Alex Wolff Says He, Brother Nat and Tourmate Billie Eilish 'Have Bonded' Over Having Tourette's: 'She's One of Us'

Mar. 15, 2025

Alex Wolff (left); Billie Eilish.Photo:John Nacion/Getty, Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

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Alex Wolffsays he, his combination brother-bandmateNatand his tourmateBillie Eilishhave all bonded over what it’s like to have Tourette Syndrome — and can just be themselves around each other.Wolff, whose pop-rock duoNat & Alex Wolffis currently opening for Eilish on herHit Me Hard and Softtour, toldVariety.“Even when I saw Billie on interviews, I said, ‘Oh, she’s one of us.’ ”“We know all the ways that we try to mute ourselves or try and chill ourselves out or soften ourselves for other people, and how nice it is to not have to do that for certain people,” Wolff, 26, noted to the outlet about how they try to downplay their Tourette’s symptoms.Per theMayo Clinic, Tourette Syndrome is “a disorder that involves repetitive movements or unwanted sounds (tics) that can’t be easily controlled. For instance, you might repeatedly blink your eyes, shrug your shoulders or blurt out unusual sounds or offensive words.”Alex Wolff on Sept. 29, 2024.Kevin Mazur/GettyNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Eilish, 22, joked about their bonding experience in an earlier video forVogue,saying, “My first real impression of you, when I met you, was at the Oscars after party, and I was sitting on the couch outside, and you just appeared.”“It was just like an immediate — I don’t even know what we talked about, but it was an immediate — I was like, ‘Yo!’ “ Eilish recalled to the outlet.The singer, whoseBarbiesong,“What Was I Made For?“netted Eilish her secondAcademy Award. Meanwhile, Wolff was on hand to support the event’sBest Picture winnerOppenheimer, in which he playedexperimental physicist Luis Walter Alvarez.“Yo!” Wolff repeated. “Like, ‘We got Tourette’s!’ ”The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!” ‘I love you,’ " Eilish recalled Wolff saying to her. “ ‘And we got Tourette’s. And you know my brother.’ ““And then Nat was there, and then it was the three of us, and then a couple of my friends, and we just hung out all night,” Eilish said of the start of their friendship.Alex Wolff in “So Long, Marianne”.CraveWolff — who plays a youngLeonard Cohenin the upcoming biogrgraphical series on the composer’s early life,So Long, Marianne— explained that his father Michael also has Tourette, saying, “It’s super cool to have, Billie’s got Tourette’s, and we’re, like, very hyper and I think I’ve always felt a little like too much.”“And then I think I met you – and it was like, ‘Whoa,' " he said.The feeling is mutual for Eilish, who added, “Your family is literally the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me.”

Alex Wolffsays he, his combination brother-bandmateNatand his tourmateBillie Eilishhave all bonded over what it’s like to have Tourette Syndrome — and can just be themselves around each other.

Wolff, whose pop-rock duoNat & Alex Wolffis currently opening for Eilish on herHit Me Hard and Softtour, toldVariety.“Even when I saw Billie on interviews, I said, ‘Oh, she’s one of us.’ ”

“We know all the ways that we try to mute ourselves or try and chill ourselves out or soften ourselves for other people, and how nice it is to not have to do that for certain people,” Wolff, 26, noted to the outlet about how they try to downplay their Tourette’s symptoms.

Per theMayo Clinic, Tourette Syndrome is “a disorder that involves repetitive movements or unwanted sounds (tics) that can’t be easily controlled. For instance, you might repeatedly blink your eyes, shrug your shoulders or blurt out unusual sounds or offensive words.”

Alex Wolff on Sept. 29, 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

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Eilish, 22, joked about their bonding experience in an earlier video forVogue,saying, “My first real impression of you, when I met you, was at the Oscars after party, and I was sitting on the couch outside, and you just appeared.”

“It was just like an immediate — I don’t even know what we talked about, but it was an immediate — I was like, ‘Yo!’ “ Eilish recalled to the outlet.

The singer, whoseBarbiesong,“What Was I Made For?“netted Eilish her secondAcademy Award. Meanwhile, Wolff was on hand to support the event’sBest Picture winnerOppenheimer, in which he playedexperimental physicist Luis Walter Alvarez.

“Yo!” Wolff repeated. “Like, ‘We got Tourette’s!’ ”

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

" ‘I love you,’ " Eilish recalled Wolff saying to her. “ ‘And we got Tourette’s. And you know my brother.’ "

“And then Nat was there, and then it was the three of us, and then a couple of my friends, and we just hung out all night,” Eilish said of the start of their friendship.

Alex Wolff in “So Long, Marianne”.Crave

Crave

Wolff — who plays a youngLeonard Cohenin the upcoming biogrgraphical series on the composer’s early life,So Long, Marianne— explained that his father Michael also has Tourette, saying, “It’s super cool to have, Billie’s got Tourette’s, and we’re, like, very hyper and I think I’ve always felt a little like too much.”

“And then I think I met you – and it was like, ‘Whoa,' " he said.

The feeling is mutual for Eilish, who added, “Your family is literally the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me.”

source: people.com