How the girl from the scandalous clip of the singer Sia, who was considered a victim because of Shaya Laboeuf’s half-naked dances, lives today

American girl Maddie Ziegler met Australian singer Sia on Twitter – the woman wrote that she had seen recordings of Maddie’s performances, who had been choreographing since she was two years old, she was very interested in it and would like to work together. The first example of their collaboration was the music video for the song Chandelier in 2014; in total, Sia and Maddie made 8 videos, each of which became an event.

The plasticity and emotionality of the little dancer helped reveal the difficult emotions and associations that are part of the Australian’s songs. Sia called Ziegler her muse, their relationship apparently gave a lot to both participants.

However, there was an episode in 2015 that many people remember. Sia’s team came up with a real provocation: they invited actor Shia LaBeouf, whose reputation was already quite dubious at the time, as Maddie’s partner in the Elactic Heart video. The premiere created the effect of an exploding bomb, the first viewers of the clip were simply speechless with amazement.

It left a really strong impression: a grown man and a little girl performed a dance that evoked too many ambiguous feelings and associations. They sat in a cage and played a love-hate relationship, while the girl could easily slip between the bars, but she was in no rush to not leave her partner.

In addition, both Maddie and Shia wore skin-colored tights that evoked the effect of nudity. Their candid moves and constant body contact made some viewers sound the alarm: where are Maddie’s parents looking, this strange singer and crazy Laboeuf are spoiling the girl! Shaya was openly accused of pedophilia.

In the end, Sia came out and apologized to everyone who was offended by her video. “I knew some people would accuse this video of ‘pedophilia’. But all I can say is that Maddie and Shia are the only actors who could play the two competing sides of my personality. I didn’t want to offend anyone, my goal was to capture emotions, “wrote the singer on social networks.

Shia LaBeouf said nothing. This accusation was simply drowned in the whole sea of ​​others that were thrown at him at the time: the actor had obvious problems with substances, alcohol and anger control.

Sia has faced accusations of exploiting Maddie on numerous occasions. When the singer and dancer ended their collaboration in 2020 because Ziegler had grown up and decided to move on, everyone was impatiently waiting for the girl to confess how traumatic the childish emotions and physical experiences she had to go through on the set turned out to be. .

But Maddie was a tough nut to crack! She didn’t say a single bad word—not about Chaya Labeuf, not about Sia. This now young woman apparently has a really strong psyche, which was not shaken even by participation in unusual projects. All those who were worried about how the girl will cope with the fame that fell on her can relax – time has shown that she coped perfectly.

By the way, Maddie has grown into a real beauty, you have to admit.

“A lot of people have told me it’s weird when an older man and a younger girl dance in pantyhose. But I’ll say it – it’s art. Despite the controversy of this video, it brought me out of my shell. And I wanted to do it myself,” admits Maddie. “Sia is my godmother and will always be my friend. She showed me my true weird side and because of that I learned more about life and can accept and really love many things.

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