Anne Hathaway battled a secret medical condition for ten years before finally undergoing surgery.
During an appearance on The New York Times’ podcast « Popcast, » the « Devil Wears Prada 2 » actress, 43, revealed she was « legally blind » in one eye all throughout her 30s due to an early-onset cataract.
« This is maybe too much information, » she began. « I was half blind for 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, » she continued. « And I didn’t realize how bad it had gotten until I could finally see the full spectrum. »
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« I’ve calmed down since then, » Hathaway added. « I didn’t realize it was actually taxing my nervous system. »
According to the Mayo Clinic, a cataract is the clouding of the lens of the eye.
« For people who have cataracts, seeing through cloudy lenses is often like looking through a frosty or fogged-up window. Clouded vision caused by cataracts can make it hard to read, drive a car at night or see the expression on a friend’s face. »
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Hathaway said her current vision is a « miracle. »
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« 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 actress continued. « I actually am like, ‘Oh, two generations back, that wouldn’t have been an option for someone like me.’ So, I actually do feel very connected to that kind of a miracle. »
Most recently, Hathaway fired back at plastic surgery rumors circulating online despite having a « preference » to « never comment on anything » and « not draw attention » to herself.
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« We’re at a time when people feel very confident in assuming what they think is fact, and sometimes what they think is accurate and sometimes it’s not, » Hathaway said.
« The speculation has gotten so loud that you do feel the need to just get your truth out there, » she continued. « And I’ll probably always wonder, ‘Should I have posted that or not? Should I have just kept going and done the thing that makes me happy and makes me feel more confident on the red carpet?’ But I felt like the conversation was becoming distracting. »
« Also, by the way, these are huge medical decisions that people are presuming, » she added. « I wanted to show that like, no, I didn’t make a huge medical decision. It’s just two braids. »
She then confessed, « By the way, the other thing about all this is, I might still get a facelift someday. »
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Publish date : 2026-05-25 21:22:00
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