Elton John vs Dolce & Gabbana: "How dare you say my kids are synthetic?"

These days there is no talk of anything else: Dolce & Gabbana in the focus of the viewfinder for decidedly unpopular statements about children born to surrogate mothers, defined as "synthetic children" by Domenico Dolce, words that obviously infuriated gay parents and did not resort to artificial fertilization, in particular Elton John, father of two children, who via social media has decided to boycott the brand.

It all started with this declaration by Domenico Dolce, issued to Panorama a few days ago: "We didn't invent the family. The Holy Family made it an icon, but there is no religion, there is no social status that holds: you are born and have a father and a mother. Or at least it should be so, this is why I am not convinced by those I call the children of chemistry, the synthetic children. Uterers for rent, seeds chosen from a catalog. And then you go and explain to these children who the mother is. Procreating must be an act of love, today not even psychiatrists are ready to face the effects of these experiments. I am gay, I cannot have a child. I believe that you cannot have everything in life, if there is none it means that there should not be. It is also nice to deprive yourself of something. Life has its own natural path, there are things that should not be changed. And one of these is the family ". Moreover, it was to be expected that these very strong words, spoken by a public figure known all over the world, would have had a global media coverage. Yet it seems that for Domenico Dolce all this was a surprise. the first voice to lash out against the opinion of the Sicilian designer was that of the British artist Elton John, who has two children obtained through in vitro fertilization with her husband David Furnish: "How dare you say that my wonderful children are" synthetic "?", wrote the English baronet from his Instagram profile, adding that the designer couple should "being ashamed for pointing their little fingers against in vitro fertilization, a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, straight and homosexual, to realize their dream of having children. Your archaic thinking is out of time: just like your fashion creations. I will never wear anything by Dolce and Gabbana again. " This is what the English singer who invited to boycott the brand writes, starting a campaign via twitter with the hashtag #BoicottDolceGabbana. To support the British interpreter there were many well-known faces, including Ricky Martin, also father of two. children born with artificial insemination, the singer Courtney Love and the homosexual tennis player Martina Navratilova.

Despite the uproar aroused, Domenico Dolce still wanted to try to repair the damage, with the following declaration: "I am Sicilian and I grew up with a traditional family model, made up of mum, dad and children. I know that there are other realities and it is right that they exist, but in my vision this is what was transmitted to me, and with these the values of love and family. I grew up like that, but that doesn't mean I don't approve of other choices. I spoke for myself, without judging the decisions of others ". Perhaps if you represent a famous personality all over the world, you should pay more attention to the words used to express a thought, more or less acceptable. Don't you find it too?