“I’m older enough now to have a little wisdom on my shoulders”
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has spoken out about his experience with dyslexia in a rare public post.
Taking to Instagram the chef explained how he’s struggled with the disability and how it continues to impact his life.
Revealing how it affected him during his at school, Jamie explained: “Something I don’t really talk about much is the constant battle I have with words and reading. Without question it is a love hate relationship… in the old days at school it made me very frustrated and resentful about school as an institution.”
Since becoming a household name, Jamie has used his celebrity status to raise awareness around dyslexia and how it impacts the lives of people who suffer from the disability.
Highlighting how he’s learnt to see his disability differently overtime, Jamie said: “I’ve come to terms with not learning the same as most people not as a failure but an opportunity, an opportunity to look at things very differently.”
He added: “I’m older enough now to have a little wisdom on my shoulders only gained by the way mainly through failures and learning from them and evolving and staying authentic to the original dream and trying again and again.”
In 2013, the chef who became famous for his Naked Chef TV programme and campaigning around healthy food and improving school dinners, revealed that he had read his first novel, Catching Fire, at the age of 38.
The chef added: “I realise my grammar here is shit I’m also using autocorrect which can get me in a lot of trouble sometimes but that’s my point… if you understand what I’m saying I’ve done my job.”
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