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Adrian Edmondson has revealed that his lifelong short-sightedness has been cured at the age of 66.
The actor and comedian says he no longer needs spectacles, which he had worn since he was eight. He claimed his short-sightedness ‘caught up with and cancelled out’ the long-sightedness that can happen to adults later in life.
Edmondson – star of television programmes including The Young Ones, Bottom and The Comic Strip films – made the admission while performing to an audience at The Bath Forum.
He said: ‘I know what you’re thinking, where’s his specs? He doesn’t wear specs, you’re saying. You’re thinking of that character I played in Bottom. But he wears them in real life too – you’re saying – on such esteemed shows as Good Morning Britain and The One Show.
Adrian Edmondson has revealed that his lifelong short-sightedness has been cured at the age of 66
The actor and comedian says he no longer needs spectacles, which he had worn since he was eight. He claimed his short-sightedness ‘caught up with and cancelled out’ the long-sightedness that can happen to adults later in life
He said: ‘I know what you’re thinking, where’s his specs? He doesn’t wear specs, you’re saying. You’re thinking of that character I played in Bottom. But he wears them in real life too – you’re saying – on such esteemed shows as Good Morning Britain and The One Show
‘I started to wear specs when I was about eight – I became a little speccy-four-eyes. I was bullied in the playground. I stood up to it.
‘The short-sightedness I had can be seen if you like on an increasing graph over time. But as I got this ancient, the long-sightedness of old age has been creeping up from the opposite direction. And at this precise moment in my life, I am in the cross-hairs where the short-sightedness has been cancelled out by the long-sightedness.
‘And I can almost… see. So I will be able to see if you try and nip out. I have locked the doors and cross-checked.’
Edmondson, who is married to actress Jennifer Saunders, is not wearing glasses on the cover of his forthcoming book, a memoir called Berserker!
