Olivia Rodrigo Says She’s 60% Deaf in One Ear, Jokes ‘There’s Quite a Lot That’s Wrong with Me’
Olivia Rodrigo Says She’s 60% Deaf in One Ear, Jokes ‘There’s Quite a Lot That’s Wrong with Me’
Vanessa EtienneThu, June 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM UTC
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Olivia Rodrigo revealed she is 60% deaf in her left ear during an interview on KISS FM UK
The singer first learned about her partial hearing loss during a kindergarten hearing test
Rodrigo previously joked about her hearing challenges as a singer, comparing them to her photographer friend's poor vision
Olivia Rodrigo is opening up about being partially deaf in one ear.
On Wednesday, June 10, the "Drop Dead" singer, 23, made an appearance on KISS FM UK and spoke to hosts Tyler West and Chloe Burrows about her much-anticipated third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, which will be released on June 12.
During the show, West mentioned that one of Rodrigo's new songs is called "What's Wrong With Me?" and jokingly asked the Grammy winner, "What is actually wrong with you?"
"There's quite a lot that's wrong with me," she said with a laugh. "I'm actually like, 60% deaf in my left ear. So, if you were to sit on this side of me [points to her left] and try to tell me a secret, I couldn't make out what you were saying."
"So, if you tell me a secret, go right ear," she added.
"That is amazing because you're a singer and you always have like headphones," Burrows said, shocked by the news. "That is crazy!"
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This isn't the first time Rodrigo has mentioned her hearing troubles.
Back in December 2023, she told The Hollywood Reporter that she learned she was partially deaf at a young age.
"It's kind of unusual," she said at the time. "I am half-deaf in my left ear. I never knew until kindergarten or so when they're doing the tests on all the kids, and they were like, 'Oh, you're a little hard of hearing.'"
"It's interesting," she continued. "One of my friends is this great photographer, Petra Collins, and she has really bad vision, and so we always joke that I make music because I have bad hearing, and she takes photos because she has bad vision."
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