Sia files to legally change her name one year after marrying second husband Dan Bernad
Sia is legally changing her name from Sia Furler to Sia Bernad one year after marrying second husband Dan Bernad at Dolce & Gabbana’s Villa Olivetta in Portofino, Italy in front of four guests.
The Australian 48-year-old singer’s attorney officially filed the name change request on Thursday according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
Sia and Dan – whose relationship dates back to December 2021 – will then celebrate their first wedding anniversary either next Monday or Tuesday (the exact date of their intimate nuptials has not been disclosed).
Before meeting Bernad, the nine-time Grammy nominee declared to GQ in February 2020 that she had ‘decided to be single for the rest of my life’ following her 2017 divorce from golf documentarian Erik Anders Lang after just two years of wedded bliss.
In 2019, Sia legally adopted two 18-year-old men who aged out of the foster care system, and one of them has since fathered twins – making her a grandmother-of-two.
Sia (L, pictured in 2022) is legally changing her name from Sia Furler to Sia Bernad one year after marrying second husband Dan Bernad (R) at Dolce & Gabbana’s Villa Olivetta in Portofino, Italy in front of four guests
The name change news came during a year of transformation for the camera-shy pop star, who admitted in a December 10th tweet that she underwent liposuction to manage the weight she gained while taking a mystery medication.
‘Had to take a medication that made me put on a lot of weight that I just can’t shift with exercise or thyroid meds so I went in for lipo today,’ Sia – who boasts 51.8M social media followers – confessed on X.
‘Please know that I am so lucky to have the resources to change the way I look and that when you see me looking crazy foxy again that I want you to know it did not come from diet and exercise. I want to be truthful about all of my procedures so I don’t contribute to the system that tells us we aren’t enough.’
The two-time Golden Globe nominee had previously confessed to undergoing an ‘amazing face lift’ from plastic surgeon Dr. Ben Talei (who won outstanding achievement in medicine) while speaking onstage the Fifth Daytime Beauty Awards in LA on October 1.
‘He is incredible. And he is doing so much good work – and not just for the pop stars of the world,’ Sia said inside the Taglyan Complex.
‘I was showing someone in the back my before-and-afters right before I came on. People go, “You look nice.” I’m like, “Dr. Ben Talei, face lift” for like anything you could ever want. I love him, I can’t say enough good about him.’
The Fame Won’t Love You singer raised eyebrows by revealing that she was ‘on the [autism] spectrum’ while appearing on the May 25th episode of Rob Has a Podcast.
‘For 45 years, I was like, “I’ve got to go put my human suit on,”‘ Sia explained.
The Australian 48-year-old singer’s attorney officially filed the name change request on Thursday (pictured November 3)
Sia and Dan – whose relationship dates back to December 2021 (pictured) – will then celebrate their first wedding anniversary either next Monday or Tuesday as the exact date of their intimate nuptials has not been disclosed
Before meeting Bernad, the nine-time Grammy nominee declared to GQ in February 2020 that she had ‘decided to be single for the rest of my life’ following her 2017 divorce from golf documentarian Erik Anders Lang (R, pictured in 2015) after just two years of wedded bliss
In 2019, Sia legally adopted two 18-year-old men who aged out of the foster care system, and one of them has since fathered twins – making her a grandmother-of-two (pictured November 2)
The name change news came during a year of transformation for the camera-shy pop star, who admitted in a December 10th tweet that she underwent liposuction to manage the weight she gained while taking a mystery medication
Sia had previously confessed to undergoing an ‘amazing face lift’ from plastic surgeon Dr. Ben Talei (L, who won outstanding achievement in medicine) while speaking onstage the Fifth Daytime Beauty Awards in LA on October 1
The two-time Golden Globe nominee said: ‘He is incredible. And he is doing so much good work – and not just for the pop stars of the world. I was showing someone in the back my before-and-afters right before I came on. People go, “You look nice.” I’m like, “Dr. Ben Talei, face lift” for like anything you could ever want. I love him, I can’t say enough good about him’
Sia raised eyebrows by revealing that she was ‘on the [autism] spectrum’ while appearing on the May 25th episode of Rob Has a Podcast
The Fame Won’t Love You singer explained: ‘For 45 years, I was like, “I’ve got to go put my human suit on.” And only in the last two years have I become fully, fully myself’
Sia’s 2021 directorial debut Music was previously accused of being ‘ableist’ and contributing ‘to harmful stereotypes of autistic people,’ and she wound up winning the Razzie for worst director for helming the disastrous drama starring Maddie Ziegler (R)
The Gimme Love singer’s 10th studio album Reasonable Woman – dropping this Friday – features duets with Chaka Khan, Kylie Minogue, and Paris Hilton
‘And only in the last two years have I become fully, fully myself.’
The Dance Alone belter’s 2021 directorial debut Music was previously accused of being ‘ableist’ and contributing ‘to harmful stereotypes of autistic people,’ and she wound up winning the Razzie for worst director for helming the disastrous drama starring Maddie Ziegler.
Sia’s other afflictions she’s gone public with include bipolar hypomania, PTSD, alcoholism, Xanax/OxyContin addiction, chronic pain, Graves’ disease, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
The Gimme Love singer’s 10th studio album Reasonable Woman – dropping this Friday – features duets with Chaka Khan, Kylie Minogue, and Paris Hilton.
Sia is also one of 250 artists backing the The Fans First Act, a bill aiming to increase transparency in ticket sales and protect consumers from fake or overpriced tickets.
The queer vegan – who gets 60.3M monthly listeners on Spotify – was originally discovered by an Italian DJ while singing karaoke in a bar.