US EditionBillie Eilish calls on billionaires to donate more at event attended by Mark Zuckerberg
- On Oct. 29, 2025, Billie Eilish revealed she will donate $11.5 million from her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour to The Changemaker Program at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards in New York City, announced by Stephen Colbert.
- Eilish's activism has involved longtime work with her mother, Maggie Baird, founder of Support + Feed, and she urged, `I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things.`
- Eilish singled out the room's wealth, asking `If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?` while Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg did not clap, creating visible awkwardness.
- On social media, posts and Threads amplified the moment as Stephen Colbert praised the gesture as `It’s extraordinary` while the audience at MoMA reacted with laughter and claps.
- With billionaire giving under scrutiny, criticism has risen in recent years as inequality balloons, while the Giving Pledge and donors like Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg have given more than $5 billion collectively.
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