Country singer Brad Paisley’s wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, opened up about the insane throat surgery she underwent in August after being unable to speak for nearly two years.
Speaking to People magazine, Kimberly talked about visiting Nashville’s Vanderbilt Voice Center in January 2023 where she was diagnosed with muscle tension dysphonia. It came after she suddenly lost the ability to speak in November 2022, being unable to make more noise with her voice than a whisper.
Doctors at the time said her vocal cords were so tight they were barely visible and later discovered that her two vocal cords weren’t touching anymore, a condition known as partial paralysis.
“So much of our personalities are expressed in our voice and for me, so much of my career. And when that’s not there, I thought, ‘Who am I?’ I felt invisible,” Williams-Paisley said. “I’m someone who…