Stevie Wonder straight addressed long-standing rumors about his blindness throughout a stay present in Cardiff, calling it a “blessing” that formed his view of the world.

Stevie Wonder silenced years of hypothesis about his imaginative and prescient throughout a cease on his Love, Light and Song tour in Cardiff, the place he straight addressed the long-running rumor that he can see.

“I must say to all of you something that I was thinking, ‘When did I want to let the world know this?’ But I wanted to say it right now. You know there have been rumors about me seeing and all that? But seriously, you know the truth,” Wonder advised the viewers. “Truth is, shortly after my birth, I became blind.”

The 75-year-old music icon, who misplaced his sight as an toddler attributable to problems from being born prematurely, has lengthy been the topic of web jokes and celeb anecdotes that query his blindness.

Despite his situation, Wonder’s potential to maneuver via the world with confidence has fueled conspiracy theories for many years.

Rather than shrink back from the chatter, the Motown legend leaned into it with grace and humor, utilizing the second to mirror on how his blindness formed his worldview.

“Now, that was a blessing,” he mentioned. “Because it’s allowed me to see the world in the vision of truth, of sight. See people in the spirit of them, not how they look. Not what color they are, but what color is their spirit?”

The rumors have been stored alive by celeb tales, together with a 2019 story from Shaquille O’Neal, who claimed Wonder acknowledged him in an elevator.

“He comes in, says, ‘What’s up Shaq?’” O’Neal mentioned throughout an look on Inside the NBA, sparking laughs and extra on-line debate.

In 2016, Anthony Anderson joked on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he as soon as challenged Wonder to a basketball recreation and got here away satisfied the blindness was “just an act.”

Despite the jokes, Wonder has by no means wavered in his reality.

His feedback in Cardiff marked one of many uncommon instances he’s spoken straight concerning the rumors in entrance of a stay viewers.

Wonder’s Love, Light and Song tour continues throughout the UK via the top of June.

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