TORONTO — Jennifer Aniston has revealed she doesn’t read much because she struggles with dyslexia.
The 45-year-old actress said she wasn’t diagnosed with the disorder until she was in her early 20s.
“I had to wear these Buddy Holly glasses. One had a blue lens and one had a red lens. And I had to read a paragraph, and they gave me a quiz, gave me 10 questions based on what I’d just read, and I think I got three right.
“Then they put a computer on my eyes, showing where my eyes went when I read. My eyes would jump four words and go back two words, and I also had a little bit of a lazy eye, like a crossed eye, which they always have to correct in photos.”
Aniston said finding out she was dyslexic was life-changing because until the diagnosis “I thought I wasn’t smart. I just couldn’t retain anything.”
She added: “Now I had this great discovery. I felt like all of my childhood trauma-dies, tragedies, dramas were explained.”
In the same interview, Aniston spoke about her relationship with ex-husband Brad Pitt and how she has been publicly painted as the scorned ex-wife.
Aniston said she hopes people would “just stop with the stupid, soap-opera bulls***. There’s no story.”
She is equally exasperated with the endless speculation about whether she will become a mother.
“Listen,” said Aniston, “that’s a topic that’s so exhausted. I get nervous around that, just because it’s very personal.
“Who knows if it’s going to happen? It’s been a want. We’re doing our best.”
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