"People often laugh at me": Billie Eilish told how she lives with Tourette's syndrome

Juliette Morgan
"People often laugh at me": Billie Eilish told how she lives with Tourette's syndrome

A new season of David Letterman's show called "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction" has been released on Netflix, and singer Billie Eilish has become the heroine of the next issue. The main topic of conversation was life with Tourette's syndrome — Billie was diagnosed with this nervous disorder when she was 11 years old. Billie told about her diagnosis in 2018, at the peak of popularity, when fans noticed some unusual moments of her behavior on stage, and the singer had to explain what was happening to her. During a conversation with Letterman, Billy just had a tic — this is one of the symptoms of a congenital genetic disorder: those suffering from Tourette's syndrome may repeatedly experience motor and sound tics during the day.

Most often, people's reaction is laughter, because they think I'm just fooling around. It offends me incredibly,

 — the singer confessed.

According to her, tics are not always noticeable, but "very exhausting" — for example, during a conversation, her jaw or arm muscles may cramp, but the interlocutor will not pay attention to it.

If you shoot me for a long time, you will see a lot of ticks,

— the star told the journalist. Billy says he doesn't mind discussing his problem publicly at all, because "it's an interesting topic," besides, Tourette's syndrome is a much more common disorder than it might seem:

It's funny that many people suffer from this, about whom you wouldn't even think such a thing,

  Ailish said, adding that among her show business colleagues she has many acquaintances with the same diagnosis, but they do not want to draw attention to their disorder.

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