Anne Hathaway recently opened up about living in silence with a concerning health issue for a decade. The celebrated actress, who has also been in the spotlight regarding facelift rumors, disclosed that she was legally blind for ten years due to an early-onset cataract.
According to the Mayo Clinic, a cataract is essentially a clouding of the lens in the eye. This condition can lead to blurry vision, faded colors, and increased sensitivity to glare, although it is typically correctable through surgery.
During an April appearance on the New York Times podcast Popcast, Hathaway, now 43, shared, “It impacted my vision so much that I was basically legally blind out of my left eye and I wound up getting surgery.” Recounting her experience to hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, she expressed surprise at how much her vision had deteriorated, saying, “I didn’t realize how bad it had gotten until I could finally see the full spectrum.”
News of Hathaway’s revelation quickly spread among fans, who expressed their astonishment on social media. One user on X commented, “Anne Hathaway just casually revealing she was legally blind out of her left eye for ten years on a random podcast with 87,000 subscribers. Girl, hello??”
‘I didn’t realize how bad it had gotten until I could finally see the full spectrum,’ she recalled to hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli.
Fans who got wind of the story took to X last week to express their shock, with one person writing, ‘Anne Hathaway just casually revealing she was legally blind out of her left eye for ten years on a random podcast with 87,000 subscribers. Girl, hello??’
Anne Hathaway recently revealed she quietly lived with a scary health condition for ten years
The 43-year-old actress claimed she was legally blind for a decade due to an early-onset cataract
Someone else pointed out, ‘The fact that she powered through ten years of major movies with that and never once complained or used it for press…actual legend behavior.’
And another echoed, ‘Oh my god?? The amount of movies she did during those ten years and she never mentioned it.’
Hathaway emphasized, ‘I appreciate vision because I literally feel like every day I wake up and I get to see the way that I do, it’s a miracle.’
The silver screen siren acknowledged that ‘two generations back’ her vision-saving surgery ‘wouldn’t have been an option for someone like me.’
She stopped by Popcast during a press day as she promoted her latest film, Mother Mary, in which she plays the movie’s titular pop star.
According to an IMDb logline the film sees Mary ‘reunite with her estranged best friend and former costume designer, Sam Anselm, on the eve of her comeback performance.’
Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, Kaia Gerber, Atheena Frizzell, Jessica Brown Findlay, FKA Twigs and Alba Baptista also star.
Hathaway told Stephen Colbert that Taylor Swift was an inspiration for the project, as director David Lowery is a big fan of the Grammy winner.
Fans who got wind of the story took to X last week to express their utter shock
Someone else pointed out ‘the fact that she powered through 10 years of major movies’ with the condition is ‘legend behavior’
Another person echoed, ‘Oh my god?? The amount of movies she did during those 10 years…’
‘It impacted my vision so much that I was basically legally blind out of my left eye and I wound up getting surgery,’ Hathaway divulged on the New York Times show Popcast in April with hosts Jon Caramanica (left) and Joe Coscarelli (right)
‘I mean, she was kind of like an angel that I felt like was over our heads all the time,’ she told the late-night host earlier this year.
‘And I was influenced by her tour film Miss Americana and how vulnerable she just let herself be.’
The longtime entertainer has a total of five films hitting theaters this year.
Following Mother Mary’s release on April 24, The Devil Wears Prada 2 hit theaters on May 1 and was met with enormous box office success.
Hathaway will also appear in The Odyssey, The End of Oak Street and Verity.
Last month, the actress was named the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by People magazine.
