“There’s been a lot of stories going around about my regressive eyesight,” John told the star-studded audience at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s big night, as he and Brandi Carlile took the stage to give out the award for best original score. “I just wanted to reassure everybody that It’s not as bad as it seems.”

Elton John was in good spirits at the Golden Globe Awards amid a monthslong health battle. The five-time Grammy winner shared on social media last September that he was dealing with a "severe eye infection,