'I took just as much cocaine as Whitney, it's a miracle I am not dead': Elton John's startling confession

Whitney Houston and Sir Elton John

Elton John has revealed he took so much cocaine it's a 'miracle' he didn't end up dying an addict, like Whitney Houston. As the 65-year-old confessed if he hadn't kicked his drug habit in 1990 he would be dead, rumours began circulating that the singer and husband David Furnish could be having another child.

'I'd probably be dead,' he declared. 'I didn't want to end up like Whitney Houston and I could so easily have ended up like her.' Elton's revelations come just six weeks after Whitney was found dead in the bathroom of her Beverly Hills hotel room aged just 48.

Last week, a newly released toxicology report showed she had cocaine in her system when she died. A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner said the tests revealed she had been a 'chronic user'. Elton, who married partner David Furnish in 2005, has always been open about his battle with drugs and alcohol.

Rumours began circulating online that the pair are having a second child, they already have one-year-old Zachary, but these are currently unconfirmed. 

A source told the Daily Mirror: ‘The wheels are in motion. David and Elton have never hidden their desire to extend their family, and believe the time is right for another child. ‘By the end of this year, or the beginning of next year, there will be a fourth member of the John-Furnish clan.' culled from Dailymail