Molly Meldrum blames mooning incident on broken belt buckle

Molly Meldrum denies he intentionally dropped his pants to moon the crowd at Sir Elton John’s show, and blamed the incident on a faulty belt buckle.

Molly Meldrum has apologised for gatecrashing Sir Elton John’s farewell show at AAMI Park.

Music guru Meldrum, a close friend of Sir Elton’s for 50 years, also denied intentionally dropping his pants to moon the crowd.

Video of the incident ­appeared to show Meldrum laughing on stage as he mooned the crowd, but on Sunday night he blamed a faulty belt buckle.

“I shouldn’t have ventured on stage, but I just wanted to tell Elton that I loved him,” Meldrum said.

“Some people thought it was part of the show. It wasn’t. Elton had no idea I was going to jump on stage, nor did the promoter, ­Michael Chugg, who’s also a dear friend of mine.

“I feel terrible if any of the security people get in trouble. The whole thing was 100 per cent my idea – no one else knew what I was doing. Elton might have been singing The Bitch is Back but it was more a case of The Idiot is Back.”

Too rude! Molly Meldrum bares his butt on stage.

Elton said Molly was a ‘national treasure’.

The incident happened after Sir Elton paid a heartfelt tribute to Meldrum during the Farewell Yellow Brick Road show on Friday night.

“I’ve known Molly ever since I’ve been coming to Australia,” he said. “He’s helped me so much in Australia, he’s helped every single musician who’s been here.

“He’s honestly a national treasure. I want to thank him for the love and loyalty he’s shown me over the years. He’s an amazing man. Molly, thank you so much, I love you.”

A few songs later, Meldrum was side stage, then walked slowly into Sir Elton’s spotlight as the British star performed The Bitch is Back.

There were hugs, kisses, then Molly’s trousers ­appeared to drop, exposing his backside. The incident made headlines worldwide.

“The security people couldn’t do anything to stop a crazy man in a cowboy hat,” Meldrum said.

“It’s not the first time, and sadly, it probably won’t be the last, but I got carried away in the ­moment.

“I should have just given Elton a kiss and got off the stage. But when you’re that close to a genius at work, it’s something to savour.

“I shouldn’t have crashed Elton’s show. As for my performance being more revealing than it should have been … well, at the start of the night, my belt buckle broke and my pants were already falling down. And on stage, one thing led to another.

“I just hope my antics didn’t detract from a truly spectacular show and Elton’s fabulous farewell. No one is to blame apart from me.

“Elton is an icon and a legend. I’m just a naughty boy, who needs a new belt.”