Overview
- Hathaway disclosed Tuesday on The New York Times Popcast that an early-onset cataract left her effectively legally blind in her left eye for about a decade before she had surgery.
- She said doctors removed the cataract and that the operation restored her ability to see the full spectrum of colors, a recovery she called a "miracle."
- The long-running vision loss affected her mental health and prompted her to pause or decline projects while she recovered, which she linked to persistent stress on her nervous system.
- The actress recently denied social-media claims of cosmetic procedures and told Elle that a hairstyling trick of two small braids created the look some fans interpreted as a facial change.
- Hathaway made the revelation during publicity for The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Mother Mary, and she used the story to note that modern cataract surgery is widely effective and would not have been available to earlier generations.