Sir Elton John and Husband David Furnish Welcome Baby Boy

By PopEater Staff Posted Dec 28th 2010 04:00AM

Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have become the proud parents to a baby boy named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John.

Zachary was born weighing 7 lbs., 15 oz. via a surrogate mother in California on Christmas Day. This is the first child for John, 62, and Furnish, 48. The couple married in 2005 after being together for 12 years.

In a joint statement to Us Magazine, the couple said: "We are overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment. Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents."

A rep for the couple has stated that John and Furnish intend to protect and respect the privacy of the surrogate and will not be discussing any details relating to the surrogacy arrangements made.

According to the Daily Mail, the couple had first attempted to adopt an HIV-positive child from the Ukraine last year. The adoption, however, was rejected on the grounds of John's age and the fact that the country does not recognize civil marriages. John then made a commitment to support the boy financially.

Tags: david furnish, elton john

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Tuesday 28 December

By cc

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This is child abuse!!!!!!!!

By jckfmsincty

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I think they will be excellent parents.

By marie

I agree. I don't see any of these fine folks damning the crack-head welfare queens who mooch off of the taxpayer.Oh, I forgot. This is a gay couple!

By RYAN

Looking at them I cant tell which of them was pregnant.

By Phil

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Oh Ryan, you are SO clever.

By Jay

jIs that suppose to be funny?

By Ruth

Selfish to have a child in your sixties. Very good chances that by the time this person is 20 at least one and possibly both parents will be dead. Of Course there is a woman out there somewhere, presumably younger than 40 who is really the mother of the child.

By calvin

Bet she got a boat load of Money

By leslamonte

pity the child, we live in a world gone mad.

By paul

I believe our " civilization " is getting sicker by the day.

By TLH

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Elton!!! why didnt you do this earlier? you are far to old to just now be starting a family you are grandpa age now! David, you too!! I just dont get it you both could have done this years ago. selfish in a way even though Im happy for you

By Pat

A 62 year old mother - when a woman in Italy had a baby at 62 the press devoured her.

Wednesday 29 December

By KEEZGURL

It wasn't "in" then

By pepper

This kid will have more pink in his closet than my daughter has in her's.

By Starapple

What a silly conclusion.

By ttrexxx

wouldn't be so bad if he were a normal gay male...,but elton john is such a flamer..I bet they made sure the kid has the gay gene..lol the kid is doomed

By lucydina42

"The kid is doomed." How so? The child will be fine.

I'm not a basher..but hot pants a boa and platform shoes..lol like i said he doesn't have a chance..lol

Because he wears those things in his real life, right? Have you seen the photo with this article? Do you know the difference between an entertainer's persona and who he/she is when not onstage? I guess Johnny Depp is really missing teeth and had a different pirate outfit for every occasion.

By Cin

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Well, isn't that just wonderful...a child who will be raised with no mother and an ancient father. Is this supposed to be good news??

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