Sir Elton John has caused something of a stir with comments he made during a new interview with Variety .

The music icon recently sat down with the entertainment outlet to discuss his work with the Elton John AIDS Foundation , a charity he co-founded in the early 1990s which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support HIV and AIDS-related organisations globally.

Early on in the conversation, Sir Elton voiced his frustrations with the current state of HIV/AIDS research, which he said he is “enraged by”.

“You know, there’s a big war that’s being settled, hopefully,” the Candle In The Wind singer claimed. “But there’s another war. with people who are suffering from HIV and AIDS that should be able to get their medicine but can’t, because governments won’t let them. It’s inh

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