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Jamie Oliver emotionally reveals his dyslexia made him feel 'worthless and stupid' at school as he discusses lack of support in new documentary


The TV chef, 50, has opened up about the emotional toll of making a new TV documentary on his lifelong struggle with dyslexia, calling it the most 'viscerally painful' project of his career.

Ahead of his documentary's release, Jamie recalled being branded a 'stupid dunce' at school and said his learning issues left him feeling 'worthless, stupid and thick'. Jamie Oliver has opened up about the emotional toll of making a new TV documentary on his lifelong struggle with dyslexia, calling it the most 'viscerally painful' project of his career They end up resenting education, which leads to anger, frustration, poor health, crime, prison and all the horrible things you don’t want to think about.

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