I'm half blind but I can still feel the love from friends on FaceTime

Chats with Macca and Brandi

- BY BETHANY WHITTINGHAM

SIR Elton John catches up with showbiz pals including Sir Paul McCartney online so he can zoom in and see them now that he's half blind, he has revealed.

The 78-year-old megastar lost the sight in his right eye last year and his left is "not so good". But he is optimistic that "some day science will help me with this one".

Sir Elton said: "It's been devastating. The last 15 months have been challenging because I haven't been able to see anything, watch anything, read anything.