Nursing a broken heart, Sir Elton John took revenge on his former manager and lover John Reid by erasing him from his new music video.

The former lovers broke up after Elton sued Reid's firm for mismanagement of his funds. Elton lost the suit and was slapped with a 10 million pound legal bill.

The promo for "Are You Ready For Love" has the crooner recording the number way back in 1979, surrounded by his pals, including John Reid, according to a report in The Sun.

To get even with his erstwhile beau, Elton has blotted Reid's face in the video for the track, which is lined up for release on September 1, 2003.

"There is still a lot of bad blood and Elton didn't want Reid to have anything to do with the record. The video could only be used if Reid was obscured, " a close friend of Elton was quoted as saying.

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