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The film also showed Stanley's seeming disregard for Elton's interest in music — another element Geoff said was inaccurate. “He’d died the day before,” Geoff said.

(Paramount Pictures), Steven Mackintosh portrayed Elton John's father in 'Rocketman'.


Click here to upload yours. He was incredibly proud of Elton and everything that he achieved. (Paramount Pictures), Elton John and partner David Furnish attending the 'Rocketman' UK premiere on May 20, 2019. This was not the father they had grown up with, said Geoff. Despite winning a scholarship at the local school, he was given a four-year prison sentence for a bungled robbery at 18-years-old. Geoff admits that he barely speaks to Elton, 72, and now lives Ruthin in North Wales where he organises music festivals. "When are you going to hug me?" Taron Egerton portrayed Elton John in 'Rocketman'. In once scene, Stan refuses to hug Elton whilst in another, he barks at him to stop practising the piano.

To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. "Dad bought a piano for Elton and had it sent round to where he was living with his mother," he revealed. Together they have at least seven children. that he wasn't happy with the way their father, Stanley Dwight, was portrayed as a monster in the film.

", Geoff recalled a moment on his father's deathbed when he and his three other brothers — Stanley Jnr, Robert and Simon — were all standing vigil when a family friend made the remark, "You've got four wonderful sons, Stan," to which he replied, "I've got five wonderful sons.".

The half-siblings didn’t get to spend much time together; as Elton’s career began to rise, Geoff found himself on a path that led to jail. ELTON John's brother has slammed the star's Rocketman biopic and insisted their dad was proud of him and didn't care that he was gay.

View our online Press Pack. Because the siblings were somewhat estranged and much younger than Elton, Geoff does recognise that he wasn't around when Stanley was raising the musician. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Katie Price's daughter Princess orders her to take down embarrassing photo, Cadaver dogs smell HUMAN REMAINS by Carole Baskin's missing husband's lake house, Gigi Hadid shares rare pic of newborn baby girl and tags 'aunt' Taylor Swift, Holly Willoughby gives fans a first glimpse of her swimming pool at £3m home, BGT fans accuse Amanda Holden of wardrobe malfunction after 'seeing nipples', ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).

Stanley — who was Flight Lieutenant in the RAF — had moved out when Elton was 14 and later remarried. "But knowing Dad as I did, I doubt it. "That's not the dad I remember," says Geoff, who was one of Stanley's four sons by his second marriage. He adds: "As a kid, my memories of Dad are of him laughing and larking around. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed, Elton John's half brother Geoff Dwight says he their dad loved his son, Elton's half brother, Geoffrey W Dwight pictured in his home village in Ruthin, Clwyd, Wales, Elton John's brother Geoffrey, seated third from the left, has slammed Rocketman and says their dad didn't care his son was gay, The movie tracks Elton's various addictions and blames the lack of love in his home for his troubles, Elton John launches into an anti-Brexit tirade and tells fans he’s ‘European’ and not an ‘English idiot’, Geoff has painted a very different picture of their dad Stanley, Elton John's jilted bride Linda Hannon opens up about her heartache decades after he called off their wedding, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). He was in a swing band himself, so I see no reason why he'd have thwarted Elton.". This is not the first time Geoff is vocal about his father and Elton’s relationship. In the past he’s said Elton didn’t even came to their father’s funeral, and it was Elton who was cold about their father.

He even tells a young Elton - whose real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight - that he isn't good enough to get a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music. Watch the brand new docuseries Love Fraud now on Stan. When he finally tracked him down to tell him their father was dying, Stanley had passed.

Elton John’s Parents, Sheila Eileen Dwight & Stanley Dwight. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. He says he "cannot believe" Elton's depiction of Stanley.

"He was a product of a time when men didn't go around hugging each other and showing their feelings every minute of every day, but he had plenty of love in him for all of us.
"A friend once said, 'You’ve got four wonderful sons, Stan', to which he replied, 'I’ve got five wonderful sons.'". But Geoff hits back at the potrayal saying: "Dad encouraged all of us to be musical. According to Elton, it wasn’t a happy marriage. "That doesn’t sound like a man who discourages his kids.". The new Elton John biopic, Rocketman, has been embraced by audiences around the world, including the legendary musician himself, but one family member reckons the film was highly inaccurate.