When it comes to Maddie Ziegler, Sia He is basically a bodyguard.
In an interview on the Zach Sang Show, the Grammy-nominated artist reflected on her relationship with Maddie Ziegler, he Dancing moms Reality star who racked up solo fame at age 11 after starring in Sia’s 2014 music video “Chandelier”.
Over the years, and many music videos together, the singer has become a mentor, friend, and protective parent figure for the now-teenage multi-hyphenate.
“As soon as I met Maddie, I had an extreme desire to protect her and I think it was part of my own healing,” Sia said during the interview. “I felt an extreme compulsion to protect her, and yet the irony is that I didn’t want to be famous and I threw this girl into the spotlight and she said to me, ‘Don’t be silly, she was already famous and I wanted to be famous.”
Sia continued, “And I say, ‘And you know it can stop at any time, right? If you want it to stop, I can make it stop. You can go back to being a normal person again.'”
However, “She said, ‘No, I love to act. I love to dance and I love to act a lot,’ so I thought that a good way to keep her safe is to keep doing projects for her, and therefore most of the time we are working together. ” Ziegler will star in the next Sia movie, Music.
