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    Jake Gyllenhaal Spoke About Being Legally Blind

    "I’ve never known anything else."

    Jake Gyllenhaal spoke about being legally blind in a new interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

    Jake Gyllenhaal wearing a casual grey sweater and jeans, seated on a couch in the SiriusXM studio during an interview on The Howard Stern Show

    According to the publication, Jake has 20/1250 vision and was born with a lazy eye that naturally resolved itself. He wears intensive corrective lenses or thick, Coke bottle-style glasses to see more clearly.

    Jake Gyllenhaal at the "Road House" premiere, wearing a suit with a white shirt and a green tie. The background features the movie's neon title sign

    "I like to think it’s advantageous," he told the publication. "I’ve never known anything else. When I can’t see in the morning, before I put on my glasses, it’s a place where I can be with myself."

    Jake Gyllenhaal smiling in a casual outfit with a blazer and jeans, standing next to a man outdoors