Famous singer Billie Eilish has opened up about what it’s like with living with Tourette’s syndrome and said that it’s really weird that she hasn’t talked about it at all.
It is to be noted that Tourette’s syndrome is a ‘disorder that involves repetitive movements or unwanted sounds (tics) that can’t be easily controlled,’ such as repeatedly blinking one’s eyes, shrugging one’s shoulders or blurting out unusual sounds or offensive words.
The Grammy-winning singer talked about the disorder during an interview with David Letterman for his Netflix series “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction where she said, “If you film me for long enough, you’re gonna see lots of tics,” Eilish said.
Eilish, who was diagnosed at age 11, said that people who aren’t aware she has Tourette’s often don’t recognize her tics during social interactions and respond insensitively to them. “The most common way that people react is they laugh because they think I’m trying to be funny…and I’m always left incredibly offended by that,” Eilish said.
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The 20-year-old said she’s realized the disorder is much more common than she initially thought. “What’s funny is so many people have it that you would never know,” Eilish said. “A couple artists came forward and said, ‘I’ve actually always had Tourette’s,’ and I’m not gonna out them because they don’t wanna talk about it, but that was actually really interesting to me,” she added.
However, the Happier than Ever singer revealed she does not experience tics while she’s performing onstage. “When I’m moving around, I’m not even ticcing at all,” she explained.
