Olivia Rodrigo Discloses 60% Hearing Loss in Left Ear

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo has revealed she is partially deaf, disclosing in a recent radio interview that she has lost 60 percent of the hearing in her left ear. The 23-year-old singer shared the detail while promoting her new album in an appearance on KISS FM UK, responding to a lighthearted question about the title of her song "What's Wrong With Me."

Rodrigo said that if someone were to sit on her left side and try to tell her a secret, she would be unable to make out the words, advising people to speak into her right ear instead. The on-air hosts expressed surprise at the revelation, given Rodrigo's profession. She has since indicated she is comfortable discussing the condition publicly and even uses it as part of her humor.

The singer's hearing loss is not a new development. Rodrigo previously told The Hollywood Reporter in a 2023 interview that the condition was discovered during a routine hearing test in kindergarten. She described the diagnosis as "kind of unusual" at the time. In that earlier discussion, she also made a playful comparison with her friend, photographer Petra Collins, joking that she makes music because of her hearing loss while Collins takes photos due to...