Emily Blunt says her stutter sometimes becomes a 'nightmare'

Hollywood star Emily Blunt compares her stutter to an "imposter" living inside her.

'Mary Poppins Returns' actress suffered from a speech impediment in childhood and she admitted she sometimes still struggles to t have her words get "stuck", particularly when feeling nervous or under pressure.

"Certain words will get stuck, phone is a bit of a nightmare... Environments challenge me if I'm scared, or if I'm under pressure to persuade or convince, like, don't ever ask me to pitch you anything ever. A stutter is like an imposter living in your body. Who doesn't pay rent. And completely and utterly misrepresents who you are as a person," she said on st at Variety's Power of Women gala.

40-year-old actress was houred at gala with Wells Fargo's Power of Women Alumni Award for her work with children at American Institute for Stuttering and she admitted she felt "grateful" to shine a light on organisation.

She said: "I am grateful to shed light on (stuttering) because it is a disability that lives very often in shadows alongside its friends, fear and shame and humiliation."

actress called for people to stop assuming a stutter is down to a nervous condition or a psychological problem, reports aceshowbiz.com.

Highlighting that around 80 million people around world are affected, she said, "This is wrong. It is neurological, it's biological, it's often hereditary and it's t your fault."

After reflecting on her 17 years' working with institute, 'Devil Wears Prada' actress n called on people to "be patient" when speaking to those with communication difficulties. She said: "Next time you meet someone who stutters, kw that every word y say takes effort and cour. Look m in eye, be patient."

"Don't tell m to slow down, or brea, or spit it out. It's a neurological thing, it's sort of a motor pathway thing. Don't finish ir sentences. y kw what y want to say, y have so much to share. Just be patient."

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