Sia reveals she’s on autism spectrum 2 years after ‘Music’ casting controversy

Sia revealed she has received a late diagnosis of autism.

“I’m on the spectrum, and I’m in recovery and whatever — there’s a lot of things,” the “Chandelier” singer said Thursday during a candid conversation with “Survivor” Season 44 finalist Carolyn Wiger on “Rob Has a Podcast,” noting that she is also sober.

Sia, 47, did not disclose when she was diagnosed with the developmental disability, which the CDC says can be “detected at 18 months of age or younger,” though she suggested it was recently.

“For 45 years, I was like … ‘I’ve got to go put my human suit on,’” she explained. “And only in the last two years have I become fully, fully myself.”

Sia performing.
“Only in the last two years have I become fully, fully myself,” the singer shared.
Kevin Winter

While relating to the quirks that made Wiger, 36, one of the most beloved “Survivor” contestants of all time, Sia shared that she has learned to accept herself unapologetically as of late.

“Nobody can ever know and love you when you’re filled with secrets and … living in shame,” she said, “and when we finally sit in a room full of strangers and tell them our deepest, darkest, most shameful secrets, and everybody laughs along with us, and we don’t feel like pieces of trash for the first time in our lives, and we feel seen for the first time in our lives for who we actually are, and then we can start going out into the world and just operating as humans and human beings with hearts and not pretending to be anything.”


For more Page Six you love …

Her manager did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for additional comment.

Sia smiling on a red carpet.
Sia previously came under fire for casting neurotypical Maddie Ziegler as an autistic girl in her movie “Music.”
FilmMagic

Sia, whose full name is Sia Furler, made the revelation two years after coming under fire for casting Maddie Ziegler, who is neurotypical, as a nonverbal autistic girl in her movie “Music.”

The Grammy nominee defended herself at the time, tweeting that her “heart has always been in the right place” and urging critics to “watch my film before you judge it.”

She subsequently apologized to the autism community and added a “warning” to the beginning of the 2021 musical drama that read: “‘Music’ in no way condones or recommends the use of restraint on autistic people. There are autistic occupational therapists that specialize in sensory processing who can be consulted to explain safe ways to provide proprioceptive, deep-pressure feedback to help with meltdown safety.”

The backlash left a mark on Sia, though, as she said in a 2022 interview that she was suicidal, relapsed and went to rehab after the Razzie-nominated flick’s release.

You May Also Like

Maya Jama returns home from lavish holiday to a huge bouquet of red roses amid Ruben Dias romance

MAYA Jama was welcomed back to home turf with a huge bunch…

Katie Price in advanced talks for big ITV reality competition after CBB and jungle stints

KATIE Price is in advanced talks to appear on a huge ITV…

Who Has a Higher Net Worth Milwaukee Bucks Star Kyle Kuzma or His Fiancée Model Winnie Harlow?

Kyle Kuzma and Winnie Harlow got engaged in February after the NBA…

Cancelled Will Smith’s comeback is tragic – but selling less than 300 records is far from his biggest problem

HE dominated the nineties and noughties with a string of chart hits…