Stevie Wonder addresses conspiracy theories about whether or not he can actually see
For years, people have whispered, theorized, and flat-out speculated about whether Stevie Wonder is actually blind.
The rumors have persisted with an almost ridiculous tenacity. From internet trolls to stars like Shaquille O’Neal claiming Wonder recognized him in an elevator to comedian Anthony Anderson telling Stephen Colbert in 2016, “What y’all don’t know is, Stevie can see…It’s just an act,” the theories have left some people actually raising a brow at the singer.
Well, Wonder finally decided to address the elephant in the room during a recent stop in Cardiff, Wales, on his Love, Light & Song U.K. tour. And his response was as graceful and profound as you’d expect from the man who gave us “Superstition” and “Living for the City.”
“I must say to all of you, something that I was thinking, ‘When did I want to let the world know this?’ But I wanted to say it right now,” Wonder told the crowd. “You know, there have been rumors about me seeing and all that? But seriously, you know the truth.”
“Truth is, shortly after my birth, I became blind,” he continued. “Now, that was a blessing because it’s allowed me to see the world in the vision of truth, of sight. See people in the spirit of them, not how they look. Not what color they are, but what color is their spirit?”
Only Stevie Wonder could turn addressing conspiracy theorists into a masterclass on human connection and spiritual sight.
https://thegrio.com/2025/07/15/stevie-wo...ually-see/
For years, people have whispered, theorized, and flat-out speculated about whether Stevie Wonder is actually blind.
The rumors have persisted with an almost ridiculous tenacity. From internet trolls to stars like Shaquille O’Neal claiming Wonder recognized him in an elevator to comedian Anthony Anderson telling Stephen Colbert in 2016, “What y’all don’t know is, Stevie can see…It’s just an act,” the theories have left some people actually raising a brow at the singer.
Well, Wonder finally decided to address the elephant in the room during a recent stop in Cardiff, Wales, on his Love, Light & Song U.K. tour. And his response was as graceful and profound as you’d expect from the man who gave us “Superstition” and “Living for the City.”
“I must say to all of you, something that I was thinking, ‘When did I want to let the world know this?’ But I wanted to say it right now,” Wonder told the crowd. “You know, there have been rumors about me seeing and all that? But seriously, you know the truth.”
“Truth is, shortly after my birth, I became blind,” he continued. “Now, that was a blessing because it’s allowed me to see the world in the vision of truth, of sight. See people in the spirit of them, not how they look. Not what color they are, but what color is their spirit?”
Only Stevie Wonder could turn addressing conspiracy theorists into a masterclass on human connection and spiritual sight.
https://thegrio.com/2025/07/15/stevie-wo...ually-see/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
