[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Sia is opening up about what turned out to be an extremely difficult time in her life recently — and it all came out of a recent profile on comedian Kathy Griffin in the New York Times.
The Cheap Thrills singer was interviewed by the newspaper for the story on Griffin’s past professional controversies and attempted career comeback, and in it, Sia revealed a shocking tidbit about her own personal story. Related: Florida Woman Allegedly Locked Daughter With Autism In A Metal And Wood Cage As Perezcious readers will recall, the 46-year-old Australian singer came under fire in late 2020 and again in early 2021 after receiving significant backlash on social media after casting Maddie Ziegler — a neurotypical actress and dancer — in the lead role of Music Gamble, a nonverbal autistic teenage girl, in Sia’s film directorial debut Music.
Members of the autistic community slammed Sia and condemned the film over Ziegler’s casting and controversial portrayal of autism in the piece.
The backlash then further intensified in early 2021, after Sia’s work received two Golden Globe nominations.
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