{"id":239145,"date":"2026-05-08T21:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/billie-eilish-defends-herself-after-declaring-eating-meat-is-inherently-wrong\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T21:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:06:00","slug":"billie-eilish-defends-herself-after-declaring-eating-meat-is-inherently-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/billie-eilish-defends-herself-after-declaring-eating-meat-is-inherently-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Eilish defends herself after declaring eating meat is &#8216;inherently wrong&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-05-08\" datetime=\"1778274360\" pubdate=\"\">8 May 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Pop star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/billie-eilish\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,billie-eilish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billie Eilish<\/a> has defended herself after a vicious online backlash over her declaration that eating meat is &#8220;inherently wrong&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Billie Eilish no to meat<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/billie-eilish\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,billie-eilish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billie Eilish<\/a> has responded to the vicious online backlash over her declaration that eating meat is &#8220;inherently wrong&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Bad Guy star &#8211; who has followed a vegan diet since she was a child &#8211; sparked a major furore online after she insisted no one can &#8220;love animals&#8221; if they don&#8217;t limit themselves to plant-based food and she&#8217;s now doubled down on her comments and urged her social media followers to watch videos of animals being slaughtered.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of posts on Instagram, she wrote: &#8220;So stay f****** mad at me. I really don&#8217;t give a Goddamn f***.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She went on to add: &#8220;Go watch a documentary or two and some footage of what is done to the animals u claim to love and what it does to the planet u pretend to love as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If that footage was hard for u to watch, I encourage u to pls take a look at [yourself]. Like I am so tired of standing up for\/having empathy for living beings being controversial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Please] continue to live in a constant state of cognitive dissonance and denial and try to convince urself that [you&#8217;re] not living a lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Billie&#8217;s posts come after she spoke about her diet in a video interview with ELLE magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The singer was asked: &#8220;What\u2019s one hill you&#8217;d die on?&#8221; and she replied: &#8220;Ya\u2019ll ain\u2019t gonna like me for this one. Eating meat is inherently wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two things cannot coincide: &#8216;I love all animals so much and I eat meat&#8217;. Sorry &#8211; you could eat meat, go for it, you could love animals, but you can\u2019t do both.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Billie &#8211; who recently released new concert movie Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft &#8211; The Tour Live in 3D &#8211; previously opened up about her stance on eating meat in a post on her Instagram Stories alongside footage taken at a US dairy farm.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote: &#8220;I keep my mouth shut most of the time about this because I believe everyone should do, eat, and say whatever they want \u2026 and I don\u2019t feel the need to shove what I believe in in anyone\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But man \u2026 if you can watch the videos that I just posted and not give a f*** that it\u2019s YOU contributing by LITERALLY EATING the creatures that are being fully tortured just for your pleasure. I feel sorry for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI understand that meat tastes good \u2026 and I know you think you\u2019re just one person and it &#8216;won\u2019t change anything if you stop&#8217;. But that\u2019s ignorant and stupid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you have half a brain, you should know &#8216;one person&#8217; adds up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p class=\"author-name push-down\">\n    by <span itemprop=\"author\">Natalie key<\/span> for www.femalefirst.co.uk <\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/billie-eilish-defends-after-declaring-eating-meat-inherently-wrong-1443486.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 May 2026 Pop star Billie Eilish has defended herself after a vicious online backlash over her declaration that eating meat is &#8220;inherently wrong&#8221;. Billie Eilish no to meat Billie Eilish has responded to the vicious online backlash over her declaration that eating meat is &#8220;inherently wrong&#8221;. 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