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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - – British pop superstar Elton John and his partner David Furnish have become the parents of a baby boy born to a surrogate mother in California, Us Magazine reported.
The weekly said the baby, named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born December 25 to a surrogate for John, 62, and 48-year-old Canadian filmmaker Furnish.
The name Levon appears to come from John's 1971 song of the same name.
"We are overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment," the couple were quoted by the magazine as saying in a joint statement.
"Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents."
John and Furnish married in 2005 after 12 years together.
The baby weighed 3.5 kilos (seven pounds, 15 ounces), according to the report, which said the couple would not be discussing any details relating to the surrogacy arrangements.
Among the first to react to the news of the birth was the couple's friend, British model and actress Elizabeth Hurley, who wrote on her Twitter page: "Massive congratulations to David and Elton on having their beautiful son. Can't wait for my first cuddle."
The star tried to adopt a 14-month-old boy he met while visiting an orphanage in Ukraine last year, but his attempt was blocked because Ukrainian law does not permit couples in same-sex marriages to adopt.
The singer admitted at the time that while Furnish had always wanted to adopt a child, he himself believed parenthood was incompatible with his lifestyle but changed his mind after the Ukrainian boy "stole my heart".
By turning to a surrogate mother, John has followed in the footsteps of "Sex in the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker and her actor husband Matthew Broderick who had twin girls by a surrogate mother in 2009.
Latino pop star Ricky Martin used a surrogate to have twin boys before announcing he was gay.
John and Furnish have a home in Britain, where surrogacy has increasingly become an option for gay couples over the past decade.
But it is tightly regulated under British law and couples often opt to have a surrogate child in countries where the rules are less demanding.
Elton John has sold more than 250 million records in a career spanning four decades and the singer-songwriter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
His tribute single to the late Princess Diana, "Candle in the Wind 1997" -- a remake of his own "Candle in the Wind" -- became a phenomenal global success, selling more than 33 million copies, and he performed it at her funeral.
He admitted in a TV interview this month that he was "very close" to being killed by drugs in the 1970s
Question here. Who will be the "mom" here, since both are dad, similarly, who will be the dad, if both are mom.
Will the children grow up to be accepting same partner union as the norm, and seeing male-female union to be abnormal?.
In the case or surrogacy, is the sperm of the of either partner being used? Or surrogacy as in others sperm is being used, is there even a remote possibility that the children will grow up to be a sexual object, since there is no biological ties.
The weekly said the baby, named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born December 25 to a surrogate for John, 62, and 48-year-old Canadian filmmaker Furnish.
The name Levon appears to come from John's 1971 song of the same name.
"We are overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment," the couple were quoted by the magazine as saying in a joint statement.
"Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents."
John and Furnish married in 2005 after 12 years together.
The baby weighed 3.5 kilos (seven pounds, 15 ounces), according to the report, which said the couple would not be discussing any details relating to the surrogacy arrangements.
Among the first to react to the news of the birth was the couple's friend, British model and actress Elizabeth Hurley, who wrote on her Twitter page: "Massive congratulations to David and Elton on having their beautiful son. Can't wait for my first cuddle."
The star tried to adopt a 14-month-old boy he met while visiting an orphanage in Ukraine last year, but his attempt was blocked because Ukrainian law does not permit couples in same-sex marriages to adopt.
The singer admitted at the time that while Furnish had always wanted to adopt a child, he himself believed parenthood was incompatible with his lifestyle but changed his mind after the Ukrainian boy "stole my heart".
By turning to a surrogate mother, John has followed in the footsteps of "Sex in the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker and her actor husband Matthew Broderick who had twin girls by a surrogate mother in 2009.
Latino pop star Ricky Martin used a surrogate to have twin boys before announcing he was gay.
John and Furnish have a home in Britain, where surrogacy has increasingly become an option for gay couples over the past decade.
But it is tightly regulated under British law and couples often opt to have a surrogate child in countries where the rules are less demanding.
Elton John has sold more than 250 million records in a career spanning four decades and the singer-songwriter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
His tribute single to the late Princess Diana, "Candle in the Wind 1997" -- a remake of his own "Candle in the Wind" -- became a phenomenal global success, selling more than 33 million copies, and he performed it at her funeral.
He admitted in a TV interview this month that he was "very close" to being killed by drugs in the 1970s
Question here. Who will be the "mom" here, since both are dad, similarly, who will be the dad, if both are mom.
Will the children grow up to be accepting same partner union as the norm, and seeing male-female union to be abnormal?.
In the case or surrogacy, is the sperm of the of either partner being used? Or surrogacy as in others sperm is being used, is there even a remote possibility that the children will grow up to be a sexual object, since there is no biological ties.
