Dame Judi Dench always has someone with her when she is in public now for a reason. During a conversation on the “Fearless” podcast with Trinny Woodall, the esteemed actress was asked about attending industry events.

Dame Judi Dench has revealed that she can no longer go out alone, due to her worsening eyesight: 'I can’t see and I will walk into something or fall over.'

The veteran English actress said that she now needed to attend public events with someone else, because of her worsening macular degeneration.

Dame Judi Dench, who has the eye disease macular degeneration, revealed that she can no longer go out on her own due to her worsening vision.

Judi Dench can no longer see on film sets due to her macular degeneration eye condition. The 90-year-old actress appeared on British entrepreneur Trinny Woodall’s “Fearless” podcast last week and revealed that she can’t go out alone anymore due to the disease.

Judi Dench opened up about losing her vision to macular degeneration, revealing that she doesn’t go out by herself anymore as to not “walk into something or fall over,” according to People. On an episode of Trinny Woodall’s Fearless podcast,

Dame Judi Dench, 90, shared on a podcast that she needs to always be accompanied by a person since she cannot see and "will walk into something or fall over."

Dame Judi Dench has revealed that her eyesight, which has been deteriorating for over a decade, means she can no longer attend events alone.

John, 77, revealed he was recovering from a “severe eye infection” in September 2024 that left him with “limited vision in one eye.” That November, he told Good Morning America he “can’t see anything” in his right eye as a result of the illness.

While there is no cure for age related macular degeneration, it can be slowed down with regular eye exams and checkups. As for Judi Dench, the actor now finds it difficult to read her scripts and memorise her lines.