Billie Eilish’s comments at the Grammys 2026 sparked a backlash, with one influencer starting a GiveSendGo campaign to try to move into her Malibu mansion.
Billie Eilish’s comments about ‘stolen land’ prompted Drew Pavlo’s response. (Facebook/Billie Eilish, X/@DrewPavlo)Drew Pavlo, an Australian political activist, initially started a GoFundMe. He posted about it on X. “I’m flying to the US next Friday to try to get to Billie Eilish’s beachside Malibu mansion. No man is illegal on stolen land. Please support my travel and filming expenses here,” he wrote, attaching a link below.
However, GoFundMe appears to have taken down his fundraiser, which he updated in the comments. “GOFUNDME deleted my Billie Eilish fundraiser. This is disgusting and unfair. I will be looking at alternative fundraising platforms.”
Also Read | Who is Emily Austen? 5 Facts About Billie Eilish’s ‘ICE Out’ Grammys Speech From MAGA Influencer That Went ViralPavlou then came up with a GiveSendGo link. “I had to move the fundraiser to GiveSendGo because GoFundMe canceled it,” he noted.
“Billie Eilish announced at the Grammys that no man is illegal on stolen land. So I’m raising funds to fly to America and move into her $6 million Malibu mansion. Everything here is completely and totally legal, I’m just going to set up a tent in her driveway and leave when they officially ask me to leave. Please donate to travel page and film reading costs.” Pavlo’s goal is to raise $4000 (AUD) or about $2,783.
Eilish, after winning song of the year at the Grammys for Wildflower from her hit Me Hard and Soft album, gave an emotional speech. “As grateful as I feel, I really don’t think I need to say anything but … nobody is illegal on stolen land. And, yeah, it’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel really hopeful in this room, and I think we just need to fight and talk and protest. Our voices are really important,” People said during his speech. “And f—k ICEE I mean, sorry,” he concluded.
Hilsa’s reference to ‘stolen land’ comes from a past where the country’s early European settlers stole land from native Indians.
Who is Drew Pavlo?Pavlo is a Brisbane-based activist and would be around 27 now. He was a student of the Greek tradition and is known for criticizing the Chinese government and its human rights abuses.
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Over 18 months in 2023, Pavlo was arrested on suspicion of threatening to blow up the Chinese embassy in London, and charged with disorderly conduct by NSW police for holding up a sign reading “Xi Jinping, f— your mother”. Australian Federal Police unceremoniously ejected him from a cafe in Canberra’s parliament building.
According to a Sydney Morning Herald profile on Pavlo, he described himself as ‘hyperactive’ and noted that he was diagnosed with ADHD. Among other political protests, Pavlo traveled to India to meet the Dalai Lama at an invitation organized through the pro-Tibetan movement.
Pavlo’s mother’s name is Vanessa and his parents were lifelong Liberal Party voters. In 2023, he was reported to have a girlfriend, but her name was not revealed and it remains unknown if they are together now. Pavlo studied philosophy and politics at the University of Queensland. He also bounced between Labour, the Greens and Bob Cater’s party. He likes Democrat Bernie Sanders.
Pavlo was also kicked out of the 2022 Wimbledon tennis final between Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic after he asked where Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was at the time of his unexplained disappearance.
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Pavlo said, “People get the wrong idea about me. They think I’m a racist who likes to provoke people. Unfortunately I rant a lot.”
