12 Celebs Who Overcame A Stutter
Wayne Brady
Wayne Brady is the ultimate entertainer who can sing and dance just as easily as he can crack jokes to make his audience laugh. But growing up, Brady wasn’t always so eager to open his mouth. Suffering from a stutter, the future talk show host was reluctant to speak because he was constantly being picked on. “I’m going to shut up, then you can’t make fun of me,” Brady recalled of his childhood. “Either you break under that pressure as a kid, because bullying is no joke, or you learn to take it and give it back and do it in a way that gets a positive response.”