Billie Eilish Slams ‘Women Hating’ Critics Calling Her A ‘Sellout’
Billie Eilish isn’t pulling her punches when it comes to the critics. Over the weekend, the 21-year-old Grammy winner took to Instagram to call out negative comments she’s been receiving…
Billie Eilish attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City.
Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesBillie Eilish isn't pulling her punches when it comes to the critics. Over the weekend, the 21-year-old Grammy winner took to Instagram to call out negative comments she's been receiving about how her style has changed now.
Eilish posted a close-up selfie on her Stories and wrote: "I spent the first 5 years of my career getting absolutely OBLITERATED by you fools for being boy ish and dressing how i did & constantly being told i'd be hotter if i acted like a woman. Now when i feel comfortable enough to wear anything remotely feminine or fitting, i CHANGED and am a sellout."
Femininity Is Not Weakness
"You guys are true idiots," she continued, calling her critics "bozos" who need to "let women rest." In a follow-up story, the "Bad Guy" singer wrote: "FUN FACT! did you know that women are multifaceted!!!!!??? shocking right?? believe it or not women could be interested in multiple things. Also that femininity does not equal weakness???!!!! omg?! insane right? who knew. And also totally unheard of and insane to want to express yourself differently at different times."
In her final Instagram Story, Eilish left the haters with a parting message to remember her stance: "Suck my absolute c--- and b---- you women hating a-- weirdos."
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As we previously reported in March, Billie distanced herself from social media by deleting all the apps from her phone. During an interview with Conan O’Brien, the singer revealed why she isn’t online. “I don’t look at it anymore,” she said of social media. “I’ve deleted it all off my phone.” She noted that the drastic move was “such a huge deal” for her.
"I feel like I grew up in the perfect time of the internet when it wasn’t so internet-y that I didn’t have a childhood. I really had such a childhood, and I was doing stuff all the time," the singer, who was born in 2001, said. "It was computers and games on computers, but barely. We were doing stuff. And then when I became a preteen there were iPhones, and then I got a little older, and there was all of what [the internet] has become."
As she became a teenager, Eilish found herself to be "one of those people on the internet. And then to, within myself, feel like nothing changed, that I’m doing what I’ve always done and… to just keep doing what I do over the years, and slowly the videos I’m watching and the things I see on the internet are about me. I’m like, ‘Ew! Stinky! I don’t like that.'"
13 of Billie Eilish’s Most Iconic Fashion Looks
Over the years, Billie Eilish has shown us how versatile she can be. From wearing oversized luxury labels, to looking like a lux princess, the 19-year-old singer knows how to grasp our attention.
13. Fire Flame
JC Olivera/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 24: Billie Eilish performs onstage during the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images)
12. A Hint of Sparkle
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesBEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 09: Billie Eilish attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 09, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
11. Gucci, Gucci
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 26: Billie Eilish onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )
10. Pockets, Anyone?
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 12: Billie Eilish attends Billboard Women In Music 2019, presented by YouTube Music, on December 12, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Billboard)
9. Fall, Personified
Jon Kopaloff/Getty ImagesWEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 07: Billie Eilish attends the 2019 Variety's Hitmakers Brunch at Soho House on December 07, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
8. 'Happier Than Ever' Album Release Party
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 29: Billie Eilish attends the "Happier Than Ever: The Destination" celebration, presented by Billie Eilish and Spotify, for the new album on July 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Spotify)
7. Burberry Baby
Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesLONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Billie Eilish attends The BRIT Awards 2020 at The O2 Arena on February 18, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
6. Mean in Lime Green
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 26: Billie Eilish attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
5. Mixed Mediums
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 18: Singer Billie Eilish at the 2017 ASCAP Pop Awards at The Wiltern on May 18, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for ASCAP)
4. Lime Crime
David Livingston/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 23: Billie Eilish attends the Spotify Best New Artist 2020 Party at The Lot Studios on January 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
3. See Both Sides Like Chanel
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesHOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 09: Billie Eilish attends the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
2. Skoot Apparel
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesLAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 18: Billie Eilish performs onstage during the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 18, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
1. Holiday Barbie
Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesNEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Co-chair Billie Eilish attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
