Before Billie Eilish had fan girls of her own, she was one herself.
On Tuesday, the 18-year-old’s mother Maggie Baird was a guest on her daughter’s Apple Music show, “me & dad radio,” a program where the starlet and her father Patrick O’Connell share music and stories from their illustrious lives.
There, she revealed her daughter’s scary obsession with Justin Bieber, now 26 — so much so that she and O’Connell considered putting their then-12-year-old daughter in therapy.
Maggie talked about how, in 2012, her daughter would play the Canadian pop star’s hit “As Long As You Love Me” and sob. She recalled “driving to the dance studio with Billie, playing this song, sobbing, and then driving back and sobbing.”
The 61-year-old mother continued, “And the video, and Billie talking about it, and being excited it was coming out, and just crying and crying . . . I just want to say, we did consider taking you to therapy because you were in so much pain over Justin Bieber.”
Billie also spoke about her adolescent angst during the show.
“There was a period where I cried every single day of my life, when I was like 13, 14, 15,” the Grammy-winning musician said. “Every single day I cried.”
“And 17, 18 I cried barely at all,” she continued. “I’m proud to say I barely cry anymore and it’s one thing I’ve overcome.”
The “Bad Guy” singer, who also collaborates with her brother, Finneas O’Connell, then relished in her relatively newfound contentment — and, presumably, no longer cries over Justin Bieber.
“This is a big deal,” she said. “Not that it’s wrong to cry, but it’s a good thing I feel happier in my life and I don’t want to cry anymore.”