Emily Blunt's Struggle With Stutter
Emily Blunt's stutter was so bad, she ''could never say [her] own name'' when she was younger.
Emily Blunt's stutter was so bad, she ''could never say [her] own name''.
The 36-year-old actress' speech impediment was ''ingrained'' in her by the age of 12 and she soon realised that ''pressurised'' situations caused her the most problems.
She said: ''School was interesting because there were certain things I couldn't do and wanted to, like read out my poem in class. I would never want to do that. I would hate it if the teacher called on me to answer something ... I didn't love calling my friends. I could never say my own name if someone said, 'What's your name?' Because you can't substitute a word out, which is what we tend to do to find a better flow. You substitute another word that's easier, and you can't substitute your name.
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