Overview

• Stevie Wonder paused his Love, Light and Song UK tour performance in Cardiff on July 9 to directly confront jokes and speculation that he is not blind.
• He clarified that retinopathy of prematurity rendered him sightless weeks after birth, emphasizing the medical origin of his condition.
• Drawing on reflections from his Wonder of Stevie podcast, he recounted consoling his mother’s grief and suggesting his blindness served a higher purpose.
• Wonder balanced his declaration with humor, recalling playful jabs at the BET Awards and late-night shows when discussing his disability.
• Anecdotes from figures such as Shaquille O’Neal and Anthony Anderson had fueled the conspiracy, prompting this public effort to reclaim the narrative around his blindness.