{"id":18269,"date":"2026-01-26T07:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=18269"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:15:04","slug":"elton-johns-very-unusual-jewellery-made-out-of-his-own-body-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=18269","title":{"rendered":"Elton John&#8217;s very unusual jewellery made out of his own body part"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_a3144a\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Elton John has undergone multiple surgeries over the years, from a double knee replacement to prostate cancer surgery<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<div class=\"Byline_author-and-badge-wrapper__2dsv1\"><span><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_cf0001\">Steven White<\/strong><\/span><span> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_cf0001\">Jane Lavender<\/strong> Associate Editor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">02:00, 26 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36586195\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Elton John has had some unusual jewellery made\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Elton John has had some unusual jewellery made<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Elton John has shared how he transformed his kneecaps into a unique fashion statement following a double knee replacement in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a short documentary last year, discussing the role of gold in his life both on and off stage, the 78-year-old music icon said: &#8220;When I had my kneecaps removed, the left one first and then the right, I asked my surgeon if I could keep the kneecaps, which he was rather startled about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He sought the expertise of jewellery designer Theo Fennell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fennell then detailed the intricate process of turning bone into wearable art: &#8220;We had to bake them to dry them out,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;Then they get raw like pumice stone, they&#8217;re very porous, and so we had to paint them with acetate and then just polish them up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-36601784\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36601784\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Elton-John-Never-Too-Late-London-Film-Festival-Premiere.jpg\" alt=\"Elton John attends the Elton John: Never Too Late European debut as part of the London Film Festival at Southbank Centre - Royal Festival Hall on October 10, 2024 in London, England.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"After having his knees replaced, Elton had jewellery made\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">After having his knees replaced, Elton had jewellery made<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images for Disney\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images for Disney)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Proudly displaying a gold-framed necklace housing a piece of bone, Elton said: &#8220;My right kneecap. That&#8217;s my right patella. My surgeon said I had the worst knees he&#8217;s ever operated on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He likened the appearance of the bone fragment to an &#8220;That hole was actually in my kneecap. It looks a bit like an old artefact from Egypt.&#8221;, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/elton-john-kneecaps-made-priceless-36593924\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow\">the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Elton praised Fennell&#8217;s craftsmanship, particularly praising the chain made of bones: &#8220;I honestly think these are timeless pieces that will last for centuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fennell added his own thoughts: &#8220;I just thought it would be more fun to have a necklace that reflected the thing at the end of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-36601786\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36601786\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Elton-John-Never-Too-Late-Headline-Gala-68th-BFI-London-Film-Festival.jpg\" alt=\"Elton John wears a necklace made of his own patella\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Elton John wears a necklace made of his own patella\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Elton John wears a necklace made of his own patella<cite aria-label=\"Image: Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images for BFI\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images for BFI)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The reverse side of the necklace bears a Latin inscription translating to &#8220;I will no longer bow to any man.&#8221;, prompting the designer to joke: &#8220;Which of course you can&#8217;t do with a kneecap missing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Elton had previously revealed at the premiere of his biopic &#8216;It&#8217;s Never Too Late&#8217; regarding his health struggles: &#8220;I don&#8217;t have tonsils, adenoids or an appendix. I don&#8217;t have a prostate. I don&#8217;t have a right hip or a left knee or a right knee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He added: &#8220;In fact, the only thing left to me is my left hip. But I&#8217;m still here. And I can&#8217;t thank you [enough], you&#8217;re the people that made me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Back in 2013, he was forced to postpone tour dates due to appendicitis, with a spokesperson revealing he made, &#8220;superhuman efforts&#8221; to perform despite being unwell. Surgery to remove his appendix followed later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Elton has also been managing Type 2 diabetes since the early 2000s, which compelled him to make drastic alterations to his eating habits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I can have an apple, I can eat a bit of melon. As long as you&#8217;re sensible about it, it doesn&#8217;t shoot your blood sugar up. But what I crave is chocolate and ice cream, I can&#8217;t have any ice cream,&#8221; he once revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Subsequently in 2017, he received a prostate cancer diagnosis. He opted for surgery rather than chemotherapy, believing this would be less emotionally demanding on his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Nevertheless, he experienced serious complications following the operation that almost cost him his life. In his autobiography &#8216;Me, Elton&#8217; he also disclosed he was merely &#8220;24 hours from death&#8221; after developing a rare infection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;In the hospital, alone at the dead of night, I&#8217;d prayed: please don&#8217;t let me die, please let me see my kids again, please give me a little longer,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/showbiz\/elton-johns-very-unusual-jewellery-36601787\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elton John has undergone multiple surgeries over the years, from a double knee replacement to prostate cancer surgery Steven White and Jane Lavender Associate Editor 02:00, 26 Jan 2026 Elton John has had some unusual jewellery made(Image: Getty) Elton John has shared how he transformed his kneecaps into a unique fashion statement following a double &#8230; <a title=\"Elton John&#8217;s very unusual jewellery made out of his own body part\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=18269\" aria-label=\"Read more about Elton John&#8217;s very unusual jewellery made out of his own body part\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elton-Johns-very-unusual-jewellery-made-out-of-his-own.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18271,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18269\/revisions\/18271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}