Overview
- Finneas wrote on Threads that “very powerful old white men” were outraged by his sister’s remarks and added, “We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”
- He also replied to a USA Today op-ed urging celebrities to avoid politics, arguing, “You just can’t do both… I’ll keep speaking up especially if it keeps bothering you.”
- During her Feb. 1 Song of the Year speech, Billie Eilish said, “no one is illegal on stolen land” and “Fuck ICE,” with the CBS broadcast bleeping the expletive as she and others wore “ICE Out” pins.
- Other performers, including Bad Bunny and Kehlani, echoed anti-ICE messages during their acceptance moments at the ceremony in Los Angeles.
- The Tongva tribe said Eilish’s Los Angeles home sits on their ancestral land, welcomed her visibility, noted she had not contacted them directly, and asked to be referenced explicitly in future discussions, as political and media backlash continued and figures including President Donald Trump criticized the show while DHS rebutted celebrity portrayals of ICE.