Claudia Winkleman has undergone eye surgical procedure, she has revealed.
The Traitors host, 53, has taken to social media to thank her eye surgeon for working on her right now.
‘This wonderful human makes me see. He’s operated on my eyes earlier than and he did it once more right now,’ she mentioned on Instagram, alongside an image of her subsequent to Dr Julian Stevens.
‘No eyeliner for weeks and I sleep in googles (no phrases) however I’m eternally grateful,’ she added.
‘Do NOT zoom in on my left eye – it’s wonky. Thanks Julian. I paid for the remedy, this isn’t an advert. I simply love him. It’s very potential I’m nonetheless a bit sedated. Evening evening.’
The Strictly presenter’s feedback part was flooded with assist from well-wishers, as follower Suzanne Robinson mentioned: ‘Get properly quickly.’
‘Love you !! Hope you are feeling higher. Wonderful man,’ mentioned ava_xoox whereas gurcharan_davany added: ‘Speedy restoration eyeliner queen.’
Whereas it’s not clear why Claudia underwent the surgical procedure this time, she’s beforehand been open about struggling with extreme short-sightedness, which implies she will be able to’t see objects distant.
Talking on the How To Fail podcast in 2023 about how she doesn’t take an excessive amount of discover of her look, Claudia defined: ‘I used to be born, I believe with minus 15 [eyes], so I’ve by no means actually been in a position to see my face. It’s all guesswork.’
Claudia – who is thought for her iconic lengthy fringe – went on to say she’s had operations as a result of she was ‘banging into partitions’ and he or she now wears lenses and glasses.
Nevertheless, regardless of laser eye surgical procedure at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Claudia discovered her imaginative and prescient was nonetheless blurry.
She added: ‘I’ve at all times had horrible eyesight, which goes again to the blurriness of the work I like, and the blurriness of how I’d actually like life to be, which isn’t any overhead lights – seventeenth century is the place I’d have completely smashed it.’
Discovering lightness in her eye points – and acknowledging her trademark black eyeliner – Claudia mentioned: ‘Usually when the children have been enjoying with my cellphone with the digicam switched spherical and I’ve to name anyone or I’m making a name, I’m like “I don’t perceive why Ozzy Osbourne..I didn’t even invite him spherical”, after which I’m like, “Ah, it’s me.”
Earlier this yr, Claudia additionally touched on her situation on Gabby Logan’s The Mid Level podcast.
‘I’ve had so many operations on my eyes. I had a lens alternative in my left eye as a result of my astigmatism was so unhealthy I used to be minus 16, however that was 14 years in the past,’ she mentioned.
Claudia defined how she then grew to become long-sighted: ‘Then I had slightly fiddle with however as a result of I used to be so brief sighted by then fixing it I’m now lengthy sighted so I can’t actually learn any extra.
‘I can with glasses, I’ve received plus 2.5 however I can’t learn The Bee Sting with these glasses and that gentle.’
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