Claudia Winkleman dance BBC Strictly Come Dancing Digital Claudia Winkleman

BBC Strictly host Claudia Winkleman's eye condition affects millions and left her 'banging into walls'

Reading now: 327
ok.co.uk

Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman suffers with severe myopia, which means she has a -15 short-sight prescription.

While some children are born with severe myopia – such as Claudia – for many others there are environmental factors which are having a severe impact on eyesight.The condition has meant for Claudia "everything is just a bit fuzzy on the outside".

Claudia has had two surgeries on her eyes but it hasn't completely healed her condition. Speaking on the How to Fail podcast earlier this month, she revealed: "A lit candle and everything is just a bit fuzzy round the outside. "I was born, I think with minus 15, so I've never really been able to see my face.

It's all guesswork. "I've had a couple of operations since then because I was just banging into walls. But now I wear lenses or glasses or whatever. "But everything is ish, it's just a vague idea which is how I'd like to live.

Read more on ok.co.uk
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA