Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Finneas O'Connell is coming to his sister Billie Eilish's defense. The Grammy winner took to Threads on Wednesday to clap back at haters who criticized the "Wildflower" singer's Grammys acceptance speech, which saw her slam ICE. "Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech," O'Connell wrote. "We can literally see your names in the Epstein files." After winning the award for song of the year for "Wildflower," Eilish used her time on stage to speak out against the Trump administration's intense and controversial immigration enforcement. She and O'Connell also wore "ICE OUT" pins on their outfits. Related Stories Music Mustard on His Secret Sauce: How the Kendrick Lamar Producer Cooks Up Hits News How Award Show Speeches Are Slowly Going Activist Again "I feel so honored every time I get to be in this room," she said in part. "And, 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. ... It's just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room." Eilish then went on to urge the public to "keep fighting and speaking up and protesting," before yelling, "Fuck ICE," which was bleeped on the CBS telecast. While Eilish wasn't the only one calling out ICE at the Grammys, as Bad Bunny, Shaboozey and Olivia Dean also had their own commentary, the "Bad Guy" singer's remarks definitely caught one man's attention. During the Senate's antitrust hearing on the Netflix-Warner Bros Discovery merger, Sen. Ted Cruz brought up her speech, saying to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and Warner Bros Discovery chief revenue officer Bruce Campbell, "At the Grammys, when you see an entertainer say 'nobody is illegal while we're on stolen land' and then you see entertainers leap to their feet, clapping so excitedly at the notion that America is fundamentally illegitimate, it starts to convey that the entertainment world is deeply corrupt." Cruz didn't name Eilish directly, but added that the singer "promptly went back to her $14 million mansion, and somehow that stolen land she wasn't concerned about." Elsewhere on Threads, O'Connell also slammed an opinion piece published on USA Today post-Grammys, telling artists they should stick to performing and stay away from politics. "You just can't do both," he wrote. "You can't say it doesn't matter what musicians or celebrities say or think but then talk about it for days. You're out here making it matter. I'll keep speaking up especially if it keeps bothering you." THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Super Bowl 2026 Mustard on His Secret Sauce: How the Kendrick Lamar Producer Cooks Up Hits WME J-pop Trio Number_i Signs With WME (Exclusive) music Madison Beer Gets Real About Social Media, Being a Woman in the Industry and Her New Album 'Locket' Obituaries LaMonte McLemore, Founding Member of The 5th Dimension, Dies at 90 Ted Cruz Ted Cruz Wants Ted Sarandos to Answer for Billie Eilish's "Stolen Land" Grammys Speech, for Some Reason Lil Jon Lil Jon's Son Missing in Georgia Super Bowl 2026 Mustard on His Secret Sauce: How the Kendrick Lamar Producer Cooks Up Hits WME J-pop Trio Number_i Signs With WME (Exclusive) music Madison Beer Gets Real About Social Media, Being a Woman in the Industry and Her New Album 'Locket' Obituaries LaMonte McLemore, Founding Member of The 5th Dimension, Dies at 90 Ted Cruz Ted Cruz Wants Ted Sarandos to Answer for Billie Eilish's "Stolen Land" Grammys Speech, for Some Reason Lil Jon Lil Jon's Son Missing in Georgia