When she does go out, Dench said she’s always accompanied by someone because she will “walk into something or fall over”
Dame Judi Dench opened up about the difficulties her deteriorating eyesight has caused — as well as a few cheeky positives — during a recent interview on the Fearless podcast.
The 90-year-old actress has been battling advanced macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that does not cause blindness, though it does make facial recognition and reading especially difficult. On Fearless, Dench said that in any event she goes to these days, “Somebody will always be with me,” adding with a laugh: “I have to now because I can’t see and will walk into something or fall over.”
Long before she required a companion, though, Dench quipped that she was never good at going to events or parties by herself. “Not at all, nor would I…
