Maya Hawke says she was ‘kicked out of school for not being able to read’ as a child
‘Stranger Things’ star has opened up about having dyslexia
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Your support makes all the difference.Maya Hawke says she was once expelled from school as a child for being unable to read due to dyslexia.
The Stranger Things star opened up about the topic during an interview with NPR, which marked the release of her debut music album Blush.
“I have read that your - that you suffer from dyslexia,” interviewer Scott Simon asked.
Hawke responded that she wouldn’t use the word “suffer” to describe her experience, and referred to her dyslexia as “one of the great blessings of my life in a lot of ways”.
“But I did get, like, kicked out of school for not being able to read when I was a kid,” she said.
“And I went to a special school for kids with learning disabilities. And it took me a long time to learn how to read, and I still am limited.”
Hawke, however, added that “there's something about having had a limitation in regards to my ability to produce and take in stories that made me even more determined to love them and understand them and grow in them”.
She credited her parents, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, with doing a “wonderful” job nurturing her creativity.
Hawke has starred in Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things, as well as Quentin Tarantino’s movie Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
Her album, Blush, came out on 21 August.
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