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Johnny Depp talks about eyesight problems

Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp

Actor Johnny Depp has revealed that he has to rely on prescription glasses because he is almost blind in one eye and near-sighted in the other.

The 50-year-old movie star has confessed that he had “been blind as a bat” in his left eye since birth due to a problem that is impossible to correct.

Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine the Lone Ranger actor, who is also near-sighted in his right eye, admitted that he can barely see anything at all if he is not wearing his prescription glasses.

He explained: ''Everything is just very, very blurry. I've never had proper vision.''

Depp, who has two children, Lily-Rose, 14, and Jack, 11, with his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Paradis, said he can only see a few inches from his face if he is playing a character that does not wear glasses or sunglasses.

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