Billie Eilish Denies Falling Out With Finneas and Defends Speaking Out Against Billionaires and ICE: ‘Why Is it Controversial to Step in When Someone’s Getting Bullied?’

Home Music News Apr 28, 2026 7:22am PT Billie Eilish Denies Falling Out With Finneas and Defends Speaking Out Against Billionaires and ICE: ‘Why Is it Controversial to Step in When Someone’s Getting Bullied?’ By Zack Sharf Plus Icon Zack Sharf Digital News Director ZSharf Latest Billie Eilish Denies Falling Out With Finneas and Defends Speaking Out Against Billionaires and ICE: ‘Why Is it Controversial to Step in When Someone’s Getting Bullied?’ 37 minutes ago ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ First Reactions Say the Sequel Is ‘Charming,’ ‘Genuinely Heartwarming’ and Destined to ‘Be a Massive Hit’ 2 hours ago Jimmy Kimmel Defends ‘Expectant Widow’ Joke After Donald and Melania Trump Demand ABC Fire Him: ‘It Was Not by Any Stretch of the Definition a Call to Assassination. And They Know That’ 11 hours ago See All Gilbert Flores/Billboard Billie Eilish graces the cover of Elle magazine ahead of the theatrical release of her concert movie “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)” and reveals her fourth album is “more than half way” done, although “that’s all I will say” on what’s in store for her next LP. The Grammy winner spoke more in depth about her penchant for speaking out against ICE, billionaires and more hot-button political issues. “I was raised like this,” Eilish told the magazine. “When you have this insane platform that you can use to advocate for people, but you’re not advocating for people because you don’t want to be controversial? Why is it controversial to step in when someone’s getting bullied and try to stop it? Yeah, you’re probably gonna have to deal with some problems, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it.” blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article1","mid-articleX","mid","mid-article"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article") .addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; }); Popular on Variety if ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { pmcCnx.cmd.push(function() { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 2, } } }, playerId: 'fdaee7b3-292f-4a85-89bb-29a56b567de3', playlistId: '073c6e70-0010-4b87-92d0-d891f87f5cd8', }).render("connatix_contextual_player_div"); }); } else { // This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it's event time. window.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer(); } Related Stories Christine Romans Gets Two-Hour Show as NBC News Expands Live-Streaming Service Savannah Guthrie's Determination Amid Family Tragedy Brings New Morning to NBC's 'Today' Eilish attended the Grammys earlier this year wearing an “ICE Out” pin and yelled “fuck ICE!” on stage during her acceptance speech for song of the year for “Wildflower.” “As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land,” Eilish added. “And, yeah, it’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter, and fuck ICE. That’s all I’m going to say. Sorry. Thank you so much.” Last November, Eilish gave an acceptance speech at the Wall Street Journal Innovator Awards and called out billionaires. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was in attendance at the ceremony.…

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