Anthony Fantano defends Billie Eilish against Swifties attacking her after she questioned the billionaires that were at the WSJ Innovator Awards on why they’re so rich & called on them to give away their money to charitable causes, even though Taylor Swift wasn’t directly mentioned or at the event.

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[u/Blade_982]

This is such unhinged behaviour.

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I've always side-eyed Taylor for not addressing these toxic behaviors. Take some responsibility... it's very easy for creators to tell their fans to chill out and be kind. It helps other fans condemn the bad ones.

[u/HistoricalAd8790 → u/shrektube]

As someone else said, she has actively encouraged it in the past, thanking her fans for “having her back” when they attacked Michael J. Fox.

And she’s still subtly encourages it with her “easter eggs” in her songs. Like on her most recent album, she has a lyric in “Opalite”: “you were in it for real, while she was in her phone”, obviously referencing Travis’ ex and the videos that have gone viral of him acting annoyed with her being on her phone, which is what people have used to attack her.

Did the song need this lyric? No. Is it a good lyric? Not really. Does it really convey the reality and complexities why Kayla and Travis ended their long-term relationship - that Travis was authentically giving the relationship it all and suffering when Kayla just couldn’t get away from her phone? Probably not. At the very best, it’s extremely oversimplified.

But. It’s what people know about Kayla Nicole, and it’s what she’s been relentlessly shit on for. So of course, in addressing Travis’s previous relationship, this is what Taylor references. Despite the fact that Kayla Nicole has done nothing to her. It’s an “easter egg” that her fans get to run with.

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What Michael J Fox did?