Ray Williams was Sir Elton's first manager and propelled him to stardom. Artist and designer David Larkham also met his first wife Janice on the trip. He's disappointed by it all and needs closure.'. Reid met Elton John at a Christmas party in 1970, and the two started a relationship soon after. 'I gave up everything I was doing at that time to manage him.'. In July 1973, he acquiesced, and the duo struck up a business partnership. That is exactly the film we’re left to watch and enjoy. While Rocketman shows Elton in a relationship with a landlady, who he ultimately comes out to and breaks up with, that was apparently the substitute for Linda’s story, as well as the fact that Elton John technically wouldn’t come out as a homosexual until after his four-year marriage dissolved. Later in the film, we see Elton John storm out of a show at Madison Square Garden, only to take a cab out to said facility and check himself in. John recently told The Telegraph he was comfortable at the time discussing his relationship with Reid, but Reid wasn’t. "Reid and John settled out of court — Reid paying John £3.4 million — but the case against PWC and Reid's colleague Andrew Haydon, both of whom contested the allegations, hit the High Court in 2000.". You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io, On Set of 'The Many Saints of Newark': The Photos, Tom Hardy Couldn't Possibly Be the Next Bond, Why Miller's Crossing Is the Best Coens Movie, How Showgirls Became a Hate Watch Classic, Minority Report Hasn't Been Loved to Death, John David Washington Weighs In On 'Tenet' Theory. Once the vibe had gone out everybody wanted to be there.'. For Ray Elton's obsession with the rich and famous became all too apparent when he watched his old friend be made godfather to the offspring of several celebrities - after he abandoned the same role for Ray's daughter Amoreena. Just last month Brooklyn put a photo of him and Elton at a fashion event in LA in his instragram account, captioning it 'with the coolest godfather'. Sorry seems to be the hardest word for Sir Elton John, whose first manager reveals how he discovered the singer in the 1960s and set him on the path to superstardom - only for John to never speak to him again after a bitter fall out. Ray was even ask to step in during 1982 when Elton fell out with Dick James and sued him for royalties and copyright he said were unlawfully taken from him. Bernie, then 21, met his first wife Maxime on the trip and went on the write the hit Tiny Dancer about her. Ray recalled he was 'a bit fat, a bit forlorn-looking' when he walked into his office the first time they met. But in 1998, after three decades of working together, John and Reid split after The Daily Mirror reported on John’s lavish spending. They were also romantically linked, although they kept that under wraps. I don't remember if I was in tears or not. Keep that piece of information in mind, as it’ll play into other events the film depicts.