Blind Item
Thu, 01/12/2011 - 12:25 by Gemma Exley

Now that the Black Eyes Peas have split up, band member Apl.de.ap has come out and revealed he's legally blind, to which Will.I.Am responded; 'don't worry, I look like a c*nt'. Poor guy, we guess he never learnt to touch type - his real name is actually Allan Lindo. We just tried to type that without looking at the keyboard and it came out as ALlan ;indo, must be as bad as him. Anyway, apparently he's been blind all along, which has made the dance routines particularly tricky (although sharing a tour bus with Fergie not so much), which guides us nicely on to the fact that Stevie Wonder has been tipped as a contestant on an upcoming series of Dancing With The Stars...

Appearing on Ellen DeGeneres Show in America, Stevie Wonder revealed that he's currently trying to lose weight before starting Dancing With The stars, coz obviously a bit of tub is going to be his biggest problem, saying:

"I'm losing weight. When I get to where I feel like I'm gonna look good enough for what I wanna do I'll do that."

Ellen was also the person who prompted Apple App to talk about his blindness. Whilst on her show, he explained:

"I was born with nystagmus... I want to encourage other kids with disabilities... You don't have to give up your dreams just because you got a disability."

"Since my eyes are bad I guess my sense of awareness got stronger... We got Apl sections, we got bright arrows."

Yikes, if his other senses have become stronger, poor him being on stage with Fergie...

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