Pop star Olivia Rodrigo revealed she is 60% deaf in her left ear during a June 12 appearance on KISS FM. The admission occurred while Rodrigo was discussing her newly released 2026 album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
While breaking down the track “What’s Wrong With Me?”, hosts Tyler West and Chloe Burrows jokingly asked the singer what was actually wrong with her. Rodrigo pointed to her hearing deficit, explaining that she cannot make out secrets whispered on her left side. She advised that anyone trying to tell her a secret needs to “go right ear,” according to coverage from Rova detailing the broadcast.
This recent interview puts a specific number on a condition Rodrigo previously discussed in 2023. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the time, she described herself as “half-deaf” in her left ear. Rodrigo noted she was completely unaware of the hearing loss until a routine screening flagged it when she was in kindergarten.
Rodrigo frequently uses the condition as a punchline in her professional life. She often jokes with her frequent collaborator, photographer Petra Collins, about how the pair manages to work together despite Rodrigo having bad hearing and Collins having bad vision. Rodrigo’s transparency places her among several high-profile entertainers operating within the industry with unilateral hearing loss, including Millie Bobby Brown, Stephen Colbert, and Adam Savage.