Emily Blunt Doesn’t Let Her Stutter Stop Her

Published: June 9, 2026

By Kayla DeKraker

For actress Emily Blunt, advocating for those who struggle with stuttering — like she does — is a powerful way to use her celebrity status for good.

She recently partnered with the American Institute of Stuttering for a new PSA titled “Just Listen.” The one-minute video includes Blunt and others who live a stutter, encouraging viewers to “just listen.”

“What ‘Just Listen’ says is simple but powerful: people who stutter aren’t asking to be fixed, they’re asking to be heard,” the actress told PEOPLE. “Lending my voice to this PSA was my way of reminding people that what we have to say is worth waiting for.”

Stutteringresearch.org explained, “Stuttering is a neurological condition that affects speech timing, initiation and flow, leading to repetitions, prolongations or blocks. It can impact individuals of all ages, from young children learning to speak to adults in professional and social settings.”

The organization said that while severity varies, “the emotional and social effects can be profound, often leading to anxiety and avoidance.”

Blunt’s stutter began at a young age.

“I started noticing it at six or seven,” she said previously. “My grandfather, my uncle and my cousin all stutter. It feels like you’ve got this imposter living in your body.”

She’s grateful she can use her platform to advocate for others experiencing the same thing.

“I know it in every nuance and so to be able to help and to be able to offer up any advice or assistance or emboldenment that I can, it just is the greatest pleasure for me because it’s a very misunderstood, misrepresented disability, and…it’s one that is very often bullied and laughed at because people look funny and sound funny when they stutter,” Blunt said.

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Blunt is one of many celebrities who have a stutter.

Singer Ed Sheeran learned to overcome his stutter by rapping along to Eminem.

“I learned every word of it back to front by the age I was 10, and he raps very fast and very melodically, and very percussively, and it helped me get rid of the stutter,” he said in 2015. “And then from there, I just carried on.”

Actor Bruce Willis also has a stutter.

“The hardest thing I remember was being a kid stuttering. My advice to the young people in this room is to never let anyone make you feel like an outcast, because you will never be an outcast,” he said in 2016.

“It’s easy to get frustrated with a child who stutters, but believe me, the one who stutters is much more frustrated,” he continued. “To the parents of stutterers…be patient, always listen. Offer encouragement, give positive reinforcement always.”

Let these stories encourage you that no matter what difficulty you’re facing, it doesn’t have to hold you back.

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