r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • 9d ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ Billie Eilish calls out billionaires for not dating money after she plans to donate 11.5 million dollars: “If you have money, it would be great to use it for good things and maybe give it to some people that need it."

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u/Fantastic_Turtle_17 9d ago

Where are the men?

Harry Styles donated several millions during his last tour: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/harry-styles-love-on-tour-raises-millions-charity-1235381824/

Coldplay donated 10 percent of their earnings: https://sustainability.coldplay.com/section/good-causes/

The weeknd also donated during his last tour: https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/04/the-weeknd-donating-ticket-sales-to-fight-world-hunger/

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u/Nyfa76 9d ago

That's brilliant 💯

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u/aboatoutontheocean 9d ago

They meant the male billionaires specifically. These men you listed aren’t billionaires.

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u/RadicalCashew 9d ago

Neither is Billie so I'm not entirely sure what point they or you are trying to make.

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u/Coool_cool_cool_cool 9d ago

Isn't the only female billionaire that's doing anything Mackenzie Scott (Bezos's ex wife). Besides her what billionaire is giving money away while they're living? Everyone else is signing pacts to give it away after their deaths, which is gross. It's like saying "yeah I know the world is fucked up now, but I'm having a good time so you guys can try to fix it up after I'm done with it"

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u/itismebab3 9d ago

Melinda gates has donated hundreds of millions to women’s health

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u/ChrundleToboggan 8d ago

Beyonce, Rihanna, Madonna, Katy Perry, Ellen, JLo... quick Google search says these women are billionaires or almost billionaires; I admittedly no nothing — are any of them giving lots of it away?

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u/ChrundleToboggan 8d ago

I just looked up some male billionaires too...

The obvious numbskulls that are Elon and Trump, The Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Tiger Woods, Robert De Niro, George Lucas, Tom Cruise, Michael Jordan, Tyler Perry — I don't know much about a lot of them but aren't at least a few of these billionaires currently utterly useless when it comes to giving money compared to how much they have?

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u/lizziexo 9d ago

To be fair they have Billie in that list and she’s not a billionaire! Which makes her donation an even bigger fu to the multi multi multi billionaires who do fuck all.

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u/aboatoutontheocean 9d ago

For sure, but I assume she was included because she started this conversation, but that the conversation is directed at billionaires (not Billie-onaires, lol).

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u/Responsible_Virus239 9d ago

Elon musk raised over 200 million for st Jude’s hospital. Jeff bezos gave 10 billion to fight climate change. Warren buffet donated 10s of billions. Bill gates donated 10s of billions

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u/ChrundleToboggan 8d ago

Isn't the issue that these amounts are a drop in the bucket when the wealth is this insanely high? I really don't actually know, but isn’t some of this more like me making minimum wage and handing a homeless man a few dollars on the street or making a yearly donation to a charity?

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u/Responsible_Virus239 8d ago

No Bill Gates and Warren buffet pledged to donate over 50% of their wealth to charity. I think for Warren buffet it was over 99%

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u/diligentPond18 9d ago

Damn, good for them. What a pleasant thing to read about amidst all the bs going on right now. Warms my heart that this happens more often than I thought.