“I’m having the best time of my life, except for this f—ing eye.

I wish I could see you, but I can’t,” he told the crowd at TIFF.

I wish I could see you, but I can’t."

Elton John and David Furnish

Elton John and husband David Furnish at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.Cindy Ord/WireImage

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It was so stupid, the amount of years I lost by not telling the truth and fooling myself.

When I stopped fooling myself, obviously my life turned around."

Elton John: Never Too Late

Archival footage of Elton John in ‘Never Too Late’.Courtesy of TIFF

It’s the greatest feeling I’ve ever had in my life."

Elton John: Never Too Latepremieres Dec. 13 onDisney+.

Watch John get emotional discussing the film and his journey to sobriety in the video above.