Olivia Rodrigo Says 60% Deaf Left Ear With What's Wrong With Me Olivia Rodrigo

what's wrong with me olivia rodrigo got a blunt answer on June 4: she said she is “60% deaf in my left ear.” The disclosure came during a KISS FM UK appearance, and it put a long-running hearing issue back in public view with a number attached.

“There's quite a lot that's wrong with me,” Rodrigo said, before adding, “I'm actually like, 60% deaf in my left ear.” She also told listeners, “So, if you were to sit on this side of me and try to tell me a secret, I couldn't make out what you were saying.”

June 4 on KISS FM UK

The practical takeaway is simple: if someone wants her full attention in conversation, the right side is the safer bet. “So, if you tell me a secret, go right ear,” she said, turning the disclosure into a quick instruction instead of a dramatic reveal.

Rodrigo said the issue is not new. In 2023, she said, “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,'” and added, “It's interesting.” That puts the June 4 comment in line with a condition she has described as part of childhood, not a recent change.

Petra Collins and childhood hearing

Rodrigo has already framed the condition as something she has lived with for years, not something discovered after she became famous. She also linked it to Petra Collins, saying, “One of my friends is this great photographer, Petra Collins, and she has really bad vision, so we always joke that I make music because I have bad hearing, and she takes photos because she has bad vision.”

That line matters because it shows how she has chosen to talk about it: plainly, with humor, and without turning it into a formal health announcement. For listeners and readers, the useful detail is the operational one — she hears differently on her left side, and she has said that has been true since she was a child.

What's Wrong With Me

The disclosure also lands as a reference point to her song “what's wrong with me” from her third album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.” Rodrigo did not frame the track as autobiography in the appearance, but the title gives the conversation an extra layer of irony that she clearly knows how to use.

The direct answer for readers is that Rodrigo has publicly said she is 60% deaf in her left ear, and she has described the condition as something she learned about in kindergarten-era hearing tests. If you are around her, the one concrete adjustment she has asked for is to use her right ear when speaking quietly.