Highlights
- Olivia Rodrigo, despite her massive success, is still living with her parents and recently got her first apartment but spends a lot of time with them.
- Rodrigo has a great relationship with her parents, considering them her "BFFs" and values the lessons they've taught her about kindness and doing the right thing.
- Rodrigo's parents have been involved in her music career, with her mom being the first person to hear her new songs and even providing sounds for her hit song "Driver's License."
Olivia Rodrigo became one of the biggest pop stars in the world in 2021 with the release of her number one single "Driver's License." By the end of 2021, Rodrigo boasted a reported $4 million net worth and a burgeoning career as an actress and a musician.
With all those accomplishments, it's easy to forget that Rodrigo isn't even 21. She turned 20 this past February, and if she wasn't a celebrity, she'd probably be packing up and heading back to college right now. Therefore, it's reasonable to wonder whether Olivia Rodrigo still lives with her parents.
Here is what we know about the young songwriter and star's home life.
Updated September 2023: Olivia Rodrigo appeared in the news repeatedly in September – primarily due to buzz around the announcement of her second tour in 2024. Tickets went on sale on September 21st, and fans came out in force to snag a seat at one of the tour's 18 dates.
On September 22nd, Rodrigo took time out to discuss her favorite TikTok inspired purchase with GQ. The singer admitted she bought a viral Stanley brand tumbler in lavender and said: “I was like, I need this, it looks like it’s going to change my life ... And it did.” Rodrigo added that she got hooked on "craft soda" in Utah, using the TikTok famous drinking vessel for flavored soda instead of water.
8 Where Does Olivia Rodrigo Live?
Olivia Rodrigo grew up in Temecula, a city in California which is a part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. Rodrigo still lives close to Los Angeles – and in July, PopSugar reported that her "gorgeous house ... stole the spotlight" in a then-recent Vogue profile.
Describing Rodrigo as a "minimalist queen," the article noted she "keeps to a minimalist design aesthetic, with soft touches of color sprinkled throughout."
7 Even Olivia Rodrigo Isn't Sure If She Still Lives With Her Parents
In an August 2021 episode of the GQ YouTube series "Actually Me", Rodrigo revealed that she recently got her first apartment – and admitted that she still spends a lot of time living with her parents.
"Technically I'm not living with my parents," Rodrigo explained, "I got my first big girl apartment a month or two ago ... But my parents come and stay with me all the time and I'd go stay with them all the time, so I don't know if I'm technically living alone, but I say I am." As you can see, even Rodrigo isn't entirely sure whether she still lives with her parents. While she does have her own home, she still spends much of her time with her mom and dad.
6 Who Are Olivia Rodrigo's Parents?
Olivia Rodrigo was born on February 20, 2003 to Ronald and Sophia Rodrigo. Her father Ronald is Filipino American, while her mother Sophia has family roots in Ireland and Germany. Ronald works as a therapist, and Sophia is a teacher.
5 She Has A Great Relationship With Both Her Mom And Her Dad
When speaking with The Guardian in May 2021, Olivia Rodrigo called her parents her "BFFs" and said they were proud of her, and would be proud of her whatever she did. She also clearly values her parents and the many lessons they've taught her. In a 2017 video shared by the Disney Channel, Rodrigo said: "My parents, they've taught me how to be kind and respectful, and to always do the right thing."
4 Does Olivia Rodrigo Have Any Siblings?
Olivia Rodrigo is an only child, which explains why her parents can come and stay with her at her new apartment so often – they don't have any other children at home to worry about. Growing up, Rodrigo's household was just her and her parents. However, she has discussed having a close relationship with some of her extended family, such as her great-grandfather, who taught her to cook, and her great-grandmother, who she considers her penpal.
3 Rodrigo's Parents Homeschooled Her
It's not clear how many years of homeschooling Olivia Rodrigo has completed, but in an interview with Glamour in 2020, she called herself "a homeschool kid." She went on to say: "I never had a normal high school experience. I've always been homeschooled because I've been working." It's not entirely clear if Rodrigo meant that she'd been homeschooled throughout high school, or for her entire life.
Either way, it means that growing up she must have spent a lot more time with her parents than most teenagers do.
2 Are Olivia Rodrigo's Parents Involved In Her Music Career?
Rodrigo told The Guardian that while her parents never pressured her, she did feel "pushed to attend auditions." She has also said that her parents forced her to take piano lessons at a young age, something she is now extremely grateful for.
"Playing piano is one of my favorite things to do now, so [I'm] grateful that my parents forced me to do that," Rodrigo said in an interview with MTV UK. Since guiding a young Olivia to play piano when she was nine, her parents have remained involved in her music. Rodrigo says that her mom is the first person to hear all of her new songs – and that she actually used sounds from her own mother's car to record her hit song "Drivers License."
1 What Does Her Family Like To Do?
When Olivia Rodrigo's family wasn't homeschooling her, encouraging her to practice piano, or helping her to attend auditions, it seems they spent plenty of quality time together. One story Rodrigo has shared is that her family taught her how to cook growing up. She learned to make Filipino food, like lumpias, which she describes as "kind of like Filipino egg rolls" and "really yummy."