Legendary actress Dame Judi Dench has admitted she behaved a little awkwardly with a BBC presenter at an event, something caused by her worsening age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Legendary actress Dame Judi Dench has confessed she behaved a little awkwardly around a popular celebrity at a gathering due to her ongoing health condition. James Bond and Shakespeare in Love star Judi, 91, has been living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) since 2012.
AMD is a condition the NHS describes as affecting the central part of someone’s vision. The condition, which her mother also experienced, has significantly impacted Judi’s capacity to work and engage with others, resulting in at least one regrettable mishap.
Her “rude” encounter with Richard Osman was revealed to friend Brendan O’Hea with whom she co-wrote her autobiography, Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?, that’s formatted in a question and answer session.
At one point, they explore how Dame Judi seemingly delights in posing for photographs with tall gentlemen, as she appears amusingly shorter by comparison.
In the book, the star, who stands just over five feet tall, explained how it all began, before disclosing what transpired with the Pointless Celebrities host and Thursday Murder Club author.
Judi said: “It all started with the American artist Mark Bradford. He’s six feet eight. You should see the photo – I don’t even come up to his armpit. I look like something you’d throw for the dog. And I’ve got a great one of me with Richard Osman. But I behaved so badly.”
She added: “There he was, standing around at an event, and I sidled up and said, ‘May I have my photograph taken please?’.
“Only then did I realise he was talking to someone and I was so rude – no apology. It turned out to be Alexander Armstrong, I must send him a voice note. That’s what comes with not being able to see.”
This isn’t the only issue Dame Judi has had with her sight loss, with the Oscar-winning actress also expressing her sadness at not being able to see flowers this summer.
She told BBC Radio 4’s Emma Barnett: “They said this summer was absolutely sensational with bluebells; I couldn’t see one. But I know what my trees look like, and part of it is in my memory and part of it is about hopefully what I can make out.”
Whilst her sight loss means she can longer go out unaccompanied, Judi has said her love for other things in life, such as Shakespeare’s sonnets, remains undiminished. She added: “I am besotted by the sonnets, I just love them.
“It’s the rhythm of it. It’s the rhythm of your heart. It’s the way he’s summed up so simply the way that any of us feel about, well, anything.”
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