How does the daughter of the scandalous clip of the singer Sia live today, who was considered a victim because of the half-naked dances of Shaya Laboeuf

American Maddie Ziegler met Australian singer Sia (Sia) on Twitter – the woman wrote that she had seen recordings of performances by Maddie, who had been choreographing since the age of two, she was very impressed and would be delighted 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 little dancer’s plasticity and emotionality helped reveal the difficult emotions and associations inherent in the Australian’s songs. Sia called Ziegler her muse, their relationship, apparently, brought a lot to both participants.

However, in 2015 there was an episode that many people remember. Sia’s team devised a real provocation: as Maddie’s partner in the Elactic Heart video, they invited actor Shia LaBeouf, whose reputation at the time was already questionable enough. The premiere produced the effect of a bomb exploding, the first viewers of the clip were simply stunned.

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

Additionally, Maddie and Shia wore flesh-colored tights that evoked the effect of nudity. Their outspoken movements and constant body contact have some viewers on the alert: where are Maddie’s parents looking, that weird singer and mad Laboeuf are corrupting the girl! Shaya has been openly accused of child molestation.

At the end, Sia spoke out and apologized to everyone who was offended and unpleasantly hung up on her video. “I knew some people would accuse this video of ‘paedophilia’. But all I can say is that Maddie and Shia are the only actors who could play the opposite sides of my personality. I didn’t mean to offend anyone, my goal was to capture an emotion,” the singer wrote on social media.

Shia LaBeouf didn’t say anything. This accusation was simply drowned in a whole sea of ​​others thrown at him at the time: the actor had obvious problems with substances, alcohol and anger control.

Sia has been accused 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 waited impatiently for the young girl to confess how much the childish emotions and bodily experiences that she had to cross on set proved to be traumatic. .

But Maddie was a badass! She didn’t say a single bad word – neither to Chaya Labeuf, nor about Sia. Apparently, this young lady has a very strong psyche, which was not shaken by participation in unusual projects. Anyone who was worried about how the girl was going to cope with the fame that fell on her can relax – time has shown that she did it perfectly.

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

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

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