Elton John apologises for Radio 2 swear

The singer, 63, slipped up after Evans described how fellow musician JOOLS HOLLAND diligently practises the piano every morning.

Elton drops the F-bomb

Star John swears on Radio 2 with Chris Evans

Sir Elton sighed and blurted out: "Oh f***ing hell!" - which was heard by up to nine million listeners in the family time slot.

Horrified Evans instantly broke in, saying: "We must apologise for that, kiddies there."

New dad Sir Elton hastily explained: "I was just exasperated with that - I mean I can't think of anything worse than getting up and playing the piano."

But he added: "Sorry about that. The remark was just so 'eurgh' I'm very sorry for that awful word I said - 'Jools Holland'."

Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John ... has 'David Furnish's ears and Elton John's nose'

Evans, 44, then cut to a song and the news - before Sir Elton came back for a less jokey apology, prompted by BBC producers.

This time he said: "I'm really, really sorry I said that naughty word. I can't believe anyone would want to get up and play the piano first thing in the morning."

Evans then played the star's hit Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word.

But many listeners remained furious - with the BBC receiving 36 formal complaints and others blasting the star in online forums.

One wrote: "Thanks for that swear word Elton - very clever - my 8 year old was shocked just before leaving for school."

In a statement, Radio 2 bosses said last night: "The BBC apologises if any offence was caused."

Before the storm ... Elton John and Chris Evans pose merrily this morning before the controversial tongue-slip

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Sir Elton also spoke of baby son ZACHARY who was born to a surrogate mum on Christmas Day.

He said he and civil partner David Furnish, 48, still do not know who is the biological dad.

Evans asked: "Did you both divvy up the sperm?"

Sir Elton replied: "We did, we don't know whose the baby is, but we'll find out later."

The legend then joked: "He's got my nose and David's ears."

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IN 1975 Elton took 60 Valium and tried to drown himself in a pool on the eve of a gig in Los Angeles.

He told Chris: "I was taking drugs, basically. I didn't get much rest and when you start taking substances that you shouldn't, they didn't suit my personality.

"I had my stomach pumped and the next day I was at Dodger Stadium.

"Very rock 'n' roll though."

ELTON is avidly following the Australian Open - and is desperate for ANDY MURRAY to win the final against Serbian NOVAK DJOKOVIC tomorrow.

He said: "Oh God I hope he wins. This is his best chance logistically, no NADAL, no FEDERER his bête noir - Djokovic destroyed Federer the other night, so Djokovic is playing out of his mind."

He said if Murray beat DAVID FERRER yesterday in the semi to get to the showdown - which he did - "it'll be a fabulous final".

A Melbourne tram ... Elton John snapped one up

THE singer told Chris the craziest thing he had ever bought was a TRAM from Melbourne, Australia. He went on: "It cost me 10,000 Australian dollars. And God knows how much to ship it back."

When asked why, he said: "Somebody was saying, 'They're selling all the Melbourne trams to San Francisco' and I thought, 'I'd like one of those, they're really nice' - as you do - then I shipped it home.

"It's in the garden. It's beautiful and perfectly preserved. A bit like myself."

SON Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born on Dec 25.

Sir Elton explained to listeners: "Zachary is one of my favourite names and DAVID's. And it's one of our favourite churches in Venice where we have a home called San Zaccaria. It was John the Baptist's father's name.

"Jackson is a name I've always liked and David's dad is called Jack. And it was just going to be Zachary Jackson."

Then the baby's birth reminded them of Elton's 1971 song Levon, which mentions a boy "born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day".

Elton said: "I chucked that in for a bit of rock-star influence.

Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3377024/Elton-John-apologises-for-Radio-2-swear.html

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