February 05 2026, 08:15 
Billie Eilish is facing right-wing backlash for comments she made criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Grammys.
While accepting the award for Song of the Year at Sunday night’s 68th Annual Grammy Awards, Eilish called on opponents of federal agents’ brutal enforcement tactics — which have already led to the deaths of at least eight people, including Renee Good and Alex Pretti — to “keep fighting and speaking up and protesting.”
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In her speech, Eilish also asserted that “no one is illegal on stolen land,” likely a reference to the acquisition of Indigenous land by early settlers across the U.S.
In the days since the Grammys, critics on social media have seized on the comment, accusing Eilish of hypocrisy.
“Ok, Billie. Your $14,000,000 mansion in LA is built where the Tongva tribes once lived,” the End Wokeness X account posted Sunday. “Any plans on returning it?”
In a Monday post responding to Eilish’s speech, British journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer described the pop star as “a blithering idiot,” adding that if Eilish were serious about her comments, “then she’ll happily hand over her multi-million pound Malibu beachfront home to illegal migrants… Which she won’t, because it’s all just silly celeb posturing.”
Similarly, right-wing media personality Eric Daugherty claimed in a Monday X post that “Americans are calling on Hollywood elitist Billie Eilish to RETURN her $14M LA mansion to the Tongva tribe,” adding that she “could also graciously host illegal aliens in her mansion.”
Speaking to Fox News host Jesse Watters, conservative commentator Sage Steele described Eilish’s comments as “comical” and advised the pop star to “shut up and sing, because you’re super talented, but you don’t know what you’re talking about.”
British right-wing news outlet GB News went so far as to send a correspondent to try to gain entrance to Eilish’s LA home. “Let us in please, Billie,” reporter Ben Leo said during the stunt. “We are here because this is stolen land, Billie, and we think we should be given access to your quite lovely $3 million mansion.”
Perhaps most bizarrely, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) brought up Eilish’s comments during a seemingly unrelated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, while questioning Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and Warner Bros. Discovery executive Bruce Campbell on the two companies’ proposed merger.
Cruz asked Sarandos whether they were all on “stolen land,” and both Sarandos and Campbell responded that they were unaware of the history of the land they were on. Cruz suggested that the fact that neither exec. was willing to say “Hell no” indicated that “the entertainment world is deeply corrupt” and that Hollywood censors conservative voices.
Amid all this, a spokesperson for the Tongva Nation of the Greater Los Angeles Basin confirmed to The Daily Mail that Eilish’s LA home is on the tribe’s ancestral land. While Eilish has not contacted the tribe directly, they said, “We do value the instance when Public Figures provide visibility to the true history of this country.” The spokesperson added that the tribe has reached out to Eilish’s team to express their “appreciation for her comments.”
“It is our hope that in future discussions, the tribe can explicitly be referenced to ensure the public understands that the greater Los Angeles basin remains Gabrieleno Tongva territory,” the tribe’s spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, as The Blast notes, Eilish supporters have pointed out that the Grammy-winner has pledged to donate $11.5 million in profits from her recent Hit Me Hard and Soft tour to organizations and projects that support food equity, climate justice, reducing carbon pollution, and combating the climate crisis. While accepting the Wall Street Journal Magazine’s Music Innovator of the Year award in October, Eilish urged the billionaires in the room to “give your money away,” according to Rolling Stone.
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