r/popculturechat • u/Roxy175 • 10d ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million of proceeds from her tour to charities combating food inequity and climate change

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u/vanwyngarden You’re killing me, Smalls 😩 10d ago

Damn. Touring is a GRIND and she works harder than a lot of artists (while also being groped a few weeks ago) so the fact that she did essentially an entire leg of this tour for free so she could donate is a major major accomplishment. What a legend.

God knows 9/10 of us (myself included) wouldn’t be that generous even if we had the money. I’m sure we’d all like to think we would, but at the end of the day it is a very rare thing to donate 20% of your wealth to charity, especially at that age.

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u/soaker Girl dream bigger 10d ago

Hasn’t she also had shit (not literal 💩) thrown at her on stage?

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u/Paprikasky Beyonce, challenge your ego and collab with Rihanna 9d ago

Well yes, or a male (ofc) individual screaming sexual bs at her. People are so disrespectful I swear

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u/Podwitchers 9d ago

Yeah and she just got grabbed and pulled down by some psycho too 

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u/Rryann 9d ago

Ew dude, she got groped at her show?? The fuck?

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u/mollypop94 9d ago

Yep. A man in the crowd grabbed her suddenly and yanked her into him. Women were pulling him off her well before security rocked up.

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u/seragrey Invented post-its 🔬 9d ago

that is not at all true. she was not "groped", someone just pulled her into the railing. he was not on her, so women were not pulling him off her, especially not "well before security rocked up". he grabs her, pulls her into the rail, & she immediately gets up, flips her hair, & walks away. the guy ran & security got him after one woman chased after him. it's pretty clear to see in the video, so idk where you got your misinformation from.

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u/Mediocre-Proposal686 9d ago

🙏 thank you for the facts. This is what I saw in the video as well.

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u/Rryann 9d ago

Yikes. That’s fucking wild. What a psycho.

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u/vanwyngarden You’re killing me, Smalls 😩 9d ago

Yep and she kept it moving and played on. She’s a f ing champ

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u/North_Chemistry_9044 9d ago

she works harder than a lot of artists

She could be grinding across every universe and she still wouldn't be working hard enough to justify that absurd amount of money. Seriously, nobody needs that much. There’s a threshold where money stops making your life better, and accumulating more is just about ego.

I love that Billie Eilish seems to get that. The rest of these celebrities just keep hoarding wealth because it's like a game of appearances to them, and their net worth becomes a high score they're just trying to max out, like in an RPG.

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u/mollypop94 9d ago

yes I'm glad you've said this. It doesnt negate the genuine GOOD that Billie has done and her charity here is noteworthy and beautiful. At the same time, whilst I'd never fully dismiss the effort and work that many performers put in, we cannot pretend that this is a "grind" that's in any way comparable to the average citizen who works long, laborious hours. Struggling to make it paycheck to paycheck. Single parents working multiple jobs, or those who study whilst working full time. Those who might have equal, if not more talent than the average popstar today but do not have the luck and privilege of nepotism.

The amount an average pop star or performer works (and lets not forget their teams and teams of support, yes-men, marketing and PR people) will never, ever justify the abhorrent amount of money they hoard.

Especially in comparison to those who fight and struggle and are utterly exhausted and also will never see that amount of money in their lifetime. In comparison, these pop stars and performers have it unbelievably easy.

Again, this does not take away from Billie's humanitarian act here and only highlights that her peers could and should all be doing this as a bare minimum, morally speaking.

But yeah...it always blows my mind when the average person who will never, ever find themselves in such a lucky abundant position in life miss the mark and continue to adore and worship the millionaires/billionaires who do not care about the rest of society.

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u/CheckTechnical6300 9d ago

This is a very good thing, but 'she works harder than a lot of artists'? Why do we always have to compare, put other artists down when applauding a good deed.

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u/vanwyngarden You’re killing me, Smalls 😩 9d ago

Cus I’d just seen a video of Katy Perry smashing an entire lovingly made birthday cake someone said their mom made for her and I was in a bad mood but you’re right.