Sia was 'suicidal' and 'went to rehab' after receiving backlash over her movie 'Music'

Sia faced heavy criticism over her decision to cast neurotypical actor and dancer Maddie Ziegler in the lead role of Music Gamble, a nonverbal autistic teenage girl.

Washington: ‘Cheap Thrills’ singer Sia recently revealed that she had a tough time dealing with the backlash she received for her directorial debut ‘Music’, so much so that she felt "suicidal" and "went to rehab".

As per Variety, the hitmaker as a part of a profile on comedian Kathy Griffin recently told The New York Times that she entered rehab after coming under fire for not casting an autistic actor for the lead role in the movie.

Sia recently told the outlet as part of this week’s Kathy Griffin profile, "I was suicidal and relapsed and went to rehab."