Billie Eilish spoke out about her experiences living with Tourette Syndrome in a recent interview with David Letterman on Season 4 of his Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman.
The 20-year-old "Happier Than Ever" singer isn't shy about opening up about her struggles with mental health or body image, but Letterman was able to tear down a wall with Eilish, who finally opened up about the condition she was diagnosed with when she was 11 years old that she rarely speaks about, according to Uproxx.
During the interview, a change in lighting on the set apparently caused a tic. "If you film me for long enough, youâre going to see lots of tics. I donât care. Itâs really weird, I havenât talked about it at all. The most common way people react is they laugh, because they think that Iâm trying to be funny. They think Iâm (ticcing) as, like, a funny move ⊠And Iâm always left incredibly offended by that," Eilish said.
She added, "Whatâs funny is so many people have it that you would never know. A couple artists came forward and said 'Iâve actually always had Touretteâs.' And Iâm not gonna out them, because they donât want to talk about it, but that was really interesting to me. I was like, 'You do?! What?'"
Letterman told Eilish he "knows nothing about (Tourette's)," to which she replied, "I actually really love answering questions about it because itâs very, very interesting. And I am incredibly confused by it, and I donât get it. These are things you would never notice if youâre just having a conversation with me, but for me, theyâre very exhausting. Itâs not like I like it, but itâs part of me. I have made friends with it. And so now, Iâm pretty confident in it."