- - Billie Eilish's 'Stolen Land' Speech Sparks 'Eviction' Offer From Law Firm

Maggie EkbergFebruary 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM

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When Billie Eilish stepped onstage at the 68th Grammy Awards and said, “No one is illegal on stolen land,” before adding, “f*** ICE,” she probably wasn’t bracing for what came next: an eviction offer.

On Sunday, February 1, the 24-year-old singer accepted Song of the Year for "WILDFLOWER" alongside her brother Finneas O’Connell, both sporting "ICE OUT" pins. But her anti-immigration enforcement stance quickly became the talk of the internet when people realized her $3 million Glendale mansion sits on ancestral Tongva land.

“Nobody is illegal on stolen land. We need to keep fighting and speaking up. Our voices do matter."— Billie Eilish during her acceptance speech at the #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/SpVwvUu3GD

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 2, 2026

The San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians Gabrieleno Tongva confirmed to Newsweek that Eilish's home is "situated in our ancestral land," though they noted Eilish hasn't contacted them directly about her property. While the tribe appreciated that public figures bring "visibility to the true history of this country," they emphasized hoping "the tribe can explicitly be referenced to ensure the public understands that the greater Los Angeles Basin remains Gabrieleno Tongva territory."

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Two days later, LA-based Sinai Law Firm entered the chat. The firm posted on social media that it was “offering to evict Billie Eilish from her Los Angeles home on a pro bono basis on behalf of the Tongva Tribe,” claiming her “admission that she lives on stolen land gives the tribe a rightful action for possession.” That, however, was later framed as “satirical,” as principal attorney Avi Sinai told The New York Post the move was not meant to be a real eviction.

The firm later took to X (formerly Twitter) to expand on its position, saying the phrase “stolen land” carries “actual implications in the real world.”

On a more serious note, using a phrase like “stolen land” has meaning and actual implications in the real world. Both Santa Monica and W Hollywood city council meetings each start with land acknowledgements that they are sitting on stolen land. We have county supervisors reciting… https://t.co/tM3b9yOTro

— Real Estate Lawyer (@SinaiLawFirm) February 4, 2026

The post continued: “Both Santa Monica and W Hollywood city council meetings each start with land acknowledgements that they are sitting on stolen land. We have county supervisors reciting those lines too. It’s both empty virtue signaling and used as a weapon at the same time. It’s empty because no elected official is giving the land back to the tongva just like Billie eilish is not going to get evicted nor will she give her house back. It’s used as a political weapon to attack ‘things one side doesn’t like’ in both local and international politics, and worse, justifying political violence. No land is stolen, just taken. I don’t make the rules, that’s the way history works.”

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It didn’t take long for O’Connell to step in and defend his sister. On Wednesday, he fired back on Threads, writing: "Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech. We can literally see your names in the Epstein files."

The blowback kept rolling, including a viral jab from journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer, who called Eilish a "blithering idiot" on X (formerly Twitter). A GB News reporter even attempted to approach her gated home but was unable to gain access.

Billie Eilish isn't the first to face backlash after critics pointed out a perceived hypocrisy.

Ben & Jerry's sparked similar outrage in July 2023 when they called for “stolen Indigenous land” to be returned, only for Abenaki leaders to note that the company’s Vermont headquarters sits within historic Abenaki territory (not modern-day tribal land). Newsweek reported then that the company hadn’t announced any plan to transfer or return its Vermont headquarters property — and as of Feb. 5, 2026, Ben & Jerry’s still lists its South Burlington address on its own website.

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