Billie Eilish didn’t mind being the bad guy. The “Birds of a Feather” singer was honored for her music at Wednesday night’s WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards, and used her acceptance speech as an opportunity to call out wealth inequality by asking billionaires the one question most of us plebs have for them.“We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark, and people need empathy and help more than, kind of, ever — especially in our country,” she began.Billie Eilish and Mark ZuckerbergGetty“And I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things and maybe give it to some people that need it,” she continued before things got a bit spicy. “Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me,” she added, before going in for the kill.“And if you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?” Billie asked. “No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.”Amusingly, Mark Zuckerberg was in the audience. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, attend the WSJ Innovator Awards in New York on Wednesday.ANGELA WEISS via Getty ImagesHe was in attendance with his wife, Priscilla Chan, who was being honored for her work in philanthropy. An eyewitness in the audience told People that the Facebook founder did not clap along with the rest of the audience at Eilish’s billionaire dig.Folks on social media goggled up Eilish’s eat-the-uber-rich stance.we made the right person famous— asia_m_williams ▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။|||| | ❣️ (@BallettiAs44351) October 30, 2025Billie Eilish just cooked the billionaires in their own room. 💀 “Why are you a billionaire? No hate, but give your money away, shorties.” said while she’s literally donating $11.5M herself. That’s how you drop the mic and the check.— NOBLE (@iamnoblefx) October 30, 2025Queen behavior. She didn't just talk the talk, she walked the walk with an $11.5M donation.Meanwhile, billionaires are spending that much on a new yacht's gas bill.— T🀄️K (@0xBankMan) October 30, 2025Billie said eat the rich but make it fashion and charitable too!— Poetry. (@2lastvibes) October 30, 2025as she ShouldShe is rich but she is not part of that 0.1% unethical billionaire group and she also donated $11.5M If you are mad at her for this take then you are also the part of the problem no shade— Wes (@liveeforgaga) October 30, 2025Just tax the rich. That way we don’t need to wait for their “generosity”— chicken soup connoisseur (@kaninbaboys) October 30, 2025The Grammy winner also proved that she’s not all talk, either.Before her speech, host Stephen Colbert revealed that Eilish would be donating $11.5 million she earned from her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour to help others.“Billie Eilish will be donating proceeds from her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour to support organizations, projects, and voices dedicated to food equity, climate justice, reducing carbon pollution, and combating the climate crisis,” Colbert said. “That donation, ladies and gentlemen, will be $11.5 million. That’s wonderful. Billie, on behalf of humans everywhere, thank you.”Close