While Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John and Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John surely are more than comfortable, their dads aren’t going to hand them everything. In a 2016 interview with the Mirror, Elton John shared that he and David Furnish don’t plan on leaving their entire fortune to their sons. “Of course I want to leave my boys in a very sound financial state,” Elton said. “But it’s terrible to give kids a silver spoon. It ruins their life.” In a separate interview with BBC Radio 6 (via Mirror), Elton shared a similar sentiment. “[I]f they want a new car they’re going to have to pay for it, and they’re going to have the second hand car to start with- that’s what I had,” he said.
At the time of the aforementioned Mirror interview, Elton and David were putting their wills together. The former made it clear that, above all else, they want to do right by their boys and encourage them to find some level of financial independence.
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Sure, Elton and David’s sons are godchildren to Lady Gaga and have received gifts from Donatella Versace, but at the end of the day, their dads hope they always remember to keep their feet firmly planted on the ground. “Listen, the boys live the most incredible lives, they’re not normal kids, and I’m not pretending they are,” John said. “But you have to have some semblance of normality, some respect for money, some respect for work.”
