Elton John's lover David Furnish has defended the singer's outburst at a Taiwanese airport last week - insisting he was tired after a long flight.
The Candle in the Wind star lashed out at a waiting bunch of photographers, calling them "vile pigs", but Furnish says someone should have protected him from the media scrum.
Furnish explains: "People don't realise what happened. First his plane had to circle in the air for an hour. Then when he landed he had to walk half a mile to customs and go through all the security. Nobody stopped them, nobody protected him."