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Billie Eilish is standing firm after sparking backlash with her recent remarks about meat consumption.
In an interview with Elle, the singer was asked what "hill" she would die on. She hesitated, warning, "Ya'll ain't gonna like me for this one," before saying: "Eating meat is inherently wrong."
She added, "You could eat meat, go for it, you could love animals, but you can't do both."
The comments quickly ignited debate online. Critics accused her of being "privileged" for promoting veganism, pointing to the cost of plant-based diets.
Others called out her lifestyle as a "multi-millionaire" with multiple homes, arguing she was guilty of her own environmental contradictions.
Rather than backtracking, Eilish fired back on Instagram. She shared graphic clips from slaughterhouses and dairy farms.
Alongside the footage, she wrote: "Go watch a documentary or two and some footage of what is done to the animals u claim to love and what it does to the planet u pretend to love as well."
Her message grew sharper: "So stay f**king mad at me. I really don't give a goddamn f**k. If that footage was hard for u to watch, I encourage u to pls take a look at urself. I am so tired of standing up for/having empathy for living beings being controversial."
The backlash hasn't slowed her activism. Eilish has been vegan since age 12 and has long tied her career to animal rights and sustainability.
In 2021, she convinced Oscar de la Renta to stop selling fur before wearing one of their gowns to the Met Gala. At the time, she told The New York Times it was "shocking that wearing fur isn't completely outlawed."
She has also partnered with organizations to cut carbon emissions on tour and uses recycled and organic materials for merchandise.
Most recently, she co-directed Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour documentary with James Cameron, telling PEDESTRIAN.TV she had "never done anything, or seen anything, like it."
