked and frustrated’ at Elton’s behaviour, but also noted that he was ‘very cool,’ in spite of...
you know. It appears that there were no hard feelings – with the store posting a picture of Elton and his sons to its Instagram story, captioned ‘Thank you Mr @elt.
