A conservative influencer went viral at the Grammy’s after she filmed her live reaction to Billie Eilish’s inflammatory “f–k ICE” declaration during Sunday night’s award ceremony.
Emily Austin, a podcaster, social media personality and sports journalist, filmed her reaction to Eilish’s acceptance speech at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, as the “Bad Guy” singer went on an anti-ICE tirade.
“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,” the progressive pop star, 24, said as she accepted the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for “Wildflower.”
“It’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now. And I just I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people do matter,” she rambled, as Austin filmed herself contorting her face.
“F–k ICE, is what I wanna say,” Eilish concluded, to a smattering of cheers and applause, prompting Austin to mockingly imitate her words.
“F–k ICE, oh my god, I’m so edgy, I said f–k ICE, ha ha ha,” said Austin in the clip shared on X, to the delight of her followers.
The clip quickly went viral online, notching up more than 17 million views by Monday morning — with many commenters applauding her.
“Emily, you are the best!” one commenter wrote underneath her video.
“Shouting ‘F ICE’ from a stage costs nothing, solves nothing, and ignores the reality that immigration enforcement is mandated by law, not vibes,” another wrote.
“In a world full of Billie Eilish’s, be like Emily Austin,” a third cheered.
It is not the first time Eilish has used her platform for political purposes.
At last November’s WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards, Eilish used her acceptance speech to order billionaires to “give your money away.”
The singer, whose net worth is estimated to be $53 million, also shared a post on social media branding ICE a “federally funded and supported terrorist group” in the wake of the shooting death of Renee Good in Minneapolis last month.
Austin, 24, a Long Island-raised daughter to Israeli parents, previously announced last October she was launching a “Hot Girls for Cuomo” website in support of the New York mayoral candidate.
She has been an outspoken supporter of Israel, visiting southern border communities in the weeks after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
