Elton John (Photo : Reuters)
Dolce & Gabbana owners, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have finally responded to the negative reactions over their IVF comments. Dolce and Gabbana have issued separate statements, both insisting that they were only talking based on personal insights.
In a statement released on Sunday, the pair insisted that their statements were made not to judge other people, but to talk about their own insights and beliefs.
"I was talking about my personal view, without judging other people's choices and decisions," Dolce said, writes The Guardian.
Gabbana also wrote in a separate statement that it was never their intention to judge other people and that they were merely speaking of the way they view reality.
The clarification was prompted by Sir Elton John's reactions to Dolce & Gabbana's statements on IVF-born babies. The "Your Song" singer posted on his Instagram page a call to boycott the designer brand.
"How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic'," the caption reads.
John said that IVF is "a miracle," which allows both straight and gay men and women to fulfill their dreams of having children. John also claimed that their "archaic thinking is out of step with the times," and compared their way of thinking with their fashion line.
The singer's comments were in line with some of the leading LGBT groups, which called the designers' statements as "deeply insulting."
"You are born to a mother and father - or at least that's how it should be. I call children of chemistry synthetic children," says Dolce in an interview with Panorama magazine, writes Independent.
