00:00Me seeing and all that.
00:02The truth is, shortly after my birth, I became blind.
00:08Stevie Wonder just called to say, yes, he actually is blind.
00:12During a July 8th concert in Cardiff, Wales,
00:15the legendary singer shot down the ridiculous longstanding rumor
00:18that he is somehow faking his blindness.
00:21The facts are, Stevland Hardaway Morris was born in 1950,
00:26six weeks premature,
00:27and tragically lost his vision as a newborn
00:30as a result of high oxygen levels in the incubator.
00:33So where did this outlandish theory come from?
00:36For years, a few celebs have made cracks
00:39that Stevie secretly can see,
00:42including comedian Anthony Anderson on Stephen Colbert in 2016.
00:46What y'all don't know, Stevie can see.
00:49Stevie can see.
00:50It's just an act.
00:51So it's a long con.
00:52Yes.
00:53I'm telling you, have him on the show.
00:55Put stuff in his way.
00:56I bet you he step over it.
00:58Three years later on Inside the NBA,
01:00Shaquille O'Neal claimed Stevie once recognized him
01:03when they rode in the same elevator.
01:05He comes in, says, what's up, Shaq?
01:07Presses the button.
01:09Hold on, you're sorry.
01:10Presses the button, gets up on the floor,
01:12bouts up, goes to his room.
01:14I went and called every person I knew.
01:16Come on, Shaq.
01:17Then at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago,
01:22speculation resurfaced.
01:23Stevie gave a speech and performed in front of two teleprompters.
01:28Here we go!
01:35Are y'all ready?
01:36This led Politico reporter Ben Jacobs to tweet,
01:40in case you were wondering, the teleprompter is not on as Stevie Wonder is speaking.
01:45Yeah, no duh.
01:46These days, it's hard to tell what online conspiracy theories are a joke
01:50and which memes have some truth behind them.
01:53Just ask Lea Michele.
01:55For everyone who thinks that I can't f***ing read,
01:58like, I was on the debate team.
02:00This week alone, Elmo's account on X was hacked,
02:03leading some to believe the Sesame Street character had snapped.
02:07Also this week, Britney Spears danced into internet infamy once again
02:11when she falsely claimed she has a new kid.
02:14In an Instagram caption, she wrote that she adopted a
02:17beautiful baby girl named Lennon London Spears.
02:21Oh baby, baby.
02:23How were we supposed to know it was a joke?
02:25But at least one crazy online rumor can finally be put to rest.
02:29Stevie Wonder is blind and has been blind for 75 years.
02:34In an emotional moment from his Love, Light, and Song tour in the UK,
02:38the 23-time Grammy winner called losing his sight a blessing
02:41because it has allowed him to see people for who they really are.
02:45See people in the spirit of them.
02:49Not how they look, not what color they are,
02:54but what color is their spirit.
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