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Billie Eilish reflects on ‘frustrating’ Tourette’s syndrome
Billie Eilish has spoken candidly about the daily reality of living with Tourette’s syndrome, describing the exhausting effort it takes to manage her tics on camera, and the frustration of being misunderstood.
Speaking on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast on 5 May, the singer explained that while she has grown comfortable with her condition, the lack of awareness from others remains difficult.
“When I’m in an interview, I’m doing everything in my power to suppress all of my tics, constantly,” she said. “And as soon as I leave the room, I have to let them all out.”
Eilish described her experience of Tourette’s in a way that captures both its complexity and its often invisible nature.
“Intrusive thoughts, but your mouth has to say them out loud,” she said. Her vocal tics are mostly small sounds she can keep “pretty quiet,” though certain words can become tics too, requiring her to actively hold them back during interviews.
She also addressed one of the most common misconceptions she encounters, the assumption that when she has a tic attack, something must be wrong.
“If I start having a tic attack or whatever, like a lot of tics in a row… people are like, ‘Are you okay?’ You know, this is very much normal.”
She also deals with people doubting her diagnosis entirely, because her tics aren’t always visible or don’t match the stereotypes most people associate with the condition.
Her tics in her knees, elbows and hands are constant, she said, but they go largely unnoticed.
The energy required to manage her condition while in public is considerable.
“I’m doing everything I can to suppress every single tic that’s visible, from the top of my head to about right here,” she said, gesturing to her ribcage.
“And that’s, like, how we as people with Tourette’s pretty much spend our days.”
She added that not everyone has that option.
“Some people don’t even have the privilege of getting to suppress them, at all, in any way,” she said, and the fact that many people don’t understand that is, in her word, “frustrating.”
Eilish’s new concert film, Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), opens in cinemas on Friday, 8 May.
Ariana Grande’s upcoming project petal is not just a regular old breakup album.
A little over a week after announcing her 8th studio album, the pop star took to her Instagram on Thursday, May 7, to offer the first real glimpse into what fans can expect from her new music.
“Petal [is] basically about something that is full of life, growing through the cracks of something cold and hard and challenging,” Grande says in the video, which shows her addressing her team.
The Grammy-winner, who is currently in a relationship with actor Ethan Slater, then shared that petal is a breakup album — although not in the traditional sense.
“It’s kind of about breaking up with all different kinds of negative attachments, whether it’s monsters in my own head, external voices, things that no longer serve me,” she explained, adding that she “can be talking about one thing, sharing one thing, and people could use it however they want and apply it to their own life.”
But most importantly, Grande is not holding back anymore. “It’s a little feral as well. It’s definitely from a place where I’ve been maybe too shy or polite to tap into before. And this kinda just feels like ‘fuck it,’” she admitted.
Petal (stylised in lowercase) is set to release on July 31, marking her first musical project since 2023’s eternal sunshine.
Billie Eilish is doubling down on her most controversial take yet.
On Thursday, May 7, the Grammy-winning popstar took to her Instagram Stories to respond to the backlash she received after declaring in an interview last week that one cannot claim to be an animal lover while also eating meat.
Sharing multiple videos — some clipped from documentaries — of the animal abuse that occurs within the meat and dairy industries, the 24-year-old wrote “I really don’t give a goddamn f**k” about the backlash.
“Go watch a documentary or two and some footage of what is done to the animals u claim to love and what it does to the planet u pretend to love as well,” continued Eilish in the next Story. “if that footage was hard for u to watch i encourage u to pls take a look at urself.”
The WILDFLOWER hitmaker said that she’s “so tired” that something like “standing up” and “having empathy for living beings” is seen as “controversial.”
She added that her critics are in a state of cognitive dissonance, i.e., the mental tension when one’s thoughts and beliefs (in this case, loving animals) do not align with their actions (exploiting animals for food, entertainment, or clothing).
“pls continue to live in a constant state of cognitive dissonance and denial and try to convince urself that ur not living a lie,” she concluded, signing off with a simple kiss emoji.
The backlash erupted after Eilish revealed the “one hill she would die on” in an April 28 interview with Elle magazine. Raised as a vegetarian and becoming a vegan at age 12, Eilish’s answer was: “Eating meat is inherently wrong.”
She went on to explain: “Two things cannot coincide: ‘I love all animals so much and I eat meat.’ You just can’t do both, sorry! You can eat meat, go for it. You can love animals — but you can’t do both.”
As a huge environmentalist, Eilish has consistently put her own words into action. Her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour from 2024-2025 is often hailed for being eco-friendly, including the use of plant-based food and reusable water bottles.
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Spencer Pratt compares his fledgling political career to Obama’s national rise: “He had no experience running the whole entire country”
In an exclusive interview, reality television star turned Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt compared his lack of political experience to where former President Barack Obama was when he first came on the national scene.
“I mean, look at Obama,” the Republican told CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi when asked if he has what it takes to lead the second-largest city in the nation. “He was a community organizer. I’ve won two community advocate awards…Nobody thought, ‘Why can Obama become a senator and then the president?’ He had no experience running the whole entire country, which is way bigger than L.A.”
Pratt, a Southern California native known for playing a sort of villain role on the popular mid-2000s reality show “The Hills,” has said he was compelled to launch his unlikely mayoral run after his home was destroyed in last year’s devastating L.A. wildfires. Incumbent L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, who faced off against Pratt in a debate Wednesday, has taken significant criticism for her response to the fires.
The mayor’s race will take place on June 2. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, then the two leading candidates will advance to a Nov. 3 runoff.
Pratt, despite running in a city that has not had a Republican mayor since 2001, is confident in his chances next month.
“All my supporters in Los Angeles are Democrats. Everyone I know, my family, are all Democrats,” Pratt claims.
“I’m confident I’m probably going to win with 51% on June 2 because I don’t do a political message,” he added. “I don’t do national politics. I don’t do tribal politics. I don’t talk about other states. I’m localized. I just want to fix our streets, get the lights on. I want people to feel safe.”
Watch Adam Yamaguchi’s interview with Spencer Pratt on “CBS Mornings” on CBS and Paramount+ on Friday, May 8.
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