by Bella ArnoldBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff Amid the never-ending political chaos that is this chapter of American history, awards shows have become an opportunity for celebrities to make their stances known. Sthanlee Mirador/PA Images via Getty Images/DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images From integrating political statements into their wardrobes to winners using their speeches to call out Donald Trump's administration, here's how celebrities used their platforms at the 68th Grammy Awards: 1. Trevor Noah, the former Daily Show host, took the Grammys Crypto.com Arena stage for what he called his sixth and final time hosting, because he "believes in term limits." So, it's safe to say he used this last hurrah to say a looot about Trump. Kevin Winter / Getty Images for The Recording Academy He made this turducken of a joke - commenting on Trump, Greenland, Clinton, and Epstein all in one fell swoop. "Wow, that is a Grammy that every artist wants. Almost as much as Trump wants Greenland," Noah said, of Billie Eilish's Song of the Year win for "WILDFLOWER." "Which makes sense. I mean, because Epstein's island is gone, he needs a new island to hang out with Bill Clinton." Kevin Winter / Getty Images for The Recording Academy Trump was not happy about this quip and took to Truth Social to announce plans to sue Noah, whom he called a "total loser" who he will "have some fun" with. "I'll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty$," Trump wrote. 2. He also made a joke about Nicki Minaj, saying she wasn't at the Grammys because she was "still at the White House with Donald Trump discussing very important issues." Obviously, this sent Minaj on a Twitter tirade, but who's surprised? Kevin Mazur / Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy 3. Throughout the night, Noah joked with Bad Bunny about a myriad of topics, namely his Super Bowl contract, which precluded him from performing at the Grammys, much to the host's chagrin. But Noah set the Puerto Rican artist up for a cheeky joke that surely had MAGA fuming. Kevin Mazur / Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy After Noah asked Bad Bunny if he could live with him in Puerto Rico if things got worse in the US, Bad Bunny responded, "Trevor, I have some news for you. Puerto Rico is part of America." Kevin Winter / Getty Images for The Recording Academy This is seemingly shade at all the conservatives who LOST IT after Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl's halftime show performer, citing the choice as "un-American," despite the fact that Puerto Rico is simply a part of the US. 4. Speaking of Bad Bunny, who made history as the first Latine artist to win Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, he used the Grammys stage to make some powerful statements about immigration. Kevin Mazur / Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy He won three awards last night - Album of the Year, Best Global Music Performance, and Best Música Urbana Album. When he accepted the award for Best Música Urbana Album, he said this: "Before I say, 'Thanks to God,' I'm gonna say ICE out." Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for The Recording Academy He continued, saying, "We're not savage. We're not animals. We're not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans." Kevin Winter / Getty Images for The Recording Academy "Also, I want to say to the people, I know it's tough...not to hate on these days. And, I was thinking, sometimes we get contaminados - I don't know how to say that in English. The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love," he said. "So, please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love. We don't hate them, we love our people, we love our family, and that's the way to do it. With love - don't forget that, please." 5. After taking home the Album of the Year award, he dedicated the award to immigrants. "I want to dedicate this award to all the people that had to leave their homeland, their country, to follow their dreams," he said during his speech. CBS Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images 6. Another star using their speech time to take a stance was Billie Eilish. VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images The 24-year-old Grammy Award winner has been very vocal about her opposition to ICE. Recently, she even called out fellow celebrities for failing to do the same. @billieeilish / Via Instagram: @billieeilish After "WILDFLOWER" won Song of the Year, Eilish said this in her acceptance speech: "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." ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images "And, yeah, it's just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now," she continued. "And, I just, 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 is
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