Stevie's eyesight

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My parents also told me Stevie was legally blind when I was a kid. If you look back at the Rumours tour, most footage shows her being led onstage and up to her mic (usually by Lindsey). This was part of Stevie's whole allure to me when I was a kid. I thought it was so incredible she could twirl around and not just die .

Like Danielle said, Carol Ann Harris' book claims it was because she left in her old school hard contacts too long, and it did serious abrasive damage to her eyes. According to Carol, Stevie had to keep her eyes bandaged and covered for a while afterwards, and the guys in the band would f!ck with her ruthlessly because she couldn't see.

Whatever the case, Stevie's talked before about how she's nearly blind in interviews. She had laser surgery in the '90s I believe, and talks about how frightening it was to be able to actually look out into the audience and actually see faces. I wish I could remember what interview that was from. Obviously Stevie's eyesight is okay now, as she always walks out on stage alone, and in the complete dark. Though as seen in Destiny Rules, she does use reading glasses. But then again, most people over 50 do.