Claudia Winkleman has opened up on her ongoing battle with myopia, as she admitted she 'can't read anymore'.
The TV presenter, 53, has always been candid about her eyesight struggles and in December she delved in deeper during an appearance on Gabby Logan's The Mid Point podcast.
She admitted: 'I've had lens replacement. I've had so many operations on my eyes.
'I had a lens replacement in my left eye because my astigmatism was so bad I was minus 16, but that was 14 years ago.'
The presenter admitted how her vision has changed over the years, meaning she's switched from being short-sighted and long-sighted.
She continued: 'Then I had a little fiddle with but because I was so short sighted by then fixing it I'm now long sighted so I can't really read anymore.
Claudia Winkleman has opened up on her ongoing battle with the chronic health condition myopia, as she admitted she 'can't read anymore'
The TV presenter, 53, has always been open about her eyesight struggles and in December she delved in deeper during an appearance on Gabby Logan's The Mid Point podcast
'I can with glasses, I've got plus 2.5 but I can't read The Bee Sting with those glasses and that light.'
In November 2023, Claudia revealed that her eyesight is still very blurry, despite undergoing two lots of surgery to fix it.
The Strictly Come Dancing host admitted that she has actually never been able to see her own face because of the issue.
She has previously discussed she had laser surgery following advice from London's specialist Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Speaking on the How to Fail podcast, Claudia said: 'A lit candle and everything is just a bit fuzzy round the outside. I was born, I think with minus 15, so I've never really been able to see my face. It's all guesswork.
'I've had a couple of operations since then because I was just banging into walls. But now I wear lenses or glasses or whatever.
'But everything is ish, it's just a vague idea which is how I'd like to live. I don't want to live in perfect land. I want to live in fuzzy world.
'If there's perfect here, people who want things to look good and ordered and alphabetised and organised, and then there's the other end, I'm past the other end.
'I like irregular and ramshackle and messy. Just look at the way I do my eye make-up. I'm not very good at neat.'
She admitted: 'I've had lens replacement. I've had so many operations on my eyes'
It comes as Claudia is set to temporarily replace Graham Norton on his eponymous talk show - The Graham Norton show
'Often when the kids have been playing with my phone with the camera switched round and I have to call somebody or I'm making a call, I'm like "I don't understand why Ozzy Osbourne..I didn't even invite him round", and then I'm like "Ah, it's me".'
Sharing her love for art, Claudia shared that her limited eyesight explains why she had always liked blurry paintings by Rembrandt and the Chiaroscuro with strong light and dark contrast.
She added: 'I like Chiaroscuro. I love smudged, I don't like pin sharp ever.
'Look at the photos on my phone - they're all slightly wonky. I've 18,000 of just a sofa end because I got confused.
'I've always had terrible eyesight, which is going back to the blurriness of the paintings I like, and the blurriness of how I'd really like life to be, which is no overhead lights - 17th century is where I would have absolutely smashed it.'
It comes as Claudia is set to temporarily replace Graham Norton on his eponymous talk show - The Graham Norton show.
The much-loved presenter, 61, is taking an extended break and Claudia's first appearance will air on Friday.
Claudia, 52, will interview Hollywood actor Chris Pratt, 45, Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson, 31, actor Toby Jones, 58, comedian Rob Beckett, 39 and singer Rachel Chinouriri, 26.
She looked stylish wearing a silky black blouse with statement, large cuffs and black trousers.
It was announced last month that Claudia would be stepping in for Graham as he takes an extended break from TV to head to Australia for a live tour.
