Australian singer and song-writer, Sia recently said that she wants to die after her directorial debut faced an overwhelming backlash over its portrayal of autism.
During her recent interview with the New York Times, the Cheap Thrills hit-maker said that when her directorial debut was released, she "was suicidal and relapsed and went to rehab."
She also shared that Kathy Griffin 'saved her life'.
The 46-year-old faced massive backlash when she cast a neurotic actor, Maddie Ziegler, in the lead role of the nonverbal autistic teenager.
The film was not warmly received by the autism community, which was not impressed by the portrayal of autism in the film.
The backlash only turned serious when the film garnered two Golden Globe nominations in 2021.
Several actors also condemned the film's 'harm to people'. Chloe Hayden also said that casting Ziegler in the film "undermined the abilities of autistic people and made us infantile."
"Second, if your film is about inclusion, but you're not making the actual film set inclusive, that completely undermines the whole point," the outlet reported.