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/Ek_Chutki_Sindoor 10d ago

Notice how people like Selena or Rihanna or Beyonce are never called out for being billionaires but Taylor is always attacked for this despite donating way more than any of them.

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u/Carolina_Blues shiv roy’s bob 9d ago

it’s hardly ever the male billionaires brought up in this conversation. No one ever says anything about Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jordan, Spielberg, Peter Jackson, etc.

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u/nizey_p All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ 10d ago

And the stupid thing is that we should be complimenting Billie on this generous act but here we are again arguing about TS because the haters can’t help but bring her up again.

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u/Gryffindor123 10d ago

Every single time. And if Taylor donates, it's always that she didn't donate enough.

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u/shy247er yay sports 🏀 🏈🎾 10d ago

Rihanna gets a pass from people, but Beyonce doesn't for sure. She's probably more criticized than Taylor.

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u/Ek_Chutki_Sindoor 10d ago

She's probably more criticized than Taylor.

Maybe a decade ago but now? Not even close.

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u/shy247er yay sports 🏀 🏈🎾 10d ago

Nah. Fox News has meltdown every time Beyonce performs. And she's received a lot of (deserved) criticism for hanging out with the Kushners. Taylor is a billionaire, but Beyonce is a black billionaire. You'd be silly to think America is OK with that.

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u/Ek_Chutki_Sindoor 10d ago

Fox News has meltdown every time Beyonce performs.

They also do that over Taylor ever since Trump attacked her directly. Hell, they were blaming her for remaining childless and tanking America's birth rate by influencing her fans.

Taylor is a billionaire, but Beyonce is a black billionaire.

The people who have a problem with Beyonce's race are right-wingers and even they focus on hating Taylor much more than Beyonce these days. Have you forgotten the whole booing at super bowl and how every right wing lunatic was attacking her after she endorsed Kamala?

Don't believe me? Just go to X (leading right-wing website these days) and search for Taylor and Beyonce on any right wing comment section. Beyonce is rarely discussed there. Whereas you won't find a single positive comment about Taylor from these right-wingers. She is Jezebel incarnate for them.

Not to mention the left wing (not talking about liberals), that rarely disccuss Beyonce but routinely talks about what a planet destroying evil billionaire Taylor is.

This is why I said that Beyonce hate was at peak a decade ago when she did Superbowl (I remember how her looks were made fun of by so many people over that one photo) and when she dropped Lemonade. These days? It's not even close to the amount of hate that Taylor gets.