{"id":455420,"date":"2026-02-05T12:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/455420\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:21:09","slug":"ted-cruz-bashes-billie-eilish-grammy-speech-during-netflix-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/455420\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz Bashes Billie Eilish Grammy Speech During Netflix Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTed Cruz<\/a> took time during the Senate antitrust hearing <\/a>about Netflix<\/a>\u2018s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers and its potential impact on monopolies and competition to grill Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and Warner Bros Discovery chief revenue officer Bruce Campbell about Billie Eilish\u2019s speech<\/a> during the Sunday\u2019s Grammy Awards, pushing the executives about how her speech reflects Hollywood\u2019s left-wing political leanings.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDid either of you watch the Grammys this week? One simple question, are we right now on stolen land,\u201d Cruz asked, as Sarandos responded with a discomforted chuckle, responding that he has \u201cno idea of the history of the this land where we\u2019re sitting today.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt speaks volumes that neither of you are willing to say \u2018hell no, we\u2019re not on stolen land,’\u201d Cruz said. \u201cAnd I will say, at the Grammys, when you say an entertainer say \u2018nobody is illegal while we\u2019re on stolen land\u2019 and then you see entertainers leap to their feet so excitedly at the notion that America is fundamentally illegitimate, it starts to convey the entertainment world is deeply corrupt.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWithout specifically saying Eilish\u2019s name, he added that the singer \u201cpromptly went back to her $14 million mansion, and somehow that stolen land she wasn\u2019t concerned about.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tA rep for Eilish declined to comment on the matter. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe music industry has been particularly critical toward ICE\u2019s conduct across the country for months, with musicians growing more vocal after the shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis. Eilish was one of many musicians who aired out criticism toward the Trump Administration at the Grammys during her acceptance speech for song of the yea on Sunday, where she declared \u201cFuck ICE\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI feel so honored every time I get to be in this room. And, as grateful as I feel, I honestly don\u2019t feel like I need to say anything, but that no one is illegal on stolen land,\u201d Eilish said. \u201cIt\u2019s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOther artists who spoke out included album of the year winner Bad Bunny, who declared \u201cICE Out\u201d during one of his speeches, while best new artist winner Olivia Dean called herself \u201ca granddaughter of immigrants.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tIn the press room Sunday, SZA called it \u201cdystopian\u201d<\/a> to be celebrating while \u201cpeople are getting snatched up and shot in the face on the street.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Senate subcommittee hearing is designed to oversee potential concerns on competition and markets and potential impact on consumers. Cruz\u2019s questioning delved into culture wars, stating that the musicians\u2019 display reflected a wider-spread rejection of conservatives and conservative viewpoints in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\n\tCruz further said that Netflix \u201chas long been a left-wing company,\u201d noting Reed Hastings\u2019 donations toward democratic causes and the company\u2019s deal with the Obamas. He wasn\u2019t the only Republican senator who pressed about political content Tuesday, with Sen. Eric Schmitt arguing the two companies are \u201cpromoting DEI and wokeness.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\n\tBeyond the content questions, Sarandos and Campbell fielded questions about theatrical windows for films, who Netflix\u2019s competitors are and how the merger would impact labor in the industry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz took time during the Senate antitrust hearing about Netflix\u2018s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers and its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[10052,49,48,361,75,1316,28347],"class_list":{"0":"post-455420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-billie-eilish","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-netflix","14":"tag-ted-cruz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}