Sia is speaking out after she received backlash for a casting decision in her upcoming movie. After the trailer for “Music” was released, many took to social media to call out Sia for casting Maddie Ziegler as a character with autism even though she isn’t autistic.
When one Twitter user replied that it was “a mighty shame” she excluded “disabled and neuro diverse actors from their own narratives,” Sia made sure to share her side of the story. “I cast thirteen neuroatypical people, three trans folk, and not as f**king prostitutes or drug addicts but as doctors, nurses and singers,” the singer replied, adding that people haven’t even seen the movie and that her “heart has always been in the right place.” She continued replying to a number of
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