Kimberly Williams-Paisley Couldn’t Speak for Two Years Due to Vocal Cord Paralysis and Lost Acting Jobs: ‘I Felt Invisible’ and ‘Trapped in My Own Body’

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1. > “Father of the Bride” and “According to Jim” actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley revealed to People magazine that she could not speak for two years due to a partial paralysis of her left vocal cord, which forced her to to turn down acting roles. Williams-Paisley had surgery in August to correct the health issue after two years of feeling “invisible.” The vocal cord paralysis left her unable to speak louder than a whisper and “I felt trapped in my own body.”

   > “There were days when I grieved and sobbed,” Williams-Paisley said about the two years she spent in near silence. “I wondered, ‘Who am I without my voice?’”

2. Good thing her husband is rich af then huh

3. That sounds horrifying

4. Well yeah, talking is a pretty important part of the job.

   Outside of that life must have been extremely challenging not being able to speak.

5. I swear I was just wondering whatever happened to her. She was on this “edgy” show called Relativity that I used to secretly watch when my parents weren’t home because it was just what my young teenage mind needed (basically a gritty “being in your 20s in NY” kinda show). Everyone was really hot.

6. That sounds like a nightmare, but liberating if you have a moment to sit with yourself and see the situation your in.

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