Jessica Simpson shares her struggles with dyslexia and reading out loud

Jessica Simpson has revealed that she is dyslexic, and she opened up about her struggles with reading out loud. The "With You" singer took to Instagram to let her followers know that she has dyslexia, a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words, according to the Mayo Clinic.

The mom of three celebrated her memoir, Open Book, being named as one of Apple's best audiobooks of 2020 and reflected on her process of recording the audiobook. She thanked Apple Books for "recognizing and respecting" her story. "Turning my fears into wisdom has been a soulful journey, to say the least," she wrote. "I appreciate the power of praise with all of my heart."

"Fact: I'm dyslexic and this was the first time I have ever read out loud without hesitation," Simpson revealed. "I did it for my listener. I did it for my family. I did it for myself."

Simpson's Open Book is very reflective of its title and she shared her full life story. The Newlyweds alum shared her struggles with an addiction to alcohol and pills, revealed she was sexually abused as a child, reflected on past relationships and shared details of her road to sobriety.

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Many other celebrities have shared their own battles with dyslexia. In 2015, Friends star Jennifer Aniston revealed that she didn't read much because she struggles with dyslexia.

Aniston said she wasn't diagnosed until she was in her early 20s. "The only reason I knew [that I had it] was because I went to get a prescription for glasses," she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2015. "I had to wear these Buddy Holly glasses. One had a blue lens and one had a red lens. And I had to read a paragraph, and they gave me a quiz, gave me 10 questions based on what I'd just read, and I think I got three right. Then they put a computer on my eyes, showing where my eyes went when I read. My eyes would jump four words and go back two words, and I also had a little bit of a lazy eye, like a crossed eye, which they always have to correct in photos."

She said that finding out she had dyslexia was "life-changing" because she had thought she "wasn't smart" and "just couldn't retain anything." But with this discovery, Aniston said "I felt like all of my childhood trauma-dies, tragedies, dramas were explained."

Canadian actor Keanu Reeves was diagnosed with dyslexia as a kid. “Because I had trouble reading, I wasn’t a good student,” Reeves explained to Handbag Magazine. “I didn’t finish high school. I did a lot of pretending as a child. It was my way of coping with the fact that I didn’t really feel like I fit in.”

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