Sia is the patron saint of pop music. The Adelaide musician recently appeared in an interview with the Zach Sang Show, that saw her delve into her relationship with frequent collaborator, dancer Maddie Ziegler.
“I just love her so much…As soon as I met Maddie I felt this extreme desire to protect her, and I think it was part of my own healing, I felt this extreme compulsion to protect her,” she shared.
“The irony is that I didn’t want to be famous and I threw this child into the spotlight.” The collaborative partnership between Ziegler and Sia began when Ziegler was 11-years-old and made her now-iconic performance in the Sia’s ‘Chandelier’ music video.
Check out ‘Chandelier’ by Sia:
Sia went on to recall an incident that saw her stop Ziegler from boarding a flight with convicted rapist, Harvey Weinstein.
“You know I kept her off a plane that Harvey Weinstein tried to get her on. I know that there’ve been times that my insight has really made a difference, has kept her safe. Yeah, that was really disgusting.” She added,
“When he invited her, that’s when I called, I told [her mom] Melissa, I had to. I just said, ‘Please don’t, do not do that, do not do that, do not do that.”
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 year in prison in March. The disgraced Hollywood mogul was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual assault and third-degree rape.
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On Wednesday, June 30th a class-action suit brought by Weinstein’s victims over allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and rape reached a shared settlement of almost $US19 million ($27.5 million).
If approved by judges in federal courts, accusers will be permitted to claim between $US7,500 ($10,850) and $750,000 ($1.09 million) in damages each.
In other news, a vibrant Adelaide mural inspired by Sia is set to be changed after the musician’s management raised concerns over the likeness of the piece.
The commissioned mural was painted by artist Jasmine Crisp as part of the Adelaide City Council’s plan to immortalise the city’s most significant musical exports.
