--- description: The boycott against Dolce and Gabbana grew in its momentum following Elton John's response to the designers' statements on gay adoption. title: Celebrities Join Elton John in Dolce & Gabbana Boycott image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12471067f17c4201/698783a7f887dc978ee8a99c/ap814010038050.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Celebrities Join Elton John in Dolce & Gabbana Boycott by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 16, 2015 3:23 AM CUT  Elton John performs on Feb. 28, 2015, in Reading, Pa. Elton John performs on Feb. 28, 2015, in Reading, Pa.Owen Sweeney—Invision/AP by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 16, 2015 3:23 AM CUT Celebrities have joined in the condemnation of fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana — honchos of Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana — who drew the ire of Elton John Saturday when they declared gay adoption unnatural and deemed children born via IVF “[synthetic children](http://time.com/3745375/elton-john-dolce-gabbana-ivf-gay-adoption/ "undefined").” The 67-year-old “Candle in the Wind” singer immediately took to Instagram to demand: “How dare you refer to my beautiful children as “synthetic?” and warning “I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again. #BoycottDolceGabbana.” Now, celebrities from Ricky Martin to Courtney Love are echoing John’s sentiment, referring to the luxury designers’ views as outdated and promising to dispose of the brand-name products: > [](https://twitter.com/ricky%5Fmartin/status/577112194132881409) Amid the backlash, Stefano Gabbana [issued](http://m.apnews.com/ap/db%5F268764/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=lUxsjwuD "undefined") a press statement Sunday saying “It was never our intention to judge other people’s choices. We do believe in freedom and love.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3745411/elton-john-dolce-gabbana-boycott-gay-adoption-synthetic-children/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3745411/elton-john-dolce-gabbana-boycott-gay-adoption-synthetic-children/"},"headline":"Celebrities Join Elton John in Dolce & Gabbana Boycott","datePublished":"2015-03-16T03:23:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:16:35.620Z","description":"#BoycottDolceGabbana begins trending on Twitter","url":"https://time.com/3745411/elton-john-dolce-gabbana-boycott-gay-adoption-synthetic-children/","keywords":["celebrities","LGBT","elton john"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12471067f17c4201/698783a7f887dc978ee8a99c/ap814010038050.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12471067f17c4201/698783a7f887dc978ee8a99c/ap814010038050.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Elton John performs on Feb. 28, 2015, in Reading, Pa.","caption":"Elton John performs on Feb. 28, 2015, in Reading, Pa.","creditText":"Owen Sweeney—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3745411/elton-john-dolce-gabbana-boycott-gay-adoption-synthetic-children/","name":"Celebrities Join Elton John in Dolce & Gabbana Boycott"}}]}] ```