Sia claims she stopped her dancer Maddie Ziegler from getting on a plane with Harvey Weinstein
Ziegler’s fame skyrocketed when she was just 11, after she appeared as a mini-me version of Sia
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Sia is very protective of dancer Maddie Ziegler.
In a recent interview, she claimed she stopped the “Dance Moms” alum from getting on a plane with Harvey Weinstein.
Ziegler’s fame skyrocketed in 2014 when she was 11 years old, after she appeared as a mini-me version of Sia, 44. The “Dance Moms” alum has been in numerous other music videos for the “Cheap Thrills” singer and will star in her upcoming movie, “Music.”
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“I felt just extreme compulsion to protect her and yet the irony is that I didn't want to be famous and I threw this child into the spotlight and she would say to me, 'Don't be silly — I was already famous and I wanted to be famous,'" Sia said on the Zach Sang Show.
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Sia continued, “And I say, 'And you know it can stop at any time right? If you want it to stop, I can make it stop. You can just go back to being a normal person again.'"
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The Australian singer claimed that Zieger, 17, was determined to be famous. “I thought a good way I can keep her safe is just keep making projects for her and therefore most of the time we're working together,” Sia said.
“I kept her off a plane that Harvey Weinstein tried to get her on,” the “Elastic Heart” singer claimed.
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She added: "When he invited her, I told [Maddie's mom] Melissa, I just said, 'Please don't, do not do that, do not do that, do not do that.'"
Disgraced filmmaker Weinsten is serving a 23-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of rape and sexual assault.
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Over the years he has faced several accusations of sexual assault from women in the entertainment industry.