Jake Paul has sparked online discussion after sharing a series of posts about law enforcement and immigration enforcement that directly referenced comments made by Billie Eilish at the 2026 Grammy Awards.
On Saturday night, the 29-year-old boxer and influencer posted on X that people who criticise Immigration and Customs Enforcement should not rely on emergency services. “If you don’t like ICE then you can’t call 911 when you’re in trouble,” Paul wrote. “If you don’t respect law enforcement agents then you shouldn’t depend on them.”
He later directed a post at Eilish, referring to her as “Billie Eyelash” and writing, “When Billie Eyelash gets her home broken into it’s not gonna be f-ck ICE I can promise you that.” The posts received thousands of comments and millions of views within hours.
Paul’s comments followed Eilish’s acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards on February 1, where she said, “No one is illegal on stolen land,” before ending with the words, “F-ck ICE.”
Eilish and her brother Finneas also wore “ICE Out” pins on the red carpet. Other artists, including Bad Bunny and Kehlani, used the same phrase during their speeches.
Paul, a visible supporter of President Donald Trump, was photographed later that day at the Winter Olympics in Milan sitting next to Vice President JD Vance while watching the United States women’s hockey team compete. His fiancée, Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam, is competing at the Milano Cortina Games.
Online responses to Paul’s posts also referenced his own past interactions with law enforcement, including a 2020 incident in Arizona where he was charged with criminal trespass and unlawful assembly during protests against police brutality. Those charges were later dismissed.
Billie Eilish’s accolades include two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards (including three Song of the Year wins, the most in Grammy history alongside Finneas), nine American Music Awards, twenty Guinness World Records, eight MTV Video Music Awards, four Brit Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. She is the second artist and only female in Grammy history to win all four general field categories—Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist—in a singular ceremony, also becoming the youngest ever winner of both Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Eilish is the first person born in the 21st century to win both a Grammy Award and an Academy Award, and the youngest ever two-time winner of the latter. She was featured on Time magazine’s inaugural Time 100 Next list in 2019 and the Time 100 in 2021.
